Former Green Bay Packers center Corey Linsley, a fifth-round draft pick in 2014, is set to retire from the NFL after being released by the Los Angeles Chargers on Wednesday.
Linsley played seven seasons with the Packers and three more with the Chargers. Linsley, 161st overall in 2014, has played over 9,000 career snaps and was named to back-to-back All-Pro teams (2020, 2021).
Linsley played in all 132 regular season games and 12 playoff games (144 total) that he appeared in in the NFL.
As a rookie in 2014, Linsley was given the starting center job and played 100 percent of the team’s offensive snaps. He converted 100 percent of his tackles in four of his seven seasons with the Packers.
Linsley, one of the best pass-blocking middles in the football over the last decade, has allowed just 18 career sacks and 150 pressures in 6,054 pass-blocking snaps.
After a dominant season in Green Bay in 2020, Linsley signed with the Chargers for $62.5 million, making him the highest-paid center in the NFL at the time. He was a three-time captain of the Chargers and did not allow a single sack from 2021-2023.
In 2023, Linsley was placed on the reserve/non-football illness list due to heart issues.
One final note: The Packers received a 2022 fourth-round draft pick for losing Linsley in free agency. That pick became offensive lineman Zach Tom.
