These players haven’t retired, but they have yet to sign with an NFL team. We’d love to see them back, but there’s a good chance they won’t return in 2025.
WR Tyler Boyd
Boyd’s lone season with the Tennessee Titans didn’t go well, as the 30-year-old receiver made only 39 catches for 390 yards and no touchdowns in 2024. While not quite career lows, his numbers are a far cry from the 6,000 yards and 31 scores he had with the Cincinnati Bengals between 2016 and 2023.
Although he’s yet to receive an offer from an NFL team, Boyd has expressed interest in playing for his hometown Pittsburgh Steelers, citing the time he spent getting to know head coach Mike Tomlin while sharing training facilities as a member of the Pittsburgh Panthers from 2013 to 2015.
Pittsburgh could use another wide receiver after sending George Pickens to the Dallas Cowboys in the offseason, but the fact that they haven’t called speaks volumes about Boyd’s prospects for 2025.
WR Amari Cooper
The then-Oakland Raiders took Cooper fourth overall in the 2015 NFL Draft. He made 225 catches for 3,183 yards and 19 touchdowns with two Pro Bowl nominations before being traded to Dallas in 2018.
He had 292 receptions for 3,893 yards and 27 scores in four years with the Cowboys and made the Pro Bowl again in 2019. His last Pro Bowl came in 2023 with the Cleveland Browns, who traded him to the Buffalo Bills, where he had 20 catches and two touchdowns in eight games last season.
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