Weston Richburg has announced his retirement from the NFL.

Richburg was made the highest-paid center in NFL history a few years ago with the San Francisco 49ers. Richburg missed the entire 2020 season because of a lingering shoulder injury and his continued efforts to recover from a torn right patellar tendon suffered in Week 14 of the 2019 season.

After four years with the New York Giants, who selected him in the second round of the 2014 NFL draft, Richburg signed a five-year, $47.5 million contract with the 49ers in the opening days of 2018 free agency.