Former Baldwin County High School and Alabama standout Wallace Gilberry has announced his retirement from the NFL via Instagram.

Gilberry went to training camp and played in the preseason with the Cincinnati Bengals this year. But the Bengals released the defensive lineman on Sept. 2 in the roster reduction from 90 players to the regular-season limit of 53, and he had not signed with another team.

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Unwanted out of high school and undrafted out of college, Gilberry spent nine seasons in the NFL, playing in 124 games, registering 34 sacks and scoring a touchdown on a 25-yard fumble return against the Philadelphia Eagles in 2012.

Gilberry wasn't recruited by any SEC program coming out of high school in Bay Minette, but his performance during the Alabama-Mississippi High School All-Star Classic on June 7, 2003, earned him a second look.

Alabama had a scholarship available because Cliff Davis, a quarterback from Eupora, Mississippi, chose to sign a professional baseball contract after being selected in the Major League draft. Gilberry became the first signee for Mike Shula, who had stepped in as Alabama's coach after Mike Price was fired abruptly.

Gilberry left the Crimson Tide ranked No. 2 to Derrick Thomas in the school record book for tackles for loss. But he went undrafted in 2008.

Gilberry signed with the New York Giants, but he made his NFL debut on Nov. 9, 2008, for the Kansas City Chiefs in an AFC West game against the San Diego Chargers. Gilberry spent three more seasons with the Chiefs before finding a home in Cincinnati.

From 2012 through 2015, the Bengals went to the playoffs annually with Gilberry on the roster. He saw most of his action in pass-rush packages, but Gilberry started every game at defensive end in 2014.

Gilberry signed with the Detroit Lions as a free agent in 2016. But after four games with Detroit, he landed on injured reserve. Gilberry was later released and signed with the Bengals, giving Cincinnati's defense a spark with 2.5 sacks over the final five games of the season.

Mark Inabinett is a sports reporter for Alabama Media Group. Follow him on Twitter @AMarkG1