5 August: Four-time Anthony Barr, a Pro Bowl linebacker who played for the Minnesota Vikings for nine of his ten NFL seasons, is hanging up his helmet. In a Facebook post on Monday, his charity, Raise The Barr, declared that the 33-year-old veteran “will officially retire from the NFL in just a few weeks.”
In 116 games (108 starts) with the Vikings (2014–21, 2023) and the Dallas Cowboys (2022), the former first-round draft pick finished his career with 554 tackles, 18.5 sacks, 10 fumble recoveries, and five interceptions. He did not play the previous season.
After graduating from UCLA, Minnesota selected him ninth overall in the 2014 NFL Draft, and he made the Pro Bowl four times in a row from 2015 to 2018.
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