Kansas City Chiefs Super Bowl Champion & Former 2X Pro Bowler Announces His Retirement

Former Kansas City Chiefs Pro Bowl punter Dustin Colquitt, who won a Super Bowl 54 championship with the club in 2019, has announced his retirement.

On Tuesday afternoon, the Chiefs announced in an X/Twitter post that they signed Dustin Colquitt to a one-day contract so that he could retire as a member of the team that drafted him.

Colquitt spent the majority of his career with the Chiefs (2005 to 2019), who drafted him with the No. 99 pick in 2005. A 2003 consensus All-American and First-team All-SEC selection at Tennessee, Colquitt earned two Pro Bowl nods (2012 and 2016) with Kansas City.

Dustin Colquitt was with the Chiefs through plenty of ups and downs, including the dismal 2012 season that saw them finish as football’s worst team with a 2-14 record. That led to widespread organizational changes, with Andy Reid and John Dorsey coming in as the new head coach and GM before completing a blockbuster trade for quarterback Alex Smith.

We have signed Dustin Colquitt to a one-day contract. He will officially retire as a Kansas City Chief ❤️

Congrats on a well-earned retirement, @dustincolquitt2! pic.twitter.com/9cWoPxY3VY

— Kansas City Chiefs (@Chiefs) June 4, 2025

Colquitt was a reliable part of the Chiefs’ special teams unit for 15 seasons, helping them to seven straight winning seasons (2013 to 2019), five AFC West division crowns (2010, 2016, 2017, 2018 and 2019) and a Super Bowl 54 championship.

He split the 2020 season with the Pittsburgh Steelers and Jacksonville Jaguars and the 2021 campaign (his last) with the Atlanta Falcons and Cleveland Browns.

Dustin Colquitt Has The Sixth-Most Career Punting Yards

Colquitt retires with the sixth-most career punting yards, finishing with 53,660. The only players ahead of him on that list are Jeff Feagles (71,211), Shane Lechler (68,676), Andy Lee (68,405) Sean Landeta (60,707) and Brad Maynard (56,021).

Dustin Colquitt averaged 44.8 yards per punt during his 17 NFL seasons, including a career-high 46.8 average in the 2012 season.

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