Rest easy, San Francisco 49ers fans, star left tackle Trent Williams isn't going into retirement. Williams, who is 34 years old, announced that he intends to return to the 49ers next season at Saturday's Pro Bowl practice amid talk that he was potentially retiring, per Grant Gordon of NFL.com.
“Yeah, for sure,” Williams said when asked if he was definitely coming back. “Next year, the year after. I'm under contract until I'm 39 [years old].”
Trent Williams not only said that he'll be returning to play for the 49ers in 2023, but he also said that he'll be back “next year, the year after.”
The veteran left tackle added that he's “under contract until he's 39 years old.”
Trent Williams signed a six-year, $138 million contract with the 49ers back in 2021, a deal that made him the highest-paid offensive lineman in NFL history.
So, Williams is not about to head off to retirement just two years into the contract, even after some pretty telling comments as his 12th season in the league came to an end following the 49ers' loss to the Philadelphia Eagles in the NFC title game.
The 10-time Pro Bowler said that “it gets pretty grueling for a 34-year-old” after having two long seasons, acknowledging that “you do kind of think about what's life like after football.”
While Trent Williams may eventually start to think about life after football, he's clearly not ready to have that discussion just yet, especially not after yet another Pro Bowl and All-Pro campaign.
Williams and the 49ers will have to turn their attention to how they can get over the hump after seeing their season end in the NFC title game in back-to-back years.
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