Cole Beasley

Tampa Bay Buccaneers wide receiver Cole Beasley is retiring to spend more time with his family. The 11-year NFL veteran's agents Joel and Justin.

Two weeks later, Beasley is deciding to call it a day. Beasley's agent, Justin Turner, tells NFL Network that Beasley has retired from the NFL ...

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The veteran wide receiver appeared in two games for the NFC South contender as a practice-squad call-up, but he's decided ahead of Week 5 to retire from ...

The Tampa Bay wide receiver is hanging up his cleats after an 11-year NFL career.

Cole Beasley played in two Buccaneers games since joining their practice squad in September, but the veteran wide receiver is changing course.

The Cowboys [extended Beasley on a four-year, $13.6MM deal in March 2015](https://www.profootballrumors.com/2015/03/cole-beasley-cowboys-agree-extension) and saw him produce career-best (at the time) numbers a year later to help [Dak Prescott](https://www.pro-football-reference.com/players/P/PresDa01.htm?utm_campaign=Linker&utm_source=direct&utm_medium=linker-) earn Offensive Rookie of the Year acclaim during a 13-3 season. [looking for a new team](https://www.profootballrumors.com/2022/09/cole-beasley-receiving-free-agency-offers-wr-hopes-to-land-with-contender) and sent [Tom Brady](https://www.pro-football-reference.com/players/B/BradTo00.htm?utm_campaign=Linker&utm_source=direct&utm_medium=linker-) Instagram DMs about joining the Bucs. The Commanders, Giants and Panthers ](https://cdn.profootballrumors.com/files/2019/03/USATSI_11182067.jpg) [pursued Beasley since his Bills release](https://www.profootballrumors.com/2022/09/buccaneers-wr-cole-beasley-fielded-multiple-offers), but the Bucs — dealing with a wide receiver shortage at the time — won out. [Dez Bryant](https://www.pro-football-reference.com/players/B/BryaDe01.htm?utm_campaign=Linker&utm_source=direct&utm_medium=linker-) during that period. [Mike Evans](https://www.pro-football-reference.com/players/E/EvanMi00.htm?utm_campaign=Linker&utm_source=direct&utm_medium=linker-) re-emerged after his one-game suspension, and injured wideouts [Chris Godwin](https://www.pro-football-reference.com/players/G/GodwCh00.htm?utm_campaign=Linker&utm_source=direct&utm_medium=linker-) and [Julio Jones](https://www.pro-football-reference.com/players/J/JoneJu02.htm?utm_campaign=Linker&utm_source=direct&utm_medium=linker-) played against the Chiefs on Sunday night. Beasley will wrap his career as one of this era’s top slot targets. Beasley contracted COVID in December and missed a game, joining many thrust into that position during the pandemic, and the Bills made him a cap casualty ahead of the 2022 league year. Beasley matched his 82 catches from 2020 but checked in at a career-low 8.5 yards per reception. While the latter topped 1,000 yards in 2019, Beasley played a pivotal role in aiding Allen as well. Eager to upgrade [Josh Allen](https://www.pro-football-reference.com/search/search.fcgi?pid=AlleJo02,AlleJo03,AlleJo00&search=Josh+Allen&utm_campaign=Linker&utm_source=direct&utm_medium=linker-)‘s receiver situation, the Bills paid up for Beasley ( [four years, $29MM](https://www.profootballrumors.com/2019/03/bills-to-sign-wr-cole-beasley)) and [John Brown](https://www.pro-football-reference.com/players/B/BrowJo02.htm?utm_campaign=Linker&utm_source=direct&utm_medium=linker-) that year. Beasley will certainly be better remembered for his time in Dallas and Buffalo. The productive slot receiver plans to retire immediately, per Mike Garafolo and Tom Pelissero of NFL.com (on

Tampa Bay Buccaneers WR Cole Beasley has retired from NFL.

Prior to joining the Bucs, Beasley played in Buffalo from 2019 to 2021. Amid a rash of injuries to their receiver room, the team tapped Beasley for help, however, he only [recorded four catches](https://bucswire.usatoday.com/2022/10/05/cole-beasley-retires-nfl-news-tampa-bay-buccaneers/) in two games. 20](https://billswire.usatoday.com/2022/09/20/buffalo-bills-cole-beasley-tampa-bay-buccaneers-nfl/).

