After seven injury-riddled seasons with the Washington Football Team, tight end Jordan Reed is retiring from the NFL, according to an ESPN source.

The 30-year-old skills player completed six seasons with Washington before spending last season with the San Francisco 49ers. In 10 games last season, the tight end hauled in 26 passes. On his career, Reed tallied 355 receptions and 28 touchdowns.

Reed was integral to Washington’s 2015 success when the team won the NFC East. The 6-foot-2, 242-pound pass catcher hauled in 87 receptions for 952 and 11 scores that season. When he was healthy, Reed was one of the most talented tight ends in the league. The combination of size, speed and agility allowed him to create mismatches against linebackers and safeties attempting to cover the one-time Pro Bowler. Reed was almost unstoppable in one-on-one situations.

Unfortunately, Reed always seemed to be dealing with an assortment of injuries and ailments. He never participated in 14 games in a season and played in fewer than 10 games three times over his career.

One reason Reed could be hanging up his cleats is due to concerns about a potential brain injury. The bulldozing tight end suffered at least seven documented concussions throughout his professional career. He also dealt with some pretty serious non-contact injuries, particularly in his knees and feet.

In 2019, Reed seemed to be on the mend from his latest ailment and had a very impressive training camp according to all sources close to Washington’s team. Reed had said that he felt he was back to his old self, and several players and coaches vouched that the tight end was about to have a comeback season. 

Unfortunately for Washington’s former playmaker, in the third preseason game, Falcons safety Keanu Neal knocked the living daylights out of Reed. While trying to complete the catch, Reed went down with his most serious concussion. Although Neal was fined for the hit, Reed never played in a game during his final season with Washington.

Like a few other tight ends in the league, Reed entered college as a quarterback at the University of Florida. The coaching staff made the bright move to move the big man to tight end after one season. He performed well enough in college to be drafted in the third round of the 2013 NFL Draft.

Falcons safety Keanu Neal may miss the majority of yet another NFL season due to injury.

Neal, 24, was sidelined for most of last season after he tore his ACL in Atlanta’s opening game. Now, the Prow Bowl safety could be out for a while due to an Achilles injury he sustained in the Falcons’ 27-24 road loss to the Indianapolis Colts on Sunday that dropped Atlanta to 1-2 on the season.

The former first-round draft pick was carted off the field on Sunday with just 20 seconds left in the first half. Vaughn McClure of ESPN reported the severity of Neal’s injury:

NFL Network Insider Ian Rapoport added Neal is expected to undergo surgery this week:

Neal was visibly emotional after tearing his Achilles. The safety even threw his helmet in frustration.

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Neal proved to be a major asset for the Falcons after the team drafted him out of Florida in 2016. In his first two pro seasons, Neal recorded 218 combined tackles and forced eight fumbles to go with one interception. He was also selected to the PFWA All-Rookie Team his first year in the NFL.

According to CBS Sports, Atlanta has exercised Neal’s fifth-year option for 2020. Hopefully for the Falcons, the safety will have recovered sufficiently before the start of next season.

The Falcons next host the Tennessee Titans on Sunday.

Atlanta Falcons safety Keanu Neal‘s 2018 season has come to an end after just one game.

Falcons’ Keanu Neal Out For Season

The 23-year-old safety tore his ACL in the first half of Thursday night’s 18-12 season-opening loss to the Philadelphia Eagles. Neal re-entered the field after halftime but eventually left the game definitively in the third quarter.

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Neal — a first-round pick by the Falcons out of the University of Florida in 2016 — played in the 2017 Pro Bowl and finished last season with just one interception and three forced fumbles. On Thursday, he logged a pair of tackles. Given his productivity thus far, it doesn’t appear that the Falcons will suffer immensely from losing Neal.

Second-year safety Damontae Kazee replaced Neal in Atlanta’s season opener this week.

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Another NFL player who was listed as injured on Friday was New York Giants outside linebacker Olivier Vernon, who will be unable to play in the team’s opener against the Jacksonville Jaguars on Sunday due to an ankle injury he suffered during practice last week.

Meanwhile, Jaguars cornerback Jalen Ramsey — who had recently sustained an ankle injury — is now listed as healthy to play in Sunday’s game.