Former Green Bay Packers kicker Mason Crosby will be retiring from football, the UK Daily Mail reported. The 40-year-old spent 16 seasons with Green Bay, including the 2010 season Super Bowl XLV win.
Crosby was in the NFL for 17 seasons before his retirement, which he announced last month and was confirmed by the team Wednesday. He was a sixth-round draft pick in 2007 and spent 16 of those seasons with the Packers.
He is second only to the team's former quarterback, Aaron Rodgers, for most seasons played with the franchise. The former kicker earned 1,1918 points during his tenure, giving him the highest career average.
That includes 395 field goals, with 43 of them for 50 yards and a total of 733 successful extra point kicks. Crosby also has the distinction of having 15 seasons where he surpassed 100 points, a record only bested by Jason Elam, who had 16 seasons, and Adam Vinatieri, who had 21.
As ESPN.com reported, Crosby chose to speak about his move during the broadcast of his radio program, "The Mason Crosby Show," which airs on Milwaukee's 105.7 The Fan. He spoke fondly of his career, including his long tenure with Green Bay.
"I'm just so, so thankful, so grateful for the opportunity to come to Green Bay in 2007, drafted in the sixth round out of the University of Colorado, to become a Packer and to be a part of this fraternity and legacy, the history of the Green Bay Packers. It's about the fans," Crosby said.
"It's about the people. It's about my teammates," Crosby added.
"For me, I was always a 'we' guy. We're doing this. We're dominating and winning the NFC North nine times while I was a Green Bay Packer for 16 years, making the playoffs, winning the Super Bowl as a team," Crosby said.
"For me, everything I remember and everything I think about is about the team," he concluded. Crosby left the Packers in 2022 and played three games with the New York Giants in 2023 before sitting out the most recent season.
With an impressive career behind him, Crosby will likely be most remembered for his part in taking the Packers to their first Super Bowl victory in more than a decade. According to CBS News, Crosby was instrumental in clinching that win.
Now destined for the Packers Hall of Fame, Crosby spoke about the magnitude of his life's fulfillment. "My 17 seasons in the NFL surpassed all of my childhood hopes and dreams," Crosby said last month in a statement posted to X, formerly Twitter, by his manager.
Crosby later added that he "could have never written the script of what my career was going to become." Another highlight in Crosby's career came in 2016 when he kicked a 51-yard field goal to win the NFC Divisional round of playoffs against the Dallas Cowboys.
Big @packers breaking news today on @thefanmilwaukee #TheMasonCrosbyShow - @crosbykicks2 announces retirement from @NFL:
17-Year NFL Career; Super Bowl Champion ; All-Time #Packers Leading Scorer ; 11th All-Time in Points in NFL History. Listen live https://t.co/PQwaBeAAkV pic.twitter.com/ZhxHjvTO1Q— TEAM LAMMI (@TEAM_Lammi) February 4, 2025
While his storied career is officially coming to a close, Crosby can be proud of his accomplishments during his time in the NFL. Few will repeat the feats he achieved, and Crosby leaves the league with big cleats to fill.
