DeMarcus Ware, who was also a Cowboy at heart, retired in the best way possible.
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We are proud to announce that @DeMarcusWare will officially retire today as a Dallas Cowboy.
Ware it all started. #ThankYouDWare pic.twitter.com/UAsbCKX9wW
— Dallas Cowboys (@dallascowboys) April 24, 2017
Ware shocked the NFL when he decided to call it quit after 12 seasons in the league. He made his announcement on Twitter.
It's time .... pic.twitter.com/qlXpcNn12b
— D-Ware (@DeMarcusWare) March 13, 2017
Ware spent the majority of his career with the Cowboys where he was drafted in 2005 and left the team as the franchise's leader in sacks with 117 and forced fumbles with 32. He then signed with the Broncos in 2014 and won Super Bowl 50 with the legendary Peyton Manning and logged another 21.5 sacks to finish his career with 138.5 total.
Ware was the No. 11 pick in the 2005 NFL Draft out of Troy and finished his career with these accolades: four-time first-team All-Pro, three-time second-team All-Pro, NFC Defensive Player of the Year (2008), NFL 2000s All-Decade Team, two-time Butkus Award winner.
Now, he get to go out the way he came in - as a Cowboy