The Dallas Cowboys are about ready for Organized Team Activities (OTAs), but fans got some unexpected news drop on Wednesday afternoon with one of their wide receivers.
Parris Campbell, veteran Cowboys WR, has retired from the NFL, per Patrik Walker on the official Cowboys' website. This wasn't in the cards for Campbell to retire, but it may all make sense once we break it all down.
Surprising news to say the least, but it makes sense for Campbell to make this ultra tough decision.
Cowboys' WR Parris Campbell calls it a career after seven seasons
Per Walker, Campbell will be moved to the team's Reserve/Retired List. His career didn't pan out as fans had hoped after a promising career at Ohio State.
Campbell was a standout WR in college. An All-Big Ten player in three of his seasons in Columbus, Campbell was eventually a second-round pick in 2019 with the Colts. He is credited with winning a national championship in college, but he redshirted in the 2014 season when Ohio State won a title.
If we're going to pick out his best season, it was probably his last season with the Indianapolis Colts, where he caught 63 balls for 623 receiving yards and three receiving touchdowns. He then toured three of the four NFC East teams, the New York Giants, Philadelphia Eagles, and ended with the Cowboys.
He won a Super Bowl with the Eagles, where he started on the practice squad to eventually make the active roster in the middle of the season. He was awarded a Super Bowl ring and then made his way to America's Team.
Campbell didn't have much of a career with Dallas from last season to now, as he was cut last August just to get signed to the practice squad a month later. He's not an "old" NFL guy by any means, but he was going to have to work his way from the ground up to get real reps on the Cowboys' depth chart.
CeeDee Lamb, George Pickens, KaVontae Turpin and Ryan Flournoy are already the first four receivers, and the Cowboys recently signed Marquez Valdes-Scantling this spring. Even Jonathan Mingo, who has been a bust, is probably on top of Campbell on the WR depth chart. It was going to be an uphill climb for the former Buckeye, no doubt.
We wish him well, and we give him credit for staying much longer than the NFL career span, which is 3.3 years.
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