Antonio Brown has announced retirement multiple times, with the most recent public retirement statements in 2024 and ongoing talk of comebacks afterward. The timeline is:
- First retirement: March 2, 2023 (announced retirement from professional football) [web results indicate this was the initial retirement].
- Unretirement: April 28, 2023 (intended to play for Albany Empire; did not materialize) [web results indicate a brief unretirement].
- Second retirement: April 24, 2024 (announced retirement via CTESPN Network, stated he was retiring as a Las Vegas Raider) [web results indicate this second retirement].
- December 2024–November 2025 period: Public statements suggested willingness to return to play (e.g., November 21, 2024 statement about coming out of retirement and being open to playing for the Steelers for free in 2024). Since then, there have been ongoing reports and social posts suggesting potential comebacks, but no sustained return to NFL play has occurred as of the latest widely reported updates.
If you want, I can look up the most current, specific date of his latest retirement statement and summarize the latest credible sources.
