SAN DIEGO -- After a nine-year career with the San Diego Chargers, offensive lineman Jeromey Clary announced his retirement on Thursday.
"San Diego is a great place to play, and I couldn't have asked for a better organization to play for," Clary said in a prepared statement. "All the coaches and all the players I was with, and the friendships I've built. ... I'm honored to have played for an organization like this. It means the world to me."
The Chargers selected Clary in the sixth round of the 2006 draft out of Kansas State. He started 93 of the 103 regular-season games, with the majority coming at right tackle before moving to guard in 2013.
From 2007-13, Clary missed only nine regular-season games. His teammates voted him the 2010 winner of the Ed Block Courage Award after he returned from a serious ankle injury to start all 16 games that season.
Clary did not play in 2014 because of two hip surgeries.
"If you asked what a great teammate looks like, I could just tell ya Jeromey Clary," said quarterback Philip Rivers. "His toughness, his fight and dependability on and off the field were top notch. I will miss playing with No. 66."
