NFL Legend Aaron Donald Comes Out Of Retirement With Multi-Million Dollar Deal In Hand

August 30, 2026 9:43 PM ET Aaron Donald is trading retirement for another shot at a championship ring.The Los Angeles Rams announced Sunday that the star defensive tackle will return for the 2026 season, ending a two-and-a-half-year absence from the game, according to the Associated Press. Donald signed a one-year cont

Donald's return to the Rams inspired a look at the players who enjoyed the most successful second acts in league history

Aaron Donald is back, and it did not take long for the rest of the NFL to realize what that means. Players and former stars flooded social media Sunday after Donald officially ended his two-year retirement to rejoin the Rams, turning a defensive front that was already generating enormous hype after the blockbuster addi

Aaron Donald, one of the NFL's greatest defensive players, has come out of retirement to rejoin his former side Los Angeles Rams.

Retirement has proven a fickle sorceress for some of the NFL's greatest stars.

NFL stars who unretired: Aaron Donald joins Deion Sanders  ESPN

Donald will team up with Garrett, creating a duo with five Defensive Player of the Year awards and 236.5 career sacks.

Aaron Donald has yet to announce whether he'll return to play for the Rams, and faces a strict deadline to make his comeback by.

As a result, both players won't have to pay additional taxes on millions of dollars of income, as claimed by the tax agency