Vinatieri retires after 24 seasons
Adam Vinatieri's legendary career is officially over.
The former Indianapolis Colts and New England Patriots kicker told "The Pat McAfee Show" on Wednesday that he's retiring from the NFL.
The four-time Super Bowl champion became the league's all-time leader in points with 2,673 during his 24-year career. He didn't play during the 2020 season.
Vinatieri, 48, also holds records for most field goals made (599), total games played (397), most consecutive field-goal conversions (44), most postseason points (238), and most overtime field goals made (12).
The future Hall of Famer spent the first 10 campaigns of his career with the Patriots after entering the NFL in 1996 as an undrafted free agent. He won three championships in New England (2002, 2004, 2005) and made a fourth Super Bowl appearance in 2007.
Vinatieri's game-winning field goal in the final seconds of Super Bowl XXXVI against the then-St. Louis Rams is one of the most iconic kicks in NFL history. He also made the game-winning kick in Super Bowl XXXVIII against the Carolina Panthers.
Vinatieri joined the Colts in 2006 and won his fourth Super Bowl title that same year. He played in Indianapolis until 2019.
The kicker earned three Pro Bowls nods, three first-team All-Pro nominations, and he was named to the NFL's 2000s All-Decade Team.