Shaquem Griffin, the first and so far only one-handed professional football player in the US professional league NFL, has ended his career. The 27-year-old was last under contract with the Miami Dolphins, but was released last year without playing.
“Football has always been Plan B for me. Now it’s time to execute Plan A,” Griffin wrote in a lengthy post for The Players’ Tribune. “I’m going to build something new so I can do what my father always told us: Leave the world a better place than we found it.”
Griffin, who is missing his left forearm due to a birth defect, played for the Seattle Seahawks for three years and played 46 games in the NFL.