Former Indianapolis Colts quarterback Andrew Luck shocked the NFL world when he retired at the peak of his career, when he was just 29 years old in 2019. Luck had just won the NFL Comeback Player of the Year Award in 2018, including being ranked No. 20 in the NFL Top 100 Players List of 2019, before his stunning announcement two weeks before the season started.
Luck, who has been cited as one of the biggest 'what ifs' in modern NFL history, recently revealed that he did not regret his retirement.
During an interview with Yahoo Sports Daily, Luck revisited the circumstances of his surprise retirement and insisted that he did not regret the decision after seven years.
"Not to say it wasn't a hard (decision), it was the hardest decision of my life, probably up until that point, and maybe since as well, but no," Luck said . "It was exactly what needed to happen for me. Again, not an easy one, but the right one."
"No regrets, and not to say I did things perfectly by any stretch of the imagination," he continued. "I learned a bunch from both the successful and the low moments of playing as a professional quarterback and for the Colts.
"But I think, life keeps moving forward. Thankful for the opportunities I had, and I also feel full of purpose and passion as the general manager of Stanford football . I love this school, I love this program, there's a real mission we're on. I love working with these young men. I love our coaching staff. I'm right where I'm supposed to be. I have an amazing wife and two amazing daughters. Life keeps throwing wonderful pleasant gifts along the way."
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Luck further revealed that he had not been tempted to come out of retirement, even when Philip Rivers briefly returned to the Colts last year at 44.
Luck forged a decorated career at Stanford , breaking several records and winning the prestigious Johnny Unitas Golden Arm Award, the Walter Camp Award, and the Maxwell Award, and finishing as the Heisman Trophy runner-up twice. He was selected No. 1 overall by the Colts in the 2012 NFL Draft and established himself as one of the league's best quarterbacks.
He turned the Colts into a consistent postseason presence and finished his NFL career with four Pro Bowl nods and was the league's passing touchdowns leader in 2014.
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In 2018, he posted an impact score of 81.3 on PFN's QB Impact Metric , ranking seventh in the league. It was the third top-10 finish of his career, with the other two being in 2016 (ninth with a 78.9 impact score) and 2014 (fifth with an 82.4 impact score).
The former Colts star completed his master's degree at Stanford and was appointed the Cardinal's general manager in 2024, where he set about restructuring the program, including hiring his former teammate Tavita Pritchard as the football coach in 2025.
This article originally appeared on Pro Football Network .
