After 10 seasons in the NFL, offensive tackle Charles Leno is hanging up his cleats. In an Instagram post that’s worth reading in full, Leno announced his retirement on Wednesday, exactly two years after he and his wife lost their daughter on Oct. 14, 2023.

"On October 14, 2023, my wife Jennifer and I experienced the most unimaginable heartbreak. We lost our precious daughter, Paitynn—our fourth baby girl. That day changed everything for me.

"On that October day in 2023, something in he shifted," Leno wrote on Instagram. "I knew then that I was done with football. Not physically but mentally and emotionally. My priority, my passion, my purpose had changed. My heart now belongs fully to my family. And I knew that one day, when the time was right, I'd make it official."

Leno entered the N

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