In 2017, it looked as if Jaguars quarterback Blake Bortles may manage to live up to his status as a former No. 3 NFL draft pick when he led the team to an AFC championship berth and near-upset over the Patriots. Jacksonville fell back to Earth a year later, which proved to be his final with the franchise, and after brief backup stints with the Rams, Broncos, Packers and Saints, it appears that Bortles’s time in the NFL is over.
The UCF great appeared on the Pardon My Take podcast, and announced that he quietly retired a month ago, a move that did not previously garner much attention. Bortles had not been with a team since April, when he was waived by the Saints.
“I have not touched a football since January,” Bortles said, when asked if he was ready to sign with a team if the opportunity presented itself.
