Philip Rivers announces retirement after 17 NFL seasons

One of the better quarterback in NFL history is calling it quits after an illustrious career.

Philip Rivers released a statement on Wednesday that he is retiring from football after 17 seasons in the NFL.

The 39-year old, who was selected 4th overall in the 2004 NFL Draft, amassed 5277 pass completions for 63,400 passing yards, 421 touchdowns and a 95.2 quarterback rating over a span of 244 combined games with the San Diego/Los Angeles Chargers and Indianapolis Colts.

During his career, he was selected to eight Pro Bowls and has been an NFL passing yards (2008) and touchdowns leader (2010), completion percentage leader (2013) to go along with winning the NFL’s Comeback Player of the Year Award in 2013.