Saints rt Ryan Ramczyk withdraws, reflects on a journey from ‘welder to all-pro’

Ryan Ramczyk will announce New Orleans Saints‘2. The day chooses during the NFL 2025. Next week, but now he will do so as a former player. On Thursday night, the right -hand accessories published a different announcement: his retirement from the NFL.

“What an amazing trip,” Ramczyk wrote on social networks. “My path to the NFL was not a straight line, it was not a story that most people expected. There were times when people doubted me, the moments when I doubted myself. It’s funny how life works. Sometimes the road less missed leads to a place you never expected, but that’s right where you should have been.

“Today I am thinking of all the turns that brought me to this point, from the Faculty of Technical to the” welder “to the All-PRO in the NFL. While I retire, I am filled with gratitude for everything this sport has given me.”

In 2017, the saints drew Ramczyka, the last choice of the first round. He continued to start all 16 games of that season on the right and became one of the key members, along with a return blow Marshon Lattimore and running back Alvin KamaraImmediately successful class of rookie New Orleans.

Ramczyk was later appointed in three direct all-Pro teams from 2018 to 20, including the climate of the first team of 2019. Although all 101 matches of the regular part of the season in which he appeared, Ramczyk’s last year in the NFL were limited due to injury. In fact, he missed all season 2024. Because of his long -term knee problem.

However, the 30-year-old did not regret his career.

“I owe giant gratitude to the football game and countless coaches and teammates who supported me and caused me in the way,” he wrote.

As Ramczyk alluded, his journey to the NFL went a few rpm. He briefly played the Division II football football at Winon State University before resting football until welding studies. He returned to the field at the University of Division III at Wisconsin-Stevens Point, where he played two seasons. In 2016, he moved to Wisconsin and became an all -American in his lonely season with the Badgers.

“I am excited about what the future has, especially the opportunity to spend more time with my two boys and watch them grow. I look forward to this next chapter in life and I am forever grateful. Who is for life,” he continued.

Ramczyk spent his entire career with the saints.

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