Udeze Retires

Gregg Rosenthal (Pro Football Talk) reports Minnesota Vikings’ defensive end Kenechi Udeze has decided to retire from the National Football League.  Udeze missed all of 2008, while battling and recovering from acute lymphoblastic leukemia.

Udeze, 26, was drafted out of USC by the Vikings with their first pick (20th overall) in the 2004 NFL draft.

We wish Udeze well in his post-football career.  Winning the battle with cancer is certainly a life-changing experience, and we hope he finds happiness in whatever he does.

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