After a career that included in franchise history, one trip to the Super Bowl, three Pro Bowl nods, and four first-team All Pro selections, linebacker is officially calling it a career.The longtime 49ers linebacker, who spent a portion of the 2017 season with the and the 2018 season out of the league, , Lawrence Taylor Jersey the 49ers announced. The team, however, wasn't able to sign Bowman to a one-day contract to allow him to officially retire with them because it would've required them to make room for Bowman on their Phil Simms Jersey 90-man roster.Bowman didn't sign a contract with the 49ers on Tuesday, but he did show up at practice. Recently retired NaVorro Bowman helps break down the post-practice huddle ... Matt Barrows (@mattbarrows) Bowman will be remembered as a 49ers great who formed an incredible linebacker tandem with during the team's most-recent peak under Jim Harbaugh that involved excruciating lo ses in the Super Bowl and two NFC Championship Games. In his eight-year run with the team, Dexter Lawrence Jersey Bowman recorded 798 combined tackles, 14 sacks, and five interceptions. In that span, among all defensive players even though he mi sed the entire 2014 season after suffering a gruesome injury during the 2013 playoffs. He was named first-team All Pro in 2015. At his individual peak, he was one of the best linebackers in football. It's rare to see a linebacker tandem as dominant as Willis and Bowman. One of the best LBs over the past decade is hanging 'em up in San Francisco.During an incredible stretch between 2011-2013, only 1 linebacker had a higher overall grade than Navorro Bowman's 91.8. That linebacker was Patrick Willis. What a 1-2 punch Odell Beckham Jr Jersey they were. Pro Football Focus (@PFF) Remember Aldrick Rosas Jersey this? NaVorro Bowman intends to retire as a member of the , having authored one of the greatest plays in the teams storied history. Congrats to 53 on an incredible career.(: ) Rob Lowder (@Rob_Lowder) But age eventually took its toll on Bowman. The 49ers cut him not long after the 2017 season started as He , but didn't play last season.