Chiefs Super Bowl winner responds to claims he’s retiring from football

By ALEX RASKIN

Former Kansas City Chiefs receiver and Super Bowl winner Kadarius Toney has appeared to shut down rumors he was planning on ditching football for music.

The former first-round NFL draft pick, who performs as ‘Yung Joka’, responded to rumors of his impending retirement on social media Thursday night, but was quick to remind everyone that his first love is music.

Toney, currently a free agent, was alleged to have said on an Instagram live stream that he would be hanging up his cleats for good and pursuing a career as a rapper.

However, he shut down those claims. He posted on his Instagram story: ‘Goofies on the net hollerin I’m retiring… just want klout. 

He added: ‘Love da attention for my music tho. It’s been a passion.’

Toney’s passion has not been football for some time. The 26-year-old University of Florida product won two Super Bowls with the Chiefs, but became a non-factor in Kansas City by 2023. 

Toney, who performs as ‘Yung Joka’, played town retirement talk on social media Thursday

Toney was a contributor for the Chiefs in 2022, but struggled in 2023 en route to another ring 

The team declined his fifth-year option last May, and while he was later signed by the Cleveland Browns, he was ultimately released in December and has gone unsigned ever since.

Along the way Toney has been criticized for dropped passes and a crucial 2023 offsides penalty that negated a would-be go-ahead touchdown in a Chiefs loss to the rival Buffalo Bills.

Then, in January, Toney was accused of strangling a woman who was later revealed to be pregnant. He was later arrested on one count of aggravated assault-strangulation and one count of obstructing/harassing 911 calls.

TMZ has since published 911 audio from the woman – allegedly Toney’s girlfriend – in which she claimed to be heavily pregnant during the January 14 attack in Douglasville, Georgia.

While the woman said she wasn’t feeling any contractions and declined receiving medical attention, she said she had fled to her neighbor’s house barefoot to remove herself from the home she and Toney shared.

Officers say she had red marks on her neck and petechial hemorrhaging in her eyes.

Toney was also accused of preventing her from calling 911.

There was a warrant issued for Toney’s arrest on January 15, and his bond was set at $25,000 for each of his two charges when he was arrested the following month.

Police in Georgia issued a warrant for 26-year-old former member of the Chiefs in January

Police documents reviewed by DailyMail.com alleged that Toney squeezed a woman’s throat ‘with enough force to cause her to be unable to breath.’

He has not spoken publicly about the case and any record of an attorney for Toney could not be found.  

A first-round pick by the New York Giants in 2021, Toney showed flashes of his ability with Big Blue, once racking up up 189 receiving yards in a single game. 

However, he struggled with injuries throughout his time in New York and was traded to Kansas City in 2022, where he ultimately won two rings. 

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Chiefs Super Bowl winner responds to claims he’s retiring from football

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