Ravens' Rolando McClain retires ... at age 23

[Auggie]

Middle linebacker Rolando McClain is retiring from the NFL at the age of 23, less than a month after signing a one-year contract with the Baltimore Ravens, general manager Ozzie Newsome announced Wednesday.

McClain was signed on April 12 as the potential replacement for Ray Lewis but was arrested 10 days later in his hometown of Decatur, Ala., for disorderly conduct and resisting arrest. This was the third arrest in 11 months for the former first-round pick by the Oakland Raiders.

He was previously charged in a 2011 shooting, and police arrested him in January on charges of having his car windows tinted too darkly and trying to lie about his identity. McClain was sentenced to jail on an assault charge after the shooting, but prosecutors later dismissed the case.

SNIP

McClain's spot on the team seemed to be in jeopardy after the Ravens moved up in the second round to draft Arthur Brown.

LINK: http://espn.go.com/nfl/story/_/id/9278165/rolando-mcclain-baltimore-ravens-retires-23

I doubt we've heard the last of Rolando McClain.

[madinmaryland]

1. Interestingly, there was no guaranteed money in McClain's contract, so it did

not cost the Ravens anything, other than the negative press and irritation.

[Auggie]

2. Foresighted thinking by Ozzie, I'd say ...

and fortunate for them it happened so quickly -- they didn't waste any more time on him.