BREAKING: UGA Football Legend Sony Michel Announces NFL Retirement

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ATHENS - Former UGA football star Sony Michel, most well known at UGA for scoring the game-winning touchdown in the Rose Bowl Game, has retired from the NFL.

LA Rams coach Sean McVay let reporters know Saturday night that the former first-round pick had concluded his NFL career. Michel ends his NFL career with 779 runs for 3,243 and 18 touchdowns. Michel scored the only touchdown in the the New England Patriots’ Super Bowl LIII win. He added another championship in Super Bowl LVI with the Rams. Michael was the Rams’ leading rusher that season. 

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Michel was a star in Silver Britches - playing four seasons at UGA. He made a slew of plays for the Dawgs, but two moments in Michel’s career stand out - his decision to return for his senior season at UGA, and his game-winning touchdown against No. 2 Oklahoma in the 2018 Rose Bowl Game. 

That touchdown, his third of the game, came on a 27-yard job into the end zone. Michel ripped the Sooners - gathering 222 yards and four touchdowns on 15 total touches that night. The two-overtime win over Oklahoma put Georgia in a national championship game for the first time since the conclusion of the 1982 season. 

That season kick started the best run in UGA history - playing in three national title games in six seasons, winning two SEC titles and two national titles combined. 

"I'm excited about the future of the Georgia Bulldog program,” UGA coach Kirby Smart said after Michel, Nick Chubb, Davin Bellamy and Lorenzo Carter all announced their return to the program for the 2017 season. “This means a lot to me and for our program that they all made this decision.”

Michel concluded his UGA career with 3,638 rushing yards and 33 touchdowns. He was also responsible for 621 yards receiving and another six touchdowns catching the ball. 

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