Bo Scarbrough Announces Retirement

tuscaloosanews.com - Former Alabama football running back Bo Scarbrough announced his retirement from football on Saturday.

“You can love this game all you want. But at the end of the day, the game can’t love you back because it’s not a person; it’s a ball,” Scarbrough said. “I have so much respect for the people still playing. And when it’s your time, you’ll know it’s your time.”

Scarbrough was a two-time national champion at Alabama (2015, 2017) and a two-time USFL champion with the Birmingham Stallions (2022, 2023). He spent most of the 2023 season on the Stallions' injured reserve list and was reselected by the team in the UFL dispersal draft, the player reallocation process that took place after the USFL and XFL merger.

"We've got this thing called the fourth quarter: discipline, effort, toughness, pride, and most importantly, commitment," Scarbrough said at his retirement press conference, citing his former coach Nick Saban's fourth quarter program. "You've got to be committed to play this game if you're going to play. If you're not committed, it's not going to work for you, so for me, my heart, you know, it was my time."

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Scarbrough was a seventh-round pick by the Dallas Cowboys in 2018, though his only NFL action came in 2019 with the Detroit Lions. He joined the Stallions midway through the USFL's inaugural season in 2022 and helped them win a league championship with 13 carries for 135 yards and a touchdown in the final.