Former Wisconsin center Travis Frederick on Monday announced his retirement from the NFL in a Twitter Post.
— Travis Frederick (@tfrederick72) March 23, 2020
Frederick, 29 spent his entire seven-year NFL career with the Dallas Cowboys after being drafted in the first round with the 31st overall selection in 2013.
Frederick in his time with the Cowboys made five Pro Bowls (2014-2017, 2019), he was a First-team All-Pro in 2016, and was also a two-time Second-team All-Pro in 2014 and in 2015.
Frederick missed all of the 2018 season after being diagnosed with Guillian-Barre Syndrome, which is an illness that forces the body to attack its own nervous system.
Despite missing the entire 2018 season Frederick was able to return last season and played in all 16 games. Overall, Frederick showed his reliability with the Cowboys as he appeared in 96 games with the Cowboys and started them all.
In his time with Wisconsin Frederick became the first true freshman offensive lineman for Wisconsin to start in a season-opening game, which was against Northern Illinois. But that was just one of his highlights during his time at Wisconsin as he was also a part of two Big Ten championship teams in 2011 and 2012 and also played in two Rose Bowls. In 2012 in his final season at Wisconsin, he was named a first-team All-American.