Vince Wilfork announces his retirement

Vince Wilfork announced his retirement on Monday. The Former New England Patriot and Houston Texan defensive interior lineman played 13 seasons in the NFL.
Wilfork arguably laid the template for the prototypical run stuffing nose tackle. In fact, no defensive interior player was better from 2006 to 2010. During those years Wilfork dominated against the run, leading all defensive interior players in run stops with 137, and in run stop percentage at 11.3 percent (min 850 run defense snaps).
Wilfork graded in the top five of his position in four of those five seasons, including ranking first overall twice. His 2006 top-ranked overall grade of 86.8 was the highest mark of his career.
Even as Wilfork aged well into his 30s, he thrived as a run stopping nose tackle, routinely grading above average and in the top-50 overall of his position. Wilfork finishes his career as the all-time leader in run-stops during the PFF era (2006-2016).