Frank Gore has not played in the NFL since 2020, but that will officially go down as his final season.
The former running back and all-time ageless wonder retired from the league. In doing so, he signed a one-day contract to retire as a member of the San Francisco 49ers.
According to Niners Wire, the 39-year-old will also be inducted into the team’s Hall of Fame.
Gore spent the bulk of his NFL career with the 49ers, which spanned his first decade in the league.
Gore’s journey to the pros is often described as am inspirational one after he took the scenic route to it.
He suffered serious knee injuries in college at the University of Miami and any NFL career seemed in serious doubt for a time.
Instead, Gore proved doubters wrong and played in 241 games. That’s the most ever by a running back and that helped him put up 16,000 career-rushing yards, third-most in history.
Gore only spent one season in Buffalo in 2019. That year he appeared in all 16 games, notching 599 yards with two touchdowns while splitting carries with current Bills running back Devin Singletary.
One of the more memorable moments of Gore’s time with the Bills was when cameras caught him going out of his way to introduce another NFL legend, Adrian Peterson following a game. That was Singletary’s rookie season.
After leaving the 49ers, Gore went on the play three years with the Indianapolis Colts (2015-2017), a year with the Miami Dolphins (2018) and then rounded out his career with one last season with the New York Jets.
Gore was originally a third-round pick by San Francisco in 2004.
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