The Rams great says he lost the passion for the game
One of the best players in the history of football, Aaron Donald is still content with his decision to retire from the sport last year. In an interview with 93.7 The Fan, Donald expressed that he had lost his passion for football and that when that goes, there’s nothing that would compel him to play again. Donald says he doesn’t miss football at all.
“As far as playing football, I don’t miss it,” Donald said on the Panthers Insider Show on 93.7 The Fan. “I don’t even have the passion or excitement to want to play football. I will always love football, but once you lose the passion, it was time to walk away.”
When Donald had the passion for football, he was arguably the hardest working player in the sport.
Over 10 seasons with the Los Angeles Rams, Donald accomplished MORE than the following:
- 10 Pro Bowls (100%)
- 8 first-team All-Pro nods
- 111 career sacks
- 3-time Defensive Player of the Year
- Defensive Rookie of the Year
- 7 top-5 finishes for Defensive Player of the Year
- Super Bowl winner
- 176 career tackles for a loss
- 260 career QB hits
- 24 career forced fumbles
Donald is now being inducted into the Pitt Hall of Fame — Donald dominated college offenses with 64 tackles for a loss and 28 sacks in his final three seasons with Pitt — and that’s just a precursor to his inevitable unanimous induction into the Pro Football Hall of Fame.
Though he lost his passion for football, the NFL won’t soon lose the passion for Aaron Donald.
