Former Cleveland Browns running back Nick Chubb announced his retirement from the NFL on Friday from his personal Instagram account. He played his first seven seasons with the Browns, while he ended his career after one season playing for the Houston Texans in 2025.
Chubb was once one of the most feared running backs in the game with the Browns. He played a total of 100 NFL games, including 85 with the Browns, piling up 7,349 rushing yards and 54 rushing touchdowns, while adding 141 receptions, 1,109 receiving yards and five more scores. And, despite 1,462 career NFL carries, he had just eight total fumbles, losing six as a rusher and one as a receiver.
Nick Chubb Still Beloved by Browns Fans
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Chubb was selected in Round 2 of the 2018 NFL Draft out of the University of Georgia, going No. 35 overall. He made an immediate impact for the Browns in his rookie season. In 2018, he started nine games, and he carried 192 times for 996 yards, averaging 5.2 yards per carry, while scoring eight rushing touchdowns.
In 2019, Chubb posted his first of four consecutive 1,000-yard seasons, and he scored at least eight rushing touchdowns in each of his first five NFL seasons.
In 2015 at Georgia, he suffered a dislocated left knee and multiple torn ligaments, but he rebounded nicely to work his way back to a high pick. Unfortunately for Chubb, disaster struck again in September 2023, when he suffered a gruesome injury in a Monday Night Football game in Pittsburgh against the rival Steelers.
Chubb had throngs of fans due to his popularity, not only on the field, but for his tireless work in the community. He returned in 2024, playing eight games, averaging a career-low 3.3 yards per game, while running for just 332 yards and three scores. He was let go following that season, in which he had clearly lost a step after his terrible injury.
The move to get rid of Chubb was proper, from a business standpoint, but not popular with the fans. He played 15 games for the Texans in 2025, averaging a slightly better 4.1 yards per carry with three scores, but it was not going to be able to get back to his pre-injury form.
Chubb still holds the record for the longest touchdown run in Cleveland Browns history, scorching the Atlanta Falcons for a 92-yard scoring scamper in 2018. Chubb is third on the franchise’s all-time rushing yardage list (6,843), behind only Hall of Famers Jim Brown (12,312) and Leroy Kelly (7,274).
Anyway, Nick, thanks for the memories, and good luck in your retirement. It was fun watching you run.
