Former Jets quarterback Chris Streveler announced his retirement in a social media post over the weekend.
Streveler spent one season with the Jets in 2022 and made his lone NFL start that season in Week 15 against the Jaguars.
“I love football, but today is my last day as a football player,” Streveler said in a video announcement on his Instagram account. “This game has given me opportunities beyond my wildest dreams. This game has challenged me with obstacles I thought I’d never overcome. This game has forged lifelong bonds with people I would have never met otherwise. I’ve been playing this game since I was 8 years old. Today, I’m 31.”
In all, Streveler appeared in nine NFL regular-season games during the course of his career, throwing for 231 yards and a touchdown.
The Illinois native starred in the Canadian Football League as well, spending two stints with the Winnipeg Blue Bombers, helping the organization win the Grey Cup in 2019.
Streveler played for the Blue Bombers from 2018 through 2019 before being released to pursue opportunities in the NFL in 2020, eventually signing with the Cardinals on a reserve/future contract.
He spent two years in the desert before the Cardinals waived him in November 2021 and he signed shortly after with the Ravens practice squad.
Streveler was briefly signed by the Dolphins in early 2022 before being waived in May and signing with the Jets in July of that year.
The QB returned to the CFL and the Blue Bombers in 2024 and threw for 1,103 yards and six touchdowns, along with 11 interceptions during the 2025 season.
“I remember little fifth-grade Chris Streveler practicing his autographs in his notebooks in school and telling everyone he’s going to be a professional football player,” Streveler said in his goodbye message. “If I could rewind time and tell the kid that journey he would go on in this game, he would never believe me. That kid has gotten to strap it up with some of the all-time greats. He shared a room with legends of the game, gotten to travel all over the United States and Canada to compete. That kid got to win a Grey Cup.
Streveler noted in his video that he had suffered two ACL tears and a slew of additional injuries during the course of his football career.
“I mentioned this after I tore my ACL for the second time, but I have no regrets,” he said. “At the end of the day, that’s all I could ask for. When I lie down for bed every night, I can sleep because I know I gave it everything I had and maximized the talent I was blessed with.”
[Notigroup Newsroom in collaboration with other media outlets, with information from the following sources]
