Former Raiders kicker Sebastian Janikowski announces NFL retirement

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On the day after the 2019 NFL Draft ended, the most recent specialist to be picked in the first round called it a career.

And what a career it was for Sebastian Janikowski.

The former Raiders kicker announced his retirement Sunday to ESPN's Adam Schefter.

The Super Bowl that Janikowski referred to was the Raiders' 48-21 loss to the Tampa Bay Buccaneers in Super Bowl XXXVII, after the 2002 season.

Janikowski spent the first 17 seasons of his 18-year NFL career with the Raiders, who selected him 17th overall in the 2000 NFL Draft. He sat out 2017 because of back issues, then signed with the Seattle Seahawks for the 2018 season. He hit 22 of 27 field-goal attempts and 48 of 51 extra-point tries in what is now his final NFL season.

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Janikowski finished his career having made 436 of 542 field-goal attempts (80.4 percent) and 605 of 614 extra-point attempts (98.5 percent). His 1,913 career points rank 10th all time in NFL history, and only Colts kicker Adam Vinatieri has more among active players. Janikowski also holds the NFL record for longest field-goal attempted (76 yards).

With Janikowski's retirement, New England quarterback Tom Brady now is the lone remaining active player from the 2000 NFL Draft.

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