ESPN’s Mike Clay projects Chargers’ 2024 offensive stats

ESPN’s Mike Clay takes a crack at projecting the production of the offensive side of the ball for the Los Angeles Chargers.

Mike Clay is an NFL and fantasy football analyst at ESPN who uses algorithms and formulas to project player and team stats prior to the regular season.

Clay revealed his offensive projections for the upcoming season.

Let’s take a look at how he believes the Chargers’ skill players will fare in 2024.

Quarterback

Player C/A Yards TDs INT Carries Yards TDs
Justin Herbert 322/495 3,557 23 10 60 257 2
Easton Stick 39/64 423 3 2 8 37 0

Running back

Player Carries Yards TDs Targets Receptions Yards TDs
J.K. Dobbins 154 769 4 44 34 241 1
Gus Edwards 180 762 6 22 17 134 1
Isaiah Spiller 42 174 1 8 6 40 0
Kimani Vidal 13 52 0 3 2 14 0

Wide receiver

Player Targets Receptions Yards Average TDs Carries Yards
Ladd McConkey 98 63 797 12.7 5 2 14
Josh Palmer 82 53 630 11.9 4 0 0
Quentin Johnston 76 47 601 12.8 4 2 13
DJ Chark 70 38 567 14.9 5 0 0
Derius Davis 16 11 111 10.0 1 13 86
Brenden Rice 5 3 36 12.0 0 0 0

Tight end

Player Targets Receptions Yards Average TDs
Hayden Hurst 60 41 393 9.6 3
Will Dissly 38 30 266 8.9 1
Stone Smartt 16 11 113 10.3 1
Donald Parham 5 4 36 9.0 0

 

How Chargers players fare in early 2020 fantasy football rankings

Two players of the Los Angeles Chargers are in the top-10 in early 2020 fantasy football draft rankings.

The Chargers head into the 2020 season with a new signal-caller. After Philip Rivers and the franchise mutually agreed to part ways earlier this offseason, Tyrod Taylor and Justin Herbert take over under center.

The running back position will have a slightly new look moving forward, too after Melvin Gordon agreed to a deal with the Broncos. Joining Austin Ekeler and Justin Jackson is fourth-round pick Joshua Kelley.

Aside from those changes and couple of new additions along the offensive line, the rest of the offense stayed intact with the strong pass-catching group that consists of Keenan Allen, Mike Williams, Hunter Henry and draft selections Joe Reed and K.J. Hill.

As far as fantasy football goes, which everyone is looking forward to, Los Angeles will have quite a few options in drafts this year. ESPN’s fantasy football experts put together early PPR (points per reception) ranking of players at each position.

Here’s how the Chargers players stack up:

Quarterback

Tyrod Taylor, No. 26

Justin Herbert N/A

Running back

Austin Ekeler, No. 7

Joshua Kelley, No. 54

Justin Jackson, No. 55

Wide receiver

Keenan Allen, No. 15

Mike Williams, No. 46

K.J. Hill N/A

Joe Reed N/A

Tight end

Hunter Henry, No. 8

Kicker

Michael Badgley, No. 20

Defense/Special Teams

Chargers, No. 11