Myles Gaskin’s football journey has reached the finish line.
The former Seahawks running back announced Wednesday that he is retiring from professional football at 29, ending a seven-year NFL run that started as a seventh-round pick and eventually took him through several teams and cities.
Seattle ended up being the last stop. Gaskin appeared for the Seahawks late in the 2025 season, and that Week 13 game against the Vikings became his final pro outing. In a 26-0 win, he handled three carries for six yards while seeing action on offense and special teams.
In his retirement post on Instagram, Gaskin opened with thanks to the game that carried him this far: “Thank you, God; you have allowed me to live my childhood's greatest dream, which was to play the game I loved at the highest level,” he wrote, before looking back on his path through the University of Washington, O'Dea High School, and his roots as a Richmond Bulldog.
He also made sure to give the Seahawks a special nod for letting him finish where it all began. “To the Seattle Seahawks, thank you for letting me play my last snaps back at the crib.”
Gaskin entered the league as a seventh-round pick of the Miami Dolphins in 2019 and spent four seasons in Miami. He later had shorter stops with the Rams, Vikings, and Seahawks. Over 47 games with 17 starts, he put up 367 carries for 1,360 yards and seven touchdowns, while adding 102 catches for 712 yards and six scores.
Before the NFL, Gaskin built a college résumé that still stands alone at Washington. His 62 total touchdowns and 5,323 rushing yards remain the most in Husky history, and he became the school’s first true freshman to rush for more than 1,000 yards.
His farewell message also read like a thank-you list. Gaskin singled out trainer Tracy Ford “for taking a chance on a random kid who just showed up at your gym,” gave longtime teammate Salvon Ahmed a quick “what a ride,” and thanked his parents, Scott and Robbie Gaskin, for a gift that stretched beyond football.
He closed by turning the message toward what comes next. “What I will do is give all the game you gave me to the next generation of young players who dare to be great,” he wrote.
“Thank you. It's been real.”
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