Derek Carr retiring from NFL due to shoulder injury
Photo by Stacy Revere/Getty Images Saints QB Derek Carr is retiring from the NFL due to a shoulder injury Ahead of the 2025 NFL Draft, news broke that New Orleans Saints quarterback Derek Carr was dealing with a shoulder injury that put his status for the upcoming season in jeopardy. Now, after trying both an injection and physical rehabilitation, Carr has decided to retire, according to multiple reports. Ian Rapoport of the NFL Network was first with the news, outlining that after Carr tried both a round of rehab as well as an injection, doctors informed him he would not be 100% until “another procedure:” #Saints QB Derek Carr, dealing with a shoulder injury that requires surgery that would knock him out for the 2025 season, is retiring, per The Insiders.While Carr tried an injection and rehab, it wouldn’t allow him to be 100% until another procedure. Both sides move on. pic.twitter.com/sHbCq9nqVw— Ian Rapoport (@RapSheet) May 10, 2025 As noted by Rapoport in a subsequent post on social media, both Carr and the Saints gain financially from this decision. While retirement means Carr foregoes the $30 million guaranteed he is due this year, the Saints will not seek reimbursement of Carr’s $10 million roster bonus and signing bonus. The word that Carr’s status for the 2025 season was in jeopardy sparked further speculation that the Saints would draft a quarterback with the No. 9 pick in the 2025 NFL Draft. However, New Orleans went in a different direction, adding offensive tackle Kelvin Banks Jr. in that spot instead. Rather than adding a quarterback in the first round, New Orleans waited until the second round, drafting quarterback Tyler Shough out of Louisville at No. 40. Now Shough is in line to compete for the starting job in New Orleans.
Saints QB Derek Carr is retiring from the NFL due to a shoulder injury
Ahead of the 2025 NFL Draft, news broke that New Orleans Saints quarterback Derek Carr was dealing with a shoulder injury that put his status for the upcoming season in jeopardy.
Now, after trying both an injection and physical rehabilitation, Carr has decided to retire, according to multiple reports.
Ian Rapoport of the NFL Network was first with the news, outlining that after Carr tried both a round of rehab as well as an injection, doctors informed him he would not be 100% until “another procedure:”
#Saints QB Derek Carr, dealing with a shoulder injury that requires surgery that would knock him out for the 2025 season, is retiring, per The Insiders.
While Carr tried an injection and rehab, it wouldn’t allow him to be 100% until another procedure. Both sides move on. pic.twitter.com/sHbCq9nqVw— Ian Rapoport (@RapSheet) May 10, 2025
As noted by Rapoport in a subsequent post on social media, both Carr and the Saints gain financially from this decision. While retirement means Carr foregoes the $30 million guaranteed he is due this year, the Saints will not seek reimbursement of Carr’s $10 million roster bonus and signing bonus.
The word that Carr’s status for the 2025 season was in jeopardy sparked further speculation that the Saints would draft a quarterback with the No. 9 pick in the 2025 NFL Draft. However, New Orleans went in a different direction, adding offensive tackle Kelvin Banks Jr. in that spot instead.
Rather than adding a quarterback in the first round, New Orleans waited until the second round, drafting quarterback Tyler Shough out of Louisville at No. 40.
Now Shough is in line to compete for the starting job in New Orleans.
