Williams had started every game for the Seattle Seahawks this season before stepping away for personal reasons.

Seahawks starting center Connor Williams is retiring from the NFL due to personal reasons, coach Mike Macdonald announced on Friday. Williams had started all nine games for Seattle this season and 86-of-92 regular season games for three teams across his seven-year NFL career.

On Friday, the Seattle Seahawks announced center Connor Williams was ruled OUT from Sunday's week 11 game against the San Francisco 49ers. Williams had missed the entire week of practice, and was ultimately ruled OUT due to a not-injury related: personal reason.