Yeremiah Bell has announced that he has decided to retire from playing in the NFL after 11 seasons in the league.
The safety started every regular season game in the last four years during spells with the Arizona Cardinals, New York Jets and Miami Dolphins.
The 36-year-old told the Winchester Sun: "I'm done [with playing football]. It's not official because my agent hasn't turned in the papers yet but within myself, I've played my career [in the NFL].
"Football is a brutal sport and some guys stay with it until the league kicks them out but I felt like this way, the choice is strictly on me and I'm happy with it. Everybody else is a little more tore up about me not playing than I am because that's what I'm been doing my whole life.
"I'm happy to be home and where I'm at. I love Kentucky and my family. That's big for me."
Bell made 77 tackles, a sack and two interceptions for the Cardinals during the 2013 season.
Sian Cowper
