Detroit Lions great Frank Ragnow details his abrupt retirement, failed comeback attempt

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Former Detroit Lions star center Frank Ragnow had a wild 2025 NFL season despite never playing a snap.

Ragnow, 30, retired abruptly during the summer, announcing his retirement on social media. In November, he tried to make a return to the field and sign with the Lions, only to fail his physical because of a Grade 3 hamstring strain.

The four-time Pro Bowler said he never intended to retire during the summer last year.

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Frank Ragnow of the Detroit Lions looks on the sideline during the national anthem before a against the Dallas Cowboys at AT&T Stadium in Arlington, Texas, on Dec. 30, 2023. (Perry Knotts/Getty Images)

"To shoot it to you straight, I was trying to will myself to play, and my body was telling me otherwise. And I was just in, like, a paralysis if you will," Ragnow said, according to ESPN. "I did not plan on retiring in the middle of the summer, believe it or not. I was trying to get, like, 'You can do it,' for the guys, the fans ... like, it's who you are.

"But it's just, like, I was uncomfortable, and it's one of those things where you have a couple kids, and I don't want a sob story," Ragnow said. "I'm going to be completely fine and everything, but it's one of those there where, like, 'Is the juice worth the squeeze' thing, and, to me, ultimately it came down to that decision, and, obviously, I struggled with that decision too."

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Frank Ragnow of the Detroit Lions during a game against the San Francisco 49ers at