For a long time Green Bay Packers Kicker Mason Crosby has officially retired from the NFL in professional football after 17 years.
Crosby spent his first 16 seasons in the NFL with the Packers and helped the team to win the Super Bowl in 2011.
The 40-year-old hangs his shoe plates, ranked no. 11 of all time of the NFL's Point Leaders.
Crosby spent his last season in the NFL, 2023, on the Rams Practice Squad before he completed the season as a member of the New York Giants.
He did not play in the NFL this season, with his last action in the last weeks of the 2023 season in New York.
Crosby will retire as the leading scorer of all time in the history of Packers. Green Bay has used a rotating group of kickers since his departure.
Former Green Bay Packers -Kicker Mason Crosby has officially retired from the NFL after 17 years
He did not play in the NFL this season, with his last action in the last weeks of 2023
Crosby would be eligible for election on the Pro Football Hall of Fame in 2029, because it is inactive for his retirement for a year.
Only four place kickers are included in the Pro Football Hall of Fame, where that number is guaranteed to jump to five in 2026, where Adam Vinatieri is eligible.
Whether Crosby has a case to be eligible, still has to be determined, whereby others on the NFL's all-time point list are not anchored in Canton, despite being eligible.
Crosby said on Tuesday that his decision to retire is one that he postponed for two years, which implies that he had thoughts to hang his shoulder fillings for good after leaving the packers two years ago, as well as after his short term of office with the Giants ended.
Crosby's season high for points in a season was 141, which he did twice, during his Rookie season in 2007 and in 2013.
