Rolando McClain Retirement: Troubled Baltimore Ravens LB Retires At 23

So much for those Ray Lewis replacement plans. Less than a month after signing a one-year contract with the Baltimore Ravens, 23-year-old middle linebacker Rolando McClain announced his retirement today following his third arrest in less than 11 months.

The former Oakland Raiders first-round draft pick signed with Ravens on April 12, mere months after the Hall of Fame bound Lewis led the Ravens to a Super Bowl and announced his retirement. 

McClain was last arrested on April 22 in his hometown of Decatur, Ala.  on disorderly conduct and resisting arrest charges.  He was previously arrested last January on charges of having his car windows tinted too darkly and trying to lie about his identity. In 2011 he was involved in a shooting sentenced to jail on an assault charge stemming from the incident, but prosecutors later dismissed the case. 

"Rolando let me know that he plans to retire from the NFL," Ravens GM Ozzie Newsome told ESPN. "We have placed him on the Reserve/Retired list.”

The eighth overall pick of the 2010 draft, McClain finishes his NFL career with 274 tackles (195 solo), 6.5 sacks, one interception, one forced fumble and 23 passes defended in 41 career games with Oakland.

The Ravens will now turn to Arthur Brown, the Kansas State star selected in the second round of last month’s NFL Draft, as Lewis’ probable replacement.

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