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The Chargers signed 11 players to reserve/future contracts. All spent all or part of the season on the practice squad.
With the 2023 season over, the Chargers have signed 11 players to future contracts, according to the NFL Transactions wire.
EDGE Brevin Allen
DT Jerrod Clark
RB Elijah Dotson
QB Max Duggan
WR Simi Fehoko
DB Matt Hankins
OL Brent Laing
DT Basil Okoye
DB Chris Wilcox
RB Jaret Patterson
DL Christopher Hinton
All 11 players spent time on either the team’s practice squad or active roster in 2023.
The players will be added to the 90-man active roster when the 2024 offseason officially begins.
The Chargers have finalized the full 53-man roster to start the 2023 season. Take a look at each player on the active roster.
The Chargers have announced their initial 53-man roster heading into the 2023 season, which kicks off against the Dolphins next Sunday, Sept. 10 at 1:25 pm PT.
Los Angeles can still make additional roster moves in the coming days via waiver claims and free-agent signings. They’ll also begin constructing a 16-man practice squad.
Quarterback (2): Justin Herbert, Easton Stick
Running back (4): Austin Ekeler, Joshua Kelley, Isaiah Spiller, Elijah Dotson
Fullback (1): Zander Horvath
Wide receiver (5): Keenan Allen, Mike Williams, Joshua Palmer, Quentin Johnston, Derius Davis
Tight end (4): Gerald Everett, Donald Parham, Tre’ McKitty, Stone Smartt
Offensive line (9): Rashawn Slater, Zion Johnson, Corey Linsley, Jamaree Salyer, Trey Pipkins, Jordan McFadden, Foster Sarell, Will Clapp, Brenden Jaimes
Defensive line (6): Sebastian Joseph-Day, Austin Johnson, Morgan Fox, Christopher Hinton, Scott Matlock, Nick Williams
Edge rusher (4): Joey Bosa, Khalil Mack, Tuli Tuipulotu, Chris Rumph II
Linebacker (5): Eric Kendricks, Kenneth Murray Jr., Daiyan Henley, Nick Niemann, Amen Ogbongbemiga
Cornerback (5): JC Jackson, Asante Samuel Jr., Michael Davis, Ja’Sir Taylor, Deane Leonard
Safety (5): Derwin James Jr., Alohi Gilman, JT Woods, Raheem Layne, AJ Finley
Specialists (3): K Cameron Dicker, P J.K. Scott, LS Josh Harris
The Broncos brought in RBs Ronald Awatt, Larry Rountree and Dwayne Washington for tryouts earlier this week. Washington got a one-year deal.
The Denver Broncos brought in three running backs for tryouts this week.
Ronald Awatt, Larry Rountree and Dwayne Washington tried out for the team on Wednesday, according to the NFL’s transaction wire.
The Broncos ended up signing Washington (6-1, 223 pounds), an eighth-year veteran who played under Sean Payton with the Saints from 2018-2021. In addition to providing depth at running back, Washington also has experience as a returner.
Awatt (6-0, 205 pounds) is an undrafted rookie out of UTEP who spent time with the San Francisco 49ers this offseason. He also worked out for the Ravens earlier this week before his visit to Denver.
Roundtree (5-10, 210 pounds) was picked by the Los Angeles Chargers in the sixth round of the 2021 NFL draft out of Arkansas. He played in 16 games over the last two seasons, rushing 49 times for 106 yards and one touchdown.
Meanwhile, kicker Elliott Fry, who was waived/injured earlier this week, cleared waivers on Wednesday and reverted to the team’s injured reserve list. Unless the Broncos reach an injury settlement with Fry and release him, the kicker will spend the entire 2023 season on the team’s IR list.
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Here are the worst-graded players on the offensive side of the ball, per Pro Football Focus.
The Chargers defeated the Rams in the preseason opener on Saturday, 34-17.
Along the way, they had some key contributors on offense, but there were some who did not help as much. Here are the worst-graded players on that side of the ball, per Pro Football Focus.
Larry Rountree will be fighting for a roster spot in training camp.
Training camp is approaching and with a few more weeks of dead time in the NFL offseason, Chargers Wire is documenting each of Los Angeles’ players before it kicks off.
Despite being the career rushing leader at Missouri, Larry Rountree III has struggled to find his footing in the NFL. Since being drafted by the Chargers in the sixth round in 2021, Rountree has accounted for just 87 rushing yards at a paltry 2.4 per carry average.
After failing to make the initial 53 man roster following the acquisitions of Isaiah Spiller and Sony Michel a season ago, Rountree clawed his way back from the practice squad to the active roster last November for his special teams acumen. Los Angeles liked what they saw enough to offer Rountree a reserve/futures contract for the 2023 season.
With the ineffective Michel now off the roster, Rountree reassumes RB4 duties behind Austin Ekeler, Joshua Kelley, and Spiller. The question, however, is whether or not 4 running backs will make the initial roster – especially with fullback Zander Horvath locked in for his own special teams prowess.
That leaves the third-year player likely fighting for a practice squad spot, where he should have the inside track on undrafted rookies Tyler Hoosman and Elijah Dotson.
2023 Contract: $940,000 base salary with no bonuses or guaranteed money, $940,000 cap hit.
Acquired: Rountree was selected with the 198th overall pick in the 2021 NFL Draft and has spent his entire career with LA.
