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Andrew Luck appears to be done with football.
Tonight, ESPN’s Adam Schefter revealed that the longtime franchise QB told team owner Jim Irsay that he was retiring from football because he was mentally worn down from his latest injury.
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
Jacoby Brissett is Indianapolis’ new starting quarterback.
— Adam Schefter (@AdamSchefter) August 25, 2019
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
Breaking: Andrew Luck has informed the Colts he is retiring from the NFL, a league source tells @AdamSchefter.
There will be a press conference Sunday to make it official, but Luck is mentally worn down, and now checking out. pic.twitter.com/9qwpWjfdYX
— SportsCenter (@SportsCenter) August 25, 2019
Luck is on the sideline during tonight’s Colts game.
Andrew Luck smiling on the sideline with teammates around him, like the entire social media world isn't freaking out about his retirement. pic.twitter.com/ayl9z12Jxt
— Dov Kleiman (@NFL_DovKleiman) August 25, 2019
The Internet was shocked regarding the news.
— Ja’Crispy (@AlexoRaposo) August 25, 2019
Taking this time sending my prayers to Andrew luck man y’all don’t know how much we put in for this sport, yes it’s draining but than we love it so much at the same time…… #LoveLuck
— 7⃣ Leonard Fournette (@_fournette) August 25, 2019
Wait… Andrew Luck… retired?
(Yeah yeah yeah we know not New York sports but WHAT!?!?!) pic.twitter.com/gpWDdXCnqD
— SNY (@SNYtv) August 25, 2019
Me when I heard the news in the middle of eating dinner #AndrewLuck pic.twitter.com/PHFOHE5Pd9
— Mike (@__MACnificent) August 25, 2019
https://twitter.com/b_dope_or_die/status/1165437473587159040
The Andrew Luck news just hit us in the press box like a ton of bricks.
We’re all up in here like… pic.twitter.com/6jD4HFspuH
— 𝐀𝐧𝐭𝐡𝐨𝐧𝐲 𝐑𝐮𝐬𝐡𝐢𝐧𝐠 (@TonyRushingNY) August 25, 2019
https://twitter.com/Greebinator/status/1165437382843392000
colts fans when they hear the andrew luck news pic.twitter.com/a5W1iZXQmz
— Braden (@rbware9) August 25, 2019
https://twitter.com/NOTSportsCenter/status/1165440355342454785