Ravens’ Levine announces retirement, to take coaching role

BALTIMORE (AP) — Anthony Levine introduced his retirement Wednesday after a decade with the Baltimore Ravens.

The workforce stated Levine will transition right into a scouting and training function for the Ravens in 2022.

Levine performed defensive again and linebacker and was a major contributor on particular groups. He turns 35 in March.

“Being right here in Baltimore has been nothing however a blessing. Ten years glided by so quick,” Levine stated in a video posted by the Ravens. “It’s the perfect factor that ever occurred to me, apart from my youngsters, my household.”

Levine entered the NFL as a rookie free agent with Inexperienced Bay in 2010. He performed his first regular-season sport two years later with the Ravens.

In 146 video games with Baltimore, Levine had 87 tackles on protection and a franchise-record 62 on protection models.

“Robust, sensible, persistent and reliable, Anthony represents the perfect of what it means to be a Raven,“ coach John Harbaugh stated in a press release. “A relentless competitor and man of excessive character, Anthony poured each a part of himself into the workforce. He labored tirelessly to grow to be one of many NFL’s greatest particular groups gamers, and he might all the time be relied upon to contribute at a excessive degree on protection — regardless of the function he was requested to play.”

___

Extra AP NFL: https://apnews.com/hub/nfl and https://apnews.com/hub/pro-32 and https://twitter.com/AP_NFL