The Philadelphia Eagles placed him on the reserve/retired list, ending a five-year professional career that began with Super Bowl promise and ended with a quiet departure from a roster where he had almost no path to playing time.
Tryon-Shoyinka had signed a one-year deal with Philadelphia on March 29 but was not present at OTAs or the Eagles' mandatory minicamp, a signal the organization and the player had quietly reached the same conclusion before the official announcement.
The #Eagles placed DE Joe Tryon-Shoyinka, former #Bucs first-rounder, on the reserve/retired list today. pic.twitter.com/Bums8JFQuP
— Ian Rapoport (@RapSheet) June 16, 2026
The Career That Brought Him Here
Tryon-Shoyinka was selected 32nd overall by the Tampa Bay Buccaneers in the 2021 NFL Draft, the pick Tampa Bay earned by winning Super Bowl LV months earlier.
He spent four seasons in Tampa, appearing in 66 games with 45 starts and recording 15 career sacks, with his best individual season coming in 2023 when he posted 45 tackles, five sacks, and a forced fumble across 16 games.
The Buccaneers declined his fifth-year option in April 2024, with 2023 third-round pick YaYa Diaby having supplanted him as a starter.
Tryon-Shoyinka signed a one-year, $4.755 million deal with the Cleveland Browns in 2025, played eight games, and was traded to the Bears at the November 4 deadline along with a seventh-round pick in exchange for a sixth-round pick.
#Eagles DE Joe Tryon-Shoyinka is retiring from the NFL.
— Ari Meirov (@MySportsUpdate) June 16, 2026
The former #Bucs first-round pick is stepping away from football at age 27. pic.twitter.com/uQdCta2Wqp
He played eight games in Chicago and suffered a concussion in Week 17, missing the Bears' two playoff games.
Philadelphia signed him in March as a low-cost depth option, but the subsequent acquisitions of Jonathan Greenard on a four-year, $98 million extension via trade from the Vikings and A.J. Epenesa on a one-year deal, combined with existing contributors Jalyx Hunt, Nolan Smith, and Arnold Ebiketie, left Tryon-Shoyinka without a realistic path to the 53-man roster.
He walked away rather than compete for a spot that was not going to exist.
He is 27 years old and the second Eagle to retire abruptly in consecutive offseasons following Za'Darius Smith and Jaire Alexander in 2025.
