Longtime Seattle Seahawks punter Jon Ryan introduced his retirement lower than two years in the past, however he’s returning to the Seahawks roster one final time.
The Seattle Times’ Bob Condotta reported on Monday that the 42-year-old Ryan is signing a one-day contract to formally retire as a member of the Seahawks.
Ryan was the Seahawks punter from 2008 to 2017, showing in 159 consecutive common season video games and 14 playoff video games, together with a Tremendous Bowl victory within the 2013 season.
“[John Schneider] stated we needed to do it earlier than the draft, as a result of it does take up a roster spot for the day, which I used to be unaware of,” Ryan instructed Condotta.
After the Seahawks drafted Michael Dickson in 2018, Ryan was let go throughout preseason and ultimately returned to his native Canada, the place he punted for the Saskatchewan Roughriders and Edmonton Elks.
Despite the fact that Ryan is the Seahawks’ all-time chief in punting yards, his biggest play was a faux area objective landing go to Garry Gilliam within the 2014 NFC Championship Recreation over the Green Bay Packers. This kickstarted the Seahawks’ dramatic comeback from 16-0 all the way down to win 28-22 in time beyond regulation.
Somebody ought to discover out the place Gilliam is simply so he may be on the retirement ceremony.
What has Jon been as much as since his retirement? Investing in minor league baseball groups, together with the Portland Pickles.
He was at all times a baseball fan, so he started to contemplate alternatives to run or personal a minor league baseball group, which ultimately led him to Alan Miller and the 2 turned the bulk house owners a yr later of the Portland Pickles of the West Coast League, a collegiate summer season wood bat league.
“I didn’t understand I’d play 5 – 6 extra years,” he stated.
Certainly, after his launch from the Seahawks he performed two seasons together with his hometown Saskatchewan Roughriders and another in Edmonton in 2022.
Ryan and Miller have since purchased into two different minor league baseball groups — the Lake County Captains, a group in Eastlake, Ohio, that may be a Excessive-A affiliate of the Cleveland Guardians, and the Cleburne (Texas) Railroaders, an impartial group, and Dallas Jackals Rugby.
It’s unknown what Ryan’s cap hit can be or the way it impacts the Seahawks’ long-term plans on the quarterback place. He is not going to depend in opposition to the compensatory draft choose method.
