Five-time Pro Bowl guard Brandon Scherff retires from NFL after 10 seasons

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Brandon Scherff has called it a career.

In an interview for the University of Iowa football program’s website, the five-time Pro Bowler and 2020 first-team All-Pro guard revealed he retired from football during the summer following a 10-season career with Washington and the Jacksonville Jaguars.

“It’s been something I could never dream of,” Scherff said in the piece spotlighting Scherff ahead of his induction into the Iowa athletics hall of fame. “Sometimes I would tell my wife that she has to pinch me, because I’m playing a kid’s game, and being able to do it as a job is pretty amazing. Now, having kids and being able to see them after games is absolutely wonderful. So I would say it’s a dream come true. And I will be forever grateful to have had that chance.”

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A first-round pick out of Iowa in the 2015 draft, Scherff quickly proved Washington correct in spending their top selection on him, proving himself as a rock-solid, dependable guard from his very first season. Despite battling a number of injuries, Scherff appeared in 11 or more games in all but one season: 2018, a campaign cut short by a torn pectoral.

Scherff occupied a place among the NFL’s elite guards throughout his career, but never commanded the spotlight. Arguably the most noise he made was when he signed a three-year, $49.5 million deal with the Jaguars amid their well-publicized spending spree in the 2022 offseason.

Upon completing that deal, Scherff retained value this offseason and drew plenty of interest on the open market, but never came close to signing a deal. Instead, Scherff walked away from football this offseason in a fashion fitting for his position, doing so without pomp, circumstance or even an announcement.

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