Big Ben is calling it a career.
Ben Roethlisberger, who spent all 18 seasons of his NFL career with the Pittsburgh Steelers after the franchise drafted him 11th overall in the 2004 NFL Draft out of Miami (Ohio), is retiring.
The quarterback announced what many assumed would happen this offseason with a video he released on Thursday in which he read a letter about “cleaning out his locker” that also had loving messages for his whole family and the Steelers organization.