{"id":13402,"date":"2023-03-22T12:59:52","date_gmt":"2023-03-22T11:59:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/matchplug.com\/blog\/?p=13402"},"modified":"2025-03-25T04:53:21","modified_gmt":"2025-03-25T03:53:21","slug":"donta-hightower-patriots-linebacker-three-time-super-bowl-champion-announces-retirement","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/matchplug.com\/blog\/donta-hightower-patriots-linebacker-three-time-super-bowl-champion-announces-retirement\/","title":{"rendered":"Dont\u2019a Hightower, Patriots linebacker, three-time Super Bowl champion announces retirement"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Dont\u2019a Hightower has officially announced his retirement from National Football League, after playing for 9 seasons on the field; he wrote a retirement letter to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theplayerstribune.com\/posts\/thank-you-new-england-patriots-donta-hightower-nfl-football-retirement\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">The Players\u2019 Tribune <\/a>on Tuesday.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&#8220;Today, I am officially retiring from the NFL,&#8221; Hightower wrote. &#8220;I know these announcements always feel bittersweet, but I can&#8217;t think of a better story than the one I wrote in New England. A decade, three Super Bowls, two Pro Bowls, and the birth of my son &#8212; all playing for one franchise.<br>\n<br> How many guys have a story like that?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&#8220;So this is a happy day for me, and I just wanted to let you all know how much I appreciate you embracing a Southern kid from Lewisburg, Tennessee.&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Hightower has been an essential tackler for the <strong>Patriots\u2019 <\/strong>defense, he earned two Pro Bowls to further solidify his ring and generated 569 total tackles, 27 sacks and one career interception. He won two national championships in college at Alabama too.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Read <\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/matchplug.com\/blog\/aaron-rodgers-my-intention-is-to-play-for-new-york-jets-exit-from-green-bay-packers-a-matter-of-time\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Aaron Rodgers; My intention is to play for New York Jets; exit from Green Bay Packers \u2018a matter of time\u2019<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Before his Pro Bowl 2019 campaign, Hightower opted to sit out the 2020 season because of the COVID-19 pandemic. He came back in 2021, playing 15 games, and earning 64 tackles and 1.<br>\n<br>5 sacks. In 2022, he did not play.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"650\" height=\"342\" src=\"https:\/\/matchplug.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/donta-hightower-patriots-linebacker-three-time-super-bowl-champion-announces-retirement-high-tower.png\" alt=\"dont'a hightower \" class=\"wp-image-13404\" srcset=\"https:\/\/matchplug.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/donta-hightower-patriots-linebacker-three-time-super-bowl-champion-announces-retirement-high-tower.png 650w, https:\/\/matchplug.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/donta-hightower-patriots-linebacker-three-time-super-bowl-champion-announces-retirement-high-tower-300x158.png 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 650px) 100vw, 650px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>In Hightower\u2019s first Super Bowl victory over the Seattle Seahawks, as a player for the Patriots, he made of the most unsung plays of the game, tripping <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nfl.com\/players\/marshawn-lynch\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Marshawn Lynch <\/a>at the 1-yard line. The play set up <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nfl.com\/players\/malcolm-butler\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Malcolm Butler\u2019s <\/a>famous interception to seal the Lombardi Trophy for New England. If not for his tackle, that match would have ended differently.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&#8220;When I look at that first ring, I think about the Marshawn tackle,&#8221; Hightower wrote of the play.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&#8220;When I saw Seattle line up in that I-form, I knew Beast Mode was getting it, and I knew they&#8217;d been gashing us with that strong-side lead all game. I knew he was going to walk through a huge hole if I didn&#8217;t take a risk. It&#8217;s funny how things come full circle because when I was at Alabama, Kirby Smart used to always tell us, &#8216;Never ever go behind a block unless you&#8217;re sure you&#8217;re going to make a play.&#8217;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&#8220;Well, I wasn&#8217;t sure. But I figured we had nothing to lose.<br>\n<br> So I ripped up under Okung and shot my shot. All I saw was Marshawn&#8217;s two legs churning, and I just prayed to God that I could clip him up or something.<br>\n<br> I reached out &#8230; and you already know what happened next.&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>What happened next was that Dont\u2019a Hightower went ahead to secure the first of the three Super Bowls which he would win later on.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Hightower now joins the Patriots\u2019 all-time greats.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-black-color has-text-color\"><strong>More NFL News:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/matchplug.com\/blog\/ex-lions-rb-jamaal-williams-signed-to-three-year-contract-with-saints\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Ex-Lions RB Jamaal Williams signed to three-year contract with Saints<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Dont\u2019a Hightower has officially announced his retirement from National Football League, after playing for 9 seasons on the field; he wrote a retirement letter to The Players\u2019 Tribune on Tuesday. &#8220;Today, I am officially retiring from the NFL,&#8221; Hightower wrote. &#8220;I know these announcements always feel bittersweet, but I can&#8217;t think of a better story than the one I wrote in New England. A decade, three Super Bowls, two Pro Bowls, and the birth of my son &#8212; all playing for one franchise. How many guys have a story like that? &#8220;So this is a happy day for me, and I just wanted to let you all know how much I appreciate you embracing a Southern kid from Lewisburg, Tennessee.&#8221; Hightower has been an essential tackler for the Patriots\u2019 defense, he earned two Pro Bowls to further solidify his ring and generated 569 total tackles, 27 sacks and one career interception. He won two national championships in college at Alabama too. Read Aaron Rodgers; My intention is to play for New York Jets; exit from Green Bay Packers \u2018a matter of time\u2019 Before his Pro Bowl 2019 campaign, Hightower opted to sit out the 2020 season because of the COVID-19 pandemic. He came back in 2021, playing 15 games, and earning 64 tackles and 1. 5 sacks. In 2022, he did not play. In Hightower\u2019s first Super Bowl victory over the Seattle Seahawks, as a player for the Patriots, he made of the most unsung plays of the game, tripping Marshawn Lynch at the 1-yard line. The play set up Malcolm Butler\u2019s famous interception to seal the Lombardi Trophy for New England. If not for his tackle, that match would have ended differently. &#8220;When I look at that first ring, I think about the Marshawn tackle,&#8221; Hightower wrote of the play. &#8220;When I saw Seattle line up in that I-form, I knew Beast Mode was getting it, and I knew they&#8217;d been gashing us with that strong-side lead all game. I knew he was going to walk through a huge hole if I didn&#8217;t take a risk. It&#8217;s funny how things come full circle because when I was at Alabama, Kirby Smart used to always tell us, &#8216;Never ever go behind a block unless you&#8217;re sure you&#8217;re going to make a play.&#8217; &#8220;Well, I wasn&#8217;t sure. But I figured we had nothing to lose. So I ripped up under Okung and shot my shot. All I saw was Marshawn&#8217;s two legs churning, and I just prayed to God that I could clip him up or something. I reached out &#8230; and you already know what happened next.&#8221; What happened next was that Dont\u2019a Hightower went ahead to secure the first of the three Super Bowls which he would win later on.\u00a0 Hightower now joins the Patriots\u2019 all-time greats. More NFL News: Ex-Lions RB Jamaal Williams signed to three-year contract with Saints<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":13403,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[220,169,17],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-13402","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-american-sport-football-news","category-news","category-nfl"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.1.1 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Dont\u2019a Hightower three-time Super Bowl champion retires - Matchplug Blog<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Patriots&#039; linebacker and three-time superbowl champion Dont&#039;a Hightower has annouced his retirement. 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