Tampa Bay Buccaneers wide receiver Cole Beasley has decided to retire.

[#Bucs]WR Cole Beasley has decided to retire effective immediately, his agents Joel and Justin Turner tell me and [@MikeGarafolo]. Beasley was signed to the Bucs’ practice squad earlier this season as the team dealt with multiple injuries and absences at wide receiver, and was promoted to the active roster for each of Tampa Bay’s last two games. Tampa Bay Buccaneers wide receiver Cole Beasley has decided to retire, his agent told NFL Network’s Tom Pelissero and Mike Garafolo.

Just three days after losing to the Kansas City Chiefs, Tampa Bay wideout Cole Beasley decided he would call it a career.

It also makes sense that the load Beasley was asked to bear for the Bucs was far too much. We’re not sure why the rest of the NFL won’t retire in the face of such might, but Beasley has always been his own man. Beasley is hardly the only person associated with the Tampa Bay Buccaneers who is doing quite a bit of soul-searching these days.

Veteran wide receiver Cole Beasley announced his retirement from the NFL on Wednesday, two weeks after signing to the Tampa Bay Buccaneers' practice squad.

Cole Beasley has retired from the NFL to be a "full-time dad and husband", amid rumors his teammate Tom Brady and wife Gisele are divorcing.

“I haven’t had a Christmas in 23 years and I haven’t had a Thanksgiving in 23 years, I haven’t celebrated birthdays with people that I care about that are born from August to late January. “This is a very violent sport, and I have my children and I would like him to be more present,” she told the magazine. “I have loved my NFL career, and now it is time to focus my time and energy on other things that require my attention,” he said in his initial statement. I love my teammates, and I love my supportive family,” he said in a later statement. The New York Times bestseller, which has been described as the Tampa Bay Buccaneers player’s “athlete’s bible,” takes readers through Brady’s revolutionary training, conditioning and wellness system that kept him at the top of the NFL for more than two decades. I’ve had my fill and it’s enough and time to go on, to move into other parts of life.’” Obviously, Gisele will have to wait a little longer. [according to sources](https://www.cbsnews.com/dfw/news/troubled-cole-beasley-leaves-cowboys-camp/), the Cowboys were trying to “talk him out of quitting football.” He was poached by the Buffalo Bills in 2019, signing a four-year $29 million contract. Please note that if you purchase something by clicking on a link within this story, we may receive a small commission from the sale. He loves his wife and kids and wants to be with them.” In his rookie year, he confessed he had “a lot of personal stuff going on right now,” He was released by the Bills in March 2022 and signed by Tampa Bay in September, but he only played two games before retiring. “[Cole] is ready to be with his family after playing 11 seasons, and it’s time to be a full-time dad and husband,” Beasley’s agent Joel Turner told ESPN.

After eleven years as an NFL receiver, primarily with the Dallas Cowboys, Cole Beasley has made an announcement about retiring from the Tampa Bay Buccaneers ...

He loves his wife and kids and wants to be with them." He doesn't want to be separated from them anymore. [He added a caption that said](https://www.instagram.com/p/Cg9fr4_LtkY/), "I love doing life with you!" [Players GF](https://www.playersgf.com/2021/04/cole-beasley-wife-girlfriend-kids-family-net-worth.html), the couple shares three children together. Back in 2018, he posted a picture of her with a heartfelt, celebratory caption. Why has he chosen to end his football career now? He wrote, “I wanna wish a very happy birthday to my wonderful bride and my very bestest friend in the whole entire universe. well, except for our boys 'cause I love them the same. Throughout the course of his noteworthy football career, he hasn’t been shy about sharing his affection for her on social media. Further, where does his net worth stand in the midst of his retirement? [Cole Beasley](https://www.instagram.com/bease11/) has made an announcement about retiring from the Tampa Bay Buccaneers. Now that he's parting ways with the game, fans are curious to know about his personal life.