Another member of the Buccaneers’ 2021 Super Bowl squad is calling it quits.

Defensive lineman Pat O’Connor, who played the first six seasons of his nine-year NFL career with Tampa Bay, announced his retirement Thursday at the age of 32.

“What a ride it’s been,” O’Connor wrote to the Buccaneers in a heartfelt Instagram post. “After 9 incredible years, I think it’s finally time to hang up the cleats.”

O’Connor was a late seventh-round draft pick by the Lions in 2017 out of Eastern Michigan before playing out his rookie season in Tampa Bay after being released by Detroit.

The Chicago native was mostly a special teamer and also filled in on defense for the Buccaneers, having played 77 percent of special teams snaps for the Buccaneers during their 2021 Super Bowl run.

The “glue guy” special teamer covered kicks, punts, and blocked on return units for Tampa Bay.

After he left the Buccaneers in 2023, he returned to the team that initially drafted him, playing in 20 of a possible 34 games for the Lions.

He had one sack in 2024 and 28 total tackles in those two seasons for the Lions.

O’Connor posted the video of being drafted on television with the message as he reflected on his time in the NFL.

“If you had told my younger self that I’d play this long, spend my entire career with just two teams, get drafted, and win a Super Bowl, he would have called you crazy. But here we are,” he wrote.

He thanked his teammates, coaches and friends before turning his attention to life after football.

“As one chapter closes, another begins,” he continued. “Now it’s time to enter the real world. I’m beyond excited and ready for whatever comes next.”