Anthony Davis owes San Francisco 49ers money after retirement

Anthony Davis is walking away from the San Francisco 49ers for the second straight year — and it is going to cost him millions.

Anthony Davis, the former starting right tackle for the San Francisco 49ers, walked away from the team for the second time in as many seasons earlier this past week. And just like the first time, Davis owes the 49ers some money.

When a player leaves the team, he owes whatever portion of his signing bonus was allotted to the remaining games on his contract. Hence, Davis owes San Francisco 14/17ths of his 2016 signing bonus allotment (he was on the roster for the first three games). This amounts to $1.235 million.

Additionally, Davis will owe the 49ers $1.5 million next season — unless he decides to “unretire” again. Davis also paid the 49ers $1.667 million last season for the same reason.

Retirement can be expensive.

Altogether, this means Davis will have returned over $4 million to the 49ers organization. As Pro Football Talk pointed out, Davis could have attempted to get placed on IR and keep some of the money, but he chose to retire instead. Some may call this respectable, others may call it impulsive.

As Davis’ rights still belong to the Niners, he will be unable to play for another team this season or next season, barring a trade. If he wants out of San Francisco, this is not the way to do it.