Quote: Offensive coordinator Kellen Moore on the running backs outside of Austin Ekeler:
“We’re really excited about the other guys that are in that room, particularly in the running back room, just to give them these opportunities throughout the training camp process, the preseason process, and then we’ll figure out how the roles all get distributed.”
Highlight:
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📱: NFL app pic.twitter.com/ej58Ns5Ott— NFL (@NFL) November 14, 2021
Our Chargers’ NFL draft preview series continues with the running back position.
After taking a steady approach in free agency, signing just one external player in linebacker Eric Kendricks and re-signing a handful of their own, the Chargers now have their sights set on the draft where they will look to bolster their roster with their selections and make a deeper run in 2023.
Before, we’re going position by position to break down where Los Angeles stands entering the draft.
Next up is running back, after we profiled the quarterback position yesterday.
The Chargers signed 12 players to reserve/future contracts. All 11 spent all or part of the season on the practice squad.
With the 2022 season over, the Chargers have signed 12 players to future contracts.
OL Zack Bailey
WR Keelan Doss
WR John Hightower
WR Michael Jacquet
TE Hunter Kampmoyer
EDGE Carlo Kemp
CB Tyreek Maddox-Williams
DL David Moa
OL Austen Pleasants
RB Larry Rountree
DL Ty Shelby
S Mark Webb
All 12 players spent time on either the team’s practice squad or active roster in 2022.
The players will be added to the 90-man active roster when the 2023 offseason officially begins.
The Chargers activated Joey Bosa from injured reserve.
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The Chargers made a few roster moves ahead of their Week 17 matchup with the Rams.
Los Angeles activated edge defender Joey Bosa from injured reserve. Bosa has been out since Week 3 with a groin injury that he had to have surgery on.
In correspondence, L.A. waived running back Sony Michel to make room for Bosa on the roster.
Additionally, the Chargers promoted RB Larry Rountree and defensive lineman David Moa from the practice squad.
Rountree has appeared in two games this season. In 2021, he rushed for 87 yards and a touchdown on 36 carries.
Moa, a former undrafted free agent out of Boise State, spent time with the Vikings and Falcons before landing in New York, where he played in four games and had three tackles in 2021.
Here is a quick look at a few things Chargers fans should know about their newest player, Sony Michel.
The Chargers signed Sony Michel after a visit with the team on Wednesday morning.
Here are some things to know about the newest member of the team:
Productive when healthy
Despite concerns over Michel’s lack of burst after a series of injuries, one fact remains. The former first-round pick has rushed for over 800 yards in every season that he’s played at least ten games. His career-worst yards per carry average is 3.7. Michel also upped his productivity as a receiver with the Rams last year, logging 21 catches for 128 yards, both career highs. As long as he can stay on the field, Michel is a player who can and will produce with the touches he’s given.
Postseason performer
Michel had a stellar postseason in 2018, scoring six touchdowns on 71 carries for New England on their way to a Super Bowl victory. While he wasn’t as effective in the playoffs for the Rams last season, part of that can be attributed to the return of Cam Akers from an Achilles tear. Brandon Staley has emphasized bringing in players with championship experience to aid a Chargers squad that, for the most part, has never seen the playoffs. Michel has two Super Bowl rings and can impart what it takes to get there to the rest of the team.
American dream
Michel is the child of Haitian immigrants, both of whom moved to the United State before he was born. His mother, Marie, left Haiti in 1990, spending three months in the Bahamas before taking an overnight boat with 13 other people to Miami. She met Michel’s father, Jean, in Orlando in 1991 before going back for Sony’s half-sister Lamise in 1996. Michel honored his Haitian heritage in 2019 during My Cause, My Cleats, wearing bright red cleats adorned with the Haitian flag and a rendition of the Britney Gengel orphanage, named after an American volunteer who was one of the victims of the 2010 earthquake in the country.
Injury history
Michel brings with him a long list of injuries suffered on the field. Going back to high school, the 27-year-old tore his ACL as a sophomore in 2011. In 2014, he missed five games with a fractured shoulder. Before 2016, he broke his forearm in an ATV accident. The fall of 2017 brought an ankle injury. Once he broke into the NFL, he had a procedure done to alleviate a knee strain suffered in December 2017. He then had off-season foot surgery and missed six games with a quad injury in 2020 before the Patriots traded him to the Rams.
Get familiar with the newest member of the Chargers, running back Sony Michel.
The Chargers added a new running back, signing Sony Michel on Wednesday.
The move came a day after the team announced its 53-man roster. Initially, Larry Rountree was among those who were on the roster, but he was waived in favor of Michel.
Michel was released by the Dolphins ahead of the mandatory cutdown time.
As a player, Michel is a no-nonsense runner who brings solid vision, burst, and physicality to the table.
Michel isn’t the type to dance around. Instead, he makes one cut and gets up the field in a hurry.
Michel has excellent patience while blocks are being set up and mental processing to read the flow of the defense.
Austin Ekeler, Joshua Kelley and Isaiah Spiller aren’t well-versed in the pass protection department. But Michel brings that to the table, as he is physical in blitz pickup.
Speaking of playing a physical brand of football, watch as Michel lays the wood down the field, blocking for Odell Beckham Jr.
While his role with the Bolts is still yet to