Madden NFL 15: List of players who retire after first season

I'm a huge Connected Franchise player when it comes to Madden. If you're looking for help in planning your roster moves for your NFL team past the first season, one thing that might be useful is knowing what players are going to retire after the first season.

Interestingly enough, during the offseason, there's no action to view the list of retiring players. I had to go into League Transactions and filter it by retired players. And even then it wouldn't show me who retired from what team; it was just a list of players' names and their positions. It also didn't list why they retired — whether it was just being old or injured. So I went ahead and listed what team and overall rating they were on the default Madden roster for you.

Here are the players that retired in the first offseason of Madden NFL 15:

Chicago Bears

• RE Israel Idonije – 77 Overall
• C Roberto Garza – 80 Overall

Cincinatti Bengals

• QB Jason Campbell – 76 Overall
• CB Terence Newman – 83 Overall

Buffalo Bills

• HB Fred Jackson – 85 Overall
• P Brian Moorman – 69 Overall

Arizona Cardinals

• TE Mike Leach – 71 Overall

San Diego Chargers

• ROLB Dwight Freeney – 87 Overall
• LOLB Jarret Johnson – 81 Overall

Atlanta Falcons

• RE Jonathan Babineaux – 79 Overall
• K Matt Bryant – 85 Overall

New York Giants

• Head Coach Tom Coughlin

New York Jets

• QB Michael Vick – 79 Overall

Detroit Lions

• C Dominic Raiola – 91 Overall
• CB Rashean Mathis – 80 Overall

Carolina Panthers

• HB Deangelo Williams – 81 Overall
• DT Colin Cole – 75 Overall

New England Patriots

• RE Will Smith – 78 Overall
• DT Tommy Kelly – 78 Overall

New Orleans Saints

• C Jonathan Goodwin – 79 Overall

Tennessee Titans

• HB Jackie Battle – 74 Overall

Free Agents

• K Rian Lindell – 78 Overall
• RT Tony Pashos – 76 Overall
• FB Greg Jones – 86 Overall
• K David Akers – 84 Overall
• HB Michael Bush – 77 Overall
• WR Plaxico Burress – 74 Overall
• HB Ronnie Brown – 77 Overall
• LG Travelle Wharton – 83 Overall
• C Patrick Mannelly – 66 Overall
• P Sav Rocca – 65 Overall
• QB Rex Grossman – 71 Overall
• QB Seneca Wallace – 72 Overall
• LT Sean Locklear – 70 Overall
• MLB Paris Lenon – 73 Overall
• CB Quentin Jammer – 78 Overall

Check out our review of Madden NFL 15.

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