Saints Pro Bowl center Unger retiring after 10 seasons
By BRETT MARTEL - Apr. 11, 2019 08:55 AM EDT
FILE- In this Dec. 18, 2016, file photo, New Orleans Saints center Max Unger (60) blocks during the first half of an NFL football game against the Arizona Cardinals in Glendale, Ariz. Two people familiar with the decision say Unger, the New Orleans Saints Pro Bowl center, is retiring after 10 NFL seasons. The people spoke to The Associated Press on condition of anonymity on Saturday, March 16, 2019, because the transaction has not been announced. (AP Photo/Rick Scuteri, File)
FILE- In this Dec. 18, 2016, file photo, New Orleans Saints center Max Unger (60) blocks during the first half of an NFL football game against the Arizona Cardinals in Glendale, Ariz. Two people familiar with the decision say Unger, the New Orleans Saints Pro Bowl center, is retiring after 10 NFL seasons. The people spoke to The Associated Press on condition of anonymity on Saturday, March 16, 2019, because the transaction has not been announced. (AP Photo/Rick Scuteri, File)
FILE - This is a 2018 file photo shows Max Unger of the New Orleans Saints NFL football team. Two people familiar with the decision say Unger, the New Orleans Saints Pro Bowl center, is retiring after 10 NFL seasons. The people spoke to The Associated Press on condition of anonymity on Saturday, March 16, 2019, because the transaction has not been announced. (AP Photo/File)
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NEW ORLEANS (AP) — Two people familiar with the decision say New Orleans Saints Pro Bowl center and offensive captain Max Unger is retiring after 10 NFL seasons.

The people spoke to The Associated Press on condition of anonymity on Saturday because the transaction has not been announced.

The 32-year-old Unger has been New Orleans' starting center for the past four seasons after spending his first six NFL seasons out of Oregon with Seattle.

The 6-foot-5, 305-pound Hawaii native was an AP All-Pro in 2012 and has been to the Pro Bowl three times, in 2012, 2013 and 2018. He was acquired from Seattle in a trade for tight end Jimmy Graham after the 2013 season.

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