Veteran offensive tackle Tyron Smith will sign a one-day contract with the Dallas Cowboys to retire with the franchise, according to NFL Network’s Ian Rapoport.

The two-time All-Pro spent his first 13 seasons in Dallas before joining the New York Jets in 2024.

Smith started 10 games for the Jets before suffering a neck injury in November that ended his year.

That summed up the final stretch of the 34-year-old’s impressive career. He had season-ending neck surgery after two appearances in 2020 and then missed 30 combined games over the next four campaigns.

During his prime, though, Smith was one of the NFL’s elite blockers off the edge. He had a stretch of seven straight Pro Bowl appearances from 2013-19, and the Pro Football Hall of Fame named him to its All-Decade team for the 2010s.

NFL Media’s Eric Edholm argued in 2022 that Smith warranted enshrinement in the Hall of Fame once his career was over.

“Though two of Smith’s past three seasons have been marred by injury, he was the epitome of dominance prior to that,” Edholm wrote. “Smith was named first- or second-team All-Pro for four years running between 2013 and 2016 and was voted to Pro Bowls in each of the past eight seasons in which he logged 11-plus games. The classic ‘dancing bear’ big man at left tackle, Smith combines sweet feet with sheer power to maul most defenders opposite him when healthy.”

That will ultimately be up to the Hall’s voters to decide, but those who watched Smith play will testify to how difficult he made the lives of opposing pass-rushers.