Star-Crossed Tight End Jake Butt Retires From NFL

Denver CO

30 July, 2021

4:36 PM

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By CBS Denver Staff: (AP) – Jake Butt, the once-promising tight end whose football career was waylaid by six knee operations, announced his retirement from the NFL on Thursday, saying he could no longer hide the fact that he'd lost his passion for the game he loves. "Football gave me some of the best times of my life. Ironically, it also gave me some of my toughest times, which turned out to be the most important. The adversity that I faced in my career gave me some of the biggest opportunities to grow as a man," Butt wrote in a social media post announcing his decision to step away. Read more at CBS Denver CBS Local Digital Media personalizes the global reach of CBS-owned and operated television and radio stations with a local perspective.