Florida State offensive guard Corey Martinez is stepping away from football. The redshirt senior was entering his final year at FSU battling for a backup spot at guard or center. Martinez was not at practice on Monday and a few hours later announced on Twitter his departure from the team.

Martinez wrote this message on his Twitter account:

Thank you for a truly amazing 4 years. I’ve had the opportunity to be around some great people in my time at FSU. From my teammates, support staff, fans and coaches, I greatly appreciate each and everyone of you for the never ending support and encouragement throughout my time at FSU. After a lot of thought, I have made my decision to move on from football and do what’s best for myself and my family. I’m proud to say that I’m an Alumni of the greatest university on this earth. I will forever be indebted to you FSU. As I continue my life journey, I look forward to stepping foot into the construction industry so that I can work my way into becoming a project manager and apply for my General Contractors license in the near future.

The 6-foot-4, 305-pound Martinez played sparingly last season appearing in four games and in the Independence Bowl against Southern Miss. He missed most of the 2016 season with injury, played in six games in 2015, starting three of them and in 2014 took a redshirt.

Martinez was rated a three-star prospect by 247Sports coming out of high school in 2014. He attended Tampa Catholic high school.