GREEN BAY - A year after being released from the only NFL team he’d ever known, receiver Jordy Nelson is retiring. Hmmm…. Jordy Nelson: Decides to retire by RotoWire Staff Mar 27, 2019 at 10:11 am ET • 1 min read

The longtime Packers standout wide receiver is retiring from football, according to former teammate James Jones (on Twitter).. Nelson leaves the sport with more than 8,500 receiving yards, 72 touchdowns, and a Super Bowl ring.He spent the majority of his career with the Packers – from 2008-2017 – before hooking on with the Raiders last year. Jordy Nelson is calling it a career. Former Green Bay Packers receiver Jordy Nelson told “The Dan Patrick Show” Wednesday that he’s working on a deal to retire as a Packer this offseason. Jordy Nelson will forever be remembered as one of the all-time receivers in Green Bay Packers’ history. GREEN BAY – In early June, Jordy Nelson said he planned to retire from the NFL as a member of the Green Bay Packers, the team for which he played 10 seasons and won a Super Bowl. Jordy Nelson was released by the Green Bay Packers in the offseason and ended up signing a contract with the Oakland Raiders. The former Packers and Raiders wide receiver is retiring from the NFL, per ex-teammate James Jones. Jordy Nelson spent 10 of his 11 years in the NFL with the Green Bay Packers.On August 4, 2019, Nelson signed a one-day contract with the Packers so that he … Jordy Nelson has said it before, and he said it again: The fan favorite wide receiver expects to sign a one-day contract so he can retire as a Green Bay Packer. GREEN BAY – Jordy Nelson, the Packers' fifth all-time leading receiver, is retiring from the NFL after 11 seasons. Jordy Nelson, who was released by the Packers in 2017, will sign a one-day contract to retire with the team. According to a report from Nelson's former teammate with the Green Bay Packers , James Jones , Nelson is retiring from the NFL after 10 seasons.

— Scott Gulbransen (@LVGully) November 12, 2018 On Monday morning, Chris Reed of Silver & Black Today mentioned along with the tweet that he had heard that Nelson would be hanging it up the following day after suffering through just nine games in the bay. Jordy Nelson is hanging up his spikes.

Jordy Nelson is calling it quits after 11 seasons. Jordy Nelson told us that he has talked to @packers brass about signing a one-day contract and retiring as a Packer. Jordy Nelson done?

A report came out that Oakland Raiders WR Jordy Nelson is reportedly set to retire from the NFL, but the analyst has since backed off the comments. Nelson’s decision to end his football career was reported in a tweet Wednesday by James Jones, his teammate of seven years with the … Jordy Nelson is retiring from the NFL after spending a year with the Oakland Raiders and 10 years with the Green Bay Packers, former teammate James Jones reported on Wednesday. On Sunday, the club made it official by announcing that Nelson has told the team of that intention. Nelson said he’s had conversations with Packers team president Mark Murphy about getting it done.