Pitt’s Lewis to retire from NFL

Veteran running back Dion Lewis, who played eight NFL seasons over 10 years and won a Super Bowl with the New England Patriots, is retiring from the NFL, a source told ESPN Friday.

Lewis, who played for the New York Giants last season, had interest from teams as recently as last week, a source told ESPN.

The 5-foot-8 Pitt product, who was utilized for most of his career as a third-down back, always played bigger than his size, gaining 3,833 yards from scrimmage with 22 total touchdowns over his career. He played on New England’s Super Bowl teams in the 2016 and 2017 seasons, winning a title in 2016. He also played for the Tennessee Titans and Philadelphia Eagles.

Lewis, who will turn 31 in September, did not play in 2013 and 2014 while recovering from a broken leg.

Elsewhere

Former Washington Football Team running back Derrius Guice was suspended by the NFL for the first six weeks of the 2021 season for violating the league’s personal conduct policy.

The suspension stems from Guice’s arrest on domestic violence charges in August 2020. He initially was booked on charges of felony strangulation and four misdemeanors for allegedly choking and pushing his then-girlfriend, in addition to destroying her cellphone, over a six-month period in 2020. But Loudoun County prosecutors dropped the felony charge, and the misdemeanors were dismissed in Juneafter he and the woman reached a settlement.

The case was slated to go to trial, and Guice, 24, could have faced prison time if convicted. But the settlement closed the case and spared him a criminal record. The NFL’s conduct policy, however, which is collectively bargained with the NFL Players Association, does not require a conviction or an arrest for an individual to be in found in violation.