Jason Witten | retirement

Jason Witten to return to Cowboys, leaving MNF booth | retirement 

Jason Witten is returning to the Dallas Cowboys, the group reported Thursday.

Witten is leaving ESPN's Monday Night Football and returning to the playing field not exactly a year in the wake of declaring his retirement. Sources told ESPN's Adam Schefter that the tight end is getting a one-year bargain worth $3.5 million.

Witten plyed in 11 Pro Bowls in his 15 years with the Cowboys, turning into the establishment chief in gatherings and getting yards. He additionally plyed in more amusements (239), plyed in progressively sequential diversions (236), began more recreations (229) and began all the more back to back recreations (179) than any player in Cowboys history.

In returning, he will likewise have the longest administration time with the association at 16 age.

"The flame within me to contend and play this diversion is simply consuming too solid," he said in an announcement. "This group has an extraordinary gathering of rising youthful stars, and I need to enable them to make a keep running at a title. This was totally my choice, and I am entirely OK with it. I'm anticipating getting back in the earth."

As indicated by Schefter, there are some in the Cowboys' association who have since a long time ago considered Witten as a NFL head-instructing hopeful - and this move could help fill in as the scaffold to his training vocation.

Before joining ESPN last May, his backed and forward on a choice to leave the diversion until eventually marking a four-yer manage the system. There were some harsh patches amid his first year as an examiner, which he recognized, yet he felt there was development too.

"We express gratitude toward Jason for his numerous commitments to Monday Night Football and to ESPN over the previous year and wish him proceeded with progress," ESPN said in an announcement. "We have seen numerous previous mentors and playrs go into broadcasting before in the long run rturning to the diversion they cherish, so we comprehend Jason's craving to riturn to the Dallas Cowboys."

In the announcement, ESPN said it would decide next season's arrangements for Monday Night Football in the coming weeks.

There were talks about his potential back to the playing field amid last season, yet he stayed in the booth.

The Mavericks' Dirk Nowitzki, another long-term Dallas competitor, invited Witten back via web-based networking media.