New Details Reveal Colts Knew Andrew Luck Was Thinking About Retiring (TWEET)

August 24, 2019, 9:59pm EST (Updated: March 13, 2023, 6:51pm)By Howard Cosmell

Moments ago, Adam Schefter dropped an absolute bomb on Twitter when he revealed that Colts quarterback Andrew Luck was retiring from football.

Andrew Luck was coming off an incredible season during which he led his team to the playoffs while earning Comeback Player of the Year honors.

Filed to ESPN: Andrew Luck has informed the Colts he is retiring from the NFL, per source. There will be a press conference Sunday to make it official, but Luck is mentally worn down, and now checking out.
— Adam Schefter (@AdamSchefter) August 25, 2019

Andrew Luck already has met with Colts’ owner Jim Irsay to tell him that he is retiring, per source.
— Adam Schefter (@AdamSchefter) August 25, 2019

Since the big announcement, more details have begun to emerge, including the fact that the Colts were aware that Luck had been mulling retirement for at least a few weeks now.

The #Colts have known that QB Andrew Luck was seriously mulling retiring for at least two weeks. He’s married, he plans to travel the world, and once the love for the game waned, it sounds like he wanted to step away. So, he did.
— Ian Rapoport (@RapSheet) August 25, 2019