Center Will Clapp, a veteran of seven seasons in the NFL, announced his immediate retirement from football in an Instagram post Wednesday.
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“From the first to the last and all the ones in between,” Clapp captioned the slideshow featuring images with his wife, Lizzie. “Thank you for being my rock! Grateful for an amazing career and excited for our next chapter!”
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Clapp signed with New Orleans in March 2025, but suffered a season-ending lisfranc tear in the Saints’ first preseason game.
“We call a little old quick pass play and the guy hits me with a little bull-to-swim, and when I went to redirect on his swim move I just felt my whole foot give out,” Clapp said in a November 2025 interview. “I limped back to the huddle and I was trying to convince myself I was good to go. Played another snap and I was like, ‘I’m not right.’”
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It proved to be the final snap of Clapp’s career.
Clapp was a seventh-round draft pick out of LSU in the 2018 NFL Draft by the Saints. He played his first four seasons in New Orleans, starting seven of 34 games from 2018-21.
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Clapp signed with the Los Angeles Chargers in April 2022. Over the next two seasons, he took on a more vital role snapping the ball to quarterback Justin Herbert.
Clapp played one game for the Bills in 2024.
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