DALLAS – Former all-pro Dallas Cowboys defensive end DeMarcus Ware posted on Twitter that he is retiring from the NFL following a 12-year playing career.
Ware was named to nine pro bowls and seven first or second NFL All-Pro teams.
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Ware was drafted in the first round of the 2005 NFL Draft by the Cowboys and spent nine successful seasons in Dallas.
He is the Cowboys all-time leader in sacks, with 117, and the franchise’s all-time leader in forced fumbles, with 32.
Ware left Dallas as free agent in 2014 and played three more seasons with the Denver Broncos.
He was part of a Denver defense that led the Broncos to a Super Bowl 50 championship in 2015.
Ware finishes eighth all-time in sacks, with 138.5, and led the NFL in sacks in 2008 and 2010.
It's time .... pic.twitter.com/qlXpcNn12b
— D-Ware (@DeMarcusWare) March 13, 2017