Sunday will be retiring C Saturday’s last day as player


Green Bay Packers center Jeff Saturday (63) during the game against the Minnesota Vikings at Lambeau Field. The Packers defeated the Vikings 23-14. (Jeff Hanisch-USA TODAY Sports)

Sunday’s Pro Bowl will be the last game of a 14-year NFL career for Jeff Saturday.

The longtime Colts center said Friday on 1070 The Fan in Indianapolis that he is retiring. Saturday ended his career this season with the Green Bay Packers.

“We’ll finish it with sunsets in Hawaii and call it a much better career than I would have anticipated,” Saturday said.

Saturday landed on the NFC Pro Bowl roster despite being replaced late in the season as the Packers’ starting center by Evan Dietrich-Smith.

Saturday’s legacy will include six Pro Bowls and the man who snapped the ball to quarterback Peyton Manning in Indianapolis. Saturday started 182 games for the Colts from 1999 to 2011.