Titans’ veteran edge rusher surprisingly retires just 1 day before training camp

The Tennessee Titans announced that veteran edge rusher Lorenzo Carter informed the team he will retire on Tuesday, just one day before training camp began on Wednesday.

Carter, 29, signed a one-year deal with the Titans during free agency ahead of the 2025 season. 

“He notified us yesterday that he will be retiring,” Titans general manager Mile Borgonzi said in the announcement, “So we wish him well.”

Carter played in the NFL for seven seasons after the New York Giants selected him in the third-round of the 2018 NFL Draft out of Georgia. 

The edge rusher spent the first four seasons with the Giants before he joined his hometown Atlanta Falcons for the final three seasons of his career. 

Carter started 62 of his 96 career games in the NFL. He only started two of his 15 games in his rookie year, but after that he became a regular starter with the Giants. 

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In four seasons with the Giants, Carter had 153 combined tackles, 14.5 sacks, one interception, 15 passes defended, five forced fumbles, and four fumble recoveries. 

Following his four-year stint with the Giants, Carter signed a one-year, $3.5 million contract with the Falcons. Carter started all 17 games that season and parlayed that into a two-year, $9 million contract the following season.

Last season, Carter started 11 of the 13 games he played in and had 32 combined tackles and no sacks for the Falcons. 

Without Carter, the Titans have seven edge rushers on their roster: Arden Key, Dre’Mont Jones, Femi Oladejo, Jaylen Harrell, Ali Gaye, Titus Leo and Desmond Evans.

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