Chargers great tight end Antonio Gates announces retirement

Antonio Gates, the great tight end of the Chargers, has officially retired.

A Chargers veteran who spent his entire career with the team announced his retirement Tuesday. It wasn’t Philip Rivers. However, the man who was on the receiving end of many of the quarterback’s passes, Antonio Gates, has decided to step away from the game.

Gates last played in 2018. He sent out a message via social media regarding his decision.

Some of the stats on an amazing career for someone who played college basketball at Kent State and was undrafted in 2003.