JJ Watt is hanging up his cleats. 

The Arizona Cardinals defensive again introduced Dec. 27 he’s retiring from the NFL after 12 seasons. 

He shared the information on Twitter, alongside a photograph of his spouse, soccer star Kealia Ohai Watt, and their 2-month-old son, Koa James Watt. 

“Koa’s first ever NFL recreation. My final ever NFL house recreation,” the three-time NFL Defensive Participant of the Yr winner wrote. “My coronary heart is full of nothing however love and gratitude. It has been an absolute honor and a pleasure.” 

Watt has two video games remaining this season, each on the highway in Atlanta and San Francisco.

Watt’s shock announcement comes after he suffered a well being scare in early October when his coronary heart went into atrial fibrillation, which causes an irregular and infrequently very fast heartbeat, in line with the Cleveland Clinic. The 33-year-old tweeted that docs shocked his coronary heart again into a traditional rhythm. And, three days later, on Oct. 2, he took the sphere for his 138th consecutive NFL recreation.