Former All-Pro guard Brandon Scherff has quietly retired from the NFL after earning $111million in an impressive 10 years in the professional game.
Scherff, who played the last three of his 10 NFL seasons with the Jacksonville Jaguars, has not officially confirmed to the media – or his fans – that he has hung up his cleats.
But an article this month about Scherff’s induction into the Iowa Athletics Hall of Fame on the Hawkeyes’ website referred to him as ‘having retired from playing this summer.’
The Iowa native became a free agent in March but had not signed with a team, and NFL insiders have now confirmed that he has indeed called a day on his playing career.
‘It’s been something I could never dream of,’ Scherff said in the article about playing professional football.
‘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.
Brandon Scherff has hung up his cleats after 10 years in the NFL, in which he earned $111m
Scherff played his final three seasons for the Jaguars (pictured with Trevor Lawrence)
‘So I would say it’s a dream come true. And I will be forever grateful to have had that chance.’
Washington selected Scherff with the fifth overall pick of the 2015 NFL Draft.
Scherff started all 140 regular-season games that he played for Washington (2015-21) and Jacksonville (2022-24), as well as four total playoff games.
Scherff was selected first-team All-Pro in 2020, as well as to five Pro Bowls (2016-17, 2019-21) and to the 2015 NFL All-Rookie team.
In his final season at Iowa in 2014, Scherff was the Outland Trophy winner, a first-team All-American and the Big Ten’s Offensive Lineman of the Year.
