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Frank Gore says he’ll sign 1-day contract, retire with 49ers after 16 seasons in NFL
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After 16 NFL seasons and precisely 16,000 dashing yards, Frank Gore is planning to retire with the staff that drafted him – the San Francisco 49ers.
Gore, 38, advised the TheSFNiners podcast this week he plans to signal a one-day contract with the 49ers in some unspecified time in the future within the subsequent “couple of months,” so he can retire as a Niner.
“We nonetheless attempting to determine once I’m going by means of my one-day contract to signal, do my retirement,” Gore mentioned. “I advised [owner] Jed York I at all times need to be a Niner. So we engaged on that proper now.”
Frank Gore of the San Francisco 49ers runs with the ball in opposition to the Arizona Cardinals at Levi’s Stadium Dec. 28, 2014, in Santa Clara, Calif.
(Ezra Shaw/Getty Photographs)
Gore spent the primary 10 seasons of his profession in San Francisco, the place he made the Professional Bowl 5 occasions and rushed for at the very least 1,000 yards in eight of these seasons.
After his time in San Francisco, the operating again performed for the Indianapolis Colts, Miami Dolphins, Buffalo Payments and New York Jets. He rushed for 4,927 whole yards throughout these years.
Gore has not performed within the NFL because the 2020 season with the Jets, when he rushed for 653 yards on 198 carries and scored two touchdowns.
New York Jets operating again Frank Gore (21) is tackled by Los Angeles Rams defensive finish Michael Brockers (90) throughout a sport Dec. 20, 2020, in Inglewood, Calif.
(AP Picture/Jae C. Hong)
Throughout the 2020 season, Gore turned the third operating again in NFL historical past to report 16,000 dashing yards.
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If Gore goes by means of together with his determination to retire this offseason, he would finish his profession with precisely 16,000 dashing yards, the third-most in NFL historical past behind Emmitt Smith (18,355) and Walter Payton (16,726), each of whom are within the Corridor of Fame.
Whereas Gore may nonetheless attain Payton if he has a change of coronary heart and decides to play one other season, it seems he would fairly grasp up his cleats and take a entrance workplace function with the staff.
On this Oct. 20, 2019, file photograph, Buffalo Payments operating again Frank Gore runs in opposition to the Miami Dolphins in Orchard Park, N.Y.
(AP Picture/Adrian Kraus, File)
“I like taking a look at expertise. I like evaluating expertise, and I like ball,” Gore mentioned. “They usually [the 49ers] know that I do know soccer gamers, what it is purported to take to be a soccer participant.”
Gore has an opportunity to make it into the Corridor of Fame based mostly on his numbers and longevity over time, regardless of him solely being named an All-Professional as soon as and by no means profitable a Tremendous Bowl. He performed in Tremendous Bowl XLVII after the 2012 common season, however the 49ers misplaced to the Baltimore Ravens.
In November, Gore mentioned he believed he was worthy of a Corridor of Fame induction and took goal at individuals who urged in any other case.
“They do not know soccer,” Gore advised TMZ Sports activities. “That is what I say. They do not know soccer. My numbers converse for themselves. No matter they are saying, it is all good.”