Frank Ragnow, the All-Pro center who has been a mainstay on the Lions offensive line for the past seven seasons, is retiring from the NFL, he announced on Instagram.

Ragnow, a 29-year-old Victoria, Minnesota, native, was drafted by the Lions in the first round of the 2018 draft after playing four seasons with the Arkansas Razorbacks. Ragnow started in 96 games across seven seasons, earning four Pro Bowl nominations (2020, 2022-24) and three All-Pro awards (2020, 2023-24).

Ragnow has a reputation of being an Iron Man, infamously playing with a fractured throat in 2020, but injuries have plagued Ragnow throughout his entire career. Ragnow wasn't available for more than a dozen games over his career, recovering from ankle injuries (2019 & 2023), a concussion (2019), a fractured throat (2020

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