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Tampa Bay Buccaneers<\/a> legend Lavonte David announced his retirement on Tuesday at a press conference.<\/p>\n

David, 36, spent 14 seasons with the Buccaneers and was the team\u2019s longest-tenured player, including being a key member of their Super Bowl-winning team. He spent 12 seasons as a captain.<\/p>\n

\u00a0“I just want to start off by saying, man, \u2018God is amazing.\u2019 14 years of football, to come to this moment, I never thought I\u2019d be in this situation. I never thought I\u2019d be here,” David said.<\/a><\/p>\n

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Since David entered the NFL<\/a> in 2012, he leads the league in solo tackles (1,171) while having the second-most tackles for loss (177) in that span. He is one of three players to record 40-plus sacks and 35-plus takeaways in his career. Pro Football Hall of Famers Ray Lewis and Brian Urlacher are the other two.<\/p>\n

David said he played football for the “fun of it, for the love of it.” He called his career a journey.<\/p>\n

“Every time I stepped on the field I wanted to prove myself right, and all my doubters wrong.”<\/p>\n

David got emotional talking about his late parents and the sacrifices they made for him.<\/p>\n

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“Growing up where I grew up, it ain\u2019t easy. It ain\u2019t easy but they found a way for me and you don\u2019t understand that until you get older and until you have kids of your own, the sacrifices they made for you. The things they did for you,” a tearful David said.<\/p>\n

“It\u2019s just, thinking about my dad, the sacrifices he made. He was never the breadwinner in our family, but for some reason he and my mom made it work and their relationship lasted for so long. And when you saw how they was compatible with each other and how they made our lives easier. We had one car, my mom took the car to work and my dad used to take me to practice on his handlebars on a bike. We used to walk sometimes, and as a kid you\u2019d be like, \u2018Dang man, that walk was a far walk.\u2019 You realize it\u2019s a sacrifice that you gotta make to help your sons, kids dreams come true. And they did it.”<\/p>\n

When David\u2019s mom passed away in 2016, he said he didn\u2019t care about football anymore because he wanted to help her make her dreams come true after she made his dreams come true.<\/p>\n

David\u2019s father passed away shortly after the Buccaneers won the Super Bowl<\/a> in 2021.<\/p>\n

David tied Pro Football Hall of Famer Derrick Brooks\u2019 franchise tackle record of 1,714 in his final regular-season game. He has played the third-most games in Buccaneers history behind Brooks (224) and Pro Football Hall of Famer Rond\u00e9 Barber (241).<\/p>\n

The Buccaneers selected David with their second-round pick in the 2012 NFL Draft out of Nebraska.<\/a> He made the Pro Bowl once in his career, was named a first-team All-Pro once and a second-team All-Pro twice.<\/p>\n

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