Miami’s Williams opts to continue his retirement

This could be it for Ricky Williams. He just doesn’t want to play football.

The 2002 NFL rushing champion rejected a deal to serve a four-game drug suspension this season and return to the field next year. He’ll stay retired instead, and his lawyer, David Cornwell, doesn’t believe Williams will play again.

“Ricky indicated to me that he is no longer interested in resuming his career at this time,” Cornwell said in a statement e-mailed on Thursday.

The 1998 Heisman Trophy winner needed to let the league know his decision by Thursday so he could be moved from the retired list to the suspended list by the deadline. He would have served the suspension for the Miami Dolphins’ final four games, starting Dec. 12 at Denver.

“Ricky Williams has declined to accept the terms of his reinstatement,” NFL spokesman Greg Aiello said.

Williams has social-anxiety disorder and was a spokesman for an anti-depressant. He said marijuana helped him after he stopped using the anti-depressant.

He rushed for 3,225 yards in two seasons with the Dolphins, including 1,853 yards in 2002. Miami acquired him from New Orleans after the 2001 season.

Around the league

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