Running back's dad says retirement not in his plans

KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) - Kansas City running back Priest Holmes, out for the rest of the season, is taking a break back home in Texas and is not thinking about retirement, his father says.

There had been speculation earlier this week that Holmes might retire after seeing three medical specialists following a helmet-to-helmet collision against San Diego on Oct. 30. He missed last Sunday's game with Oakland, and on Wednesday the Chiefs placed him on injured reserve due to head and neck trauma.

The player's father, Herman Morris, said Holmes is irritated and disappointed about another early end to his season but plans to be back.

“He's not contemplating retirement,” Morris told The Kansas City Star in an interview from San Antonio. “He wants to go out on top. He wants to go out his way. He plans on walking off, at God's will, writing his own script, not having someone else write it for him.”