Richard Sherman to join Thursday Night Football team

Richard Sherman will be joining the Thursday Night Football team, NFL On Prime Video announced on Tuesday. The former Super Bowl Champion has worked in the media in the past but will now be a part of one of the league’s primetime slots.

However, despite getting into broadcasting, Sherman does not plan on retiring, per NFL Network’s Tom Pelissero. He will continue to work out with the hope being there is another opportunity to see playing time.

“Now official: Richard Sherman is headed into broadcasting,” Pelissero said. “Sherman, 34, isn’t retiring just yet. He’ll continue training for a possible return to the field. But you’ll be seeing him this fall either way.”

In early May, reports emerged that Sherman was in discussion with Thursday Night Football to become a “key role in their programming.” Nearly a month later, the deal is done and the NFL cornerback will be on television in America this fall.

Thursday Night Football will kick off in Week 2, with the Kansas City Chiefs playing host to the Los Angeles Chargers. Games will run all the way through Week 17, where some of the biggest matchups in the NFL will take place. Sherman will have the opportunity to cover them all, if not appear on the field later in the season.

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Sherman first entered the league in 2011, being a fifth-round pick of the Seattle Seahawks. He won a Super Bowl with the organization before eventually playing for two other teams, the San Francisco 49ers and Tampa Bay Buccaneers.

If this ends up being the end of his career, the list of his personal achievements will be a lengthy one. Sherman will have three first-team All-Pros, five Pro Bowls to his name, along with being named to the 2010s NFL All-Decade team.