{"id":15067,"date":"2012-06-18T15:24:20","date_gmt":"2012-06-18T19:24:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/flsentinel.com\/?p=15067"},"modified":"2012-06-18T15:24:20","modified_gmt":"2012-06-18T19:24:20","slug":"ladanian-tomlinson-to-call-it-quits-after-11-nfl-seasons","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/flsentinel.com\/?p=15067","title":{"rendered":"LaDanian Tomlinson To Call It Quits After 11 NFL Seasons"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>SAN DIEGO\u00a0 \u2014 <strong>LaDainian Tomlinson\u2019s<\/strong> brilliant NFL career will officially end when he ceremoniously rejoins the San Diego Chargers for a day.<\/p>\n<p>The Chargers said Sunday that <strong>Tomlinson<\/strong>, who was the NFL MVP in 2006 with San Diego and is the fifth-leading rusher in league history, will re-sign with the team on Monday and then announce his retirement.<br \/>\n<strong><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Tomlinson<\/strong> was drafted in the first round by San Diego in 2001 and became one of the biggest stars in team history, helping revive the Chargers after the devastating <strong>Ryan Leaf<\/strong> years and turning them into a force in the AFC West. He spent the first nine years of his career in San Diego. He played the last two seasons with the New York Jets.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Tomlinson<\/strong> won the MVP in \u201906, when he set NFL single-season records with 31 touchdowns, including 28 rushing, and 186 points. He ran for a career-high 1,815 yards that year, giving him the first of two straight league rushing titles.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Tomlinson<\/strong> finishes his career with 13,684 yards and 145 touchdowns.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Head coach Mike Shanahan of the Washington Redskins speaks with LaDainian Tomlinson #21 of the New York Jets after a game at FedExField on December 4, 2011 in Landover, Maryland. The New York Jets defeated the Washington Redskins 34-19.<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>SAN DIEGO\u00a0 \u2014 LaDainian Tomlinson\u2019s brilliant NFL career will officially end when he ceremoniously rejoins the San Diego Chargers for a day. The Chargers said Sunday that Tomlinson, who was the NFL MVP in 2006 with San Diego and is the fifth-leading rusher in league history, will re-sign with the team on Monday and then [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":210,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"pmpro_default_level":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-15067","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-sports","pmpro-has-access"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/flsentinel.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15067","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/flsentinel.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/flsentinel.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/flsentinel.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/210"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/flsentinel.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=15067"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/flsentinel.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15067\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/flsentinel.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=15067"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/flsentinel.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=15067"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/flsentinel.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=15067"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}