Prince Amukamara Retires as a New York Giant
Aug 24, 2023 18:17:09 GMT -5
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Giants.Com: Prince Amukamara signs one-day contract to retire as a Giant by Dan Salomone (8/24/23)
Once a Giant, always a Giant.
Former cornerback Prince Amukamara, a first-round draft choice who played five of his nine NFL seasons in a Giants uniform, today signed a one-day contract to retire with the organization he helped win its fourth Lombardi Trophy in his rookie season.
The 19th overall pick in the 2011 NFL Draft, Amukamara made 45 starts in 55 regular-season games with the Giants. He also played in four postseason games during the Giants' 2011 championship run.
After a foot injury delayed his rookie campaign, Amukamara intercepted Vince Young's pass intended for DeSean Jackson in his NFL debut against the rival Eagles on Nov. 20, 2011. Amukamara, who had his fifth-year option picked up by the Giants, became a free agent in 2016, when he signed with the Jaguars. Following one season in Jacksonville, Amukamara spent time with the Bears, Raiders, Cardinals and Saints and finished his NFL career with 10 interceptions, 78 passes defensed, six forced fumbles, and four fumble recoveries. Amukamara started exactly 100 games, including one in the postseason with Chicago.
"I always thought retirement was you go to an island, you look at the ocean, and you have a cold beverage on your side," Amukamara said in his retirement speech inside the fieldhouse at the Quest Diagnostics Training Center. "But seeing guys like [Michael] Strahan, Eli [Manning], [Victor] Cruz, mastering something after football, I feel like as athletes, we're used to routine, we're competitive, and so we're not meant to just sit down and do nothing. I plan on doing something purposeful. I've always lived by if being a football player was the only thing I was known for, then I haven't really accomplished anything in life."
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Former cornerback Prince Amukamara, a first-round draft choice who played five of his nine NFL seasons in a Giants uniform, today signed a one-day contract to retire with the organization he helped win its fourth Lombardi Trophy in his rookie season.
The 19th overall pick in the 2011 NFL Draft, Amukamara made 45 starts in 55 regular-season games with the Giants. He also played in four postseason games during the Giants' 2011 championship run.
After a foot injury delayed his rookie campaign, Amukamara intercepted Vince Young's pass intended for DeSean Jackson in his NFL debut against the rival Eagles on Nov. 20, 2011. Amukamara, who had his fifth-year option picked up by the Giants, became a free agent in 2016, when he signed with the Jaguars. Following one season in Jacksonville, Amukamara spent time with the Bears, Raiders, Cardinals and Saints and finished his NFL career with 10 interceptions, 78 passes defensed, six forced fumbles, and four fumble recoveries. Amukamara started exactly 100 games, including one in the postseason with Chicago.
"I always thought retirement was you go to an island, you look at the ocean, and you have a cold beverage on your side," Amukamara said in his retirement speech inside the fieldhouse at the Quest Diagnostics Training Center. "But seeing guys like [Michael] Strahan, Eli [Manning], [Victor] Cruz, mastering something after football, I feel like as athletes, we're used to routine, we're competitive, and so we're not meant to just sit down and do nothing. I plan on doing something purposeful. I've always lived by if being a football player was the only thing I was known for, then I haven't really accomplished anything in life."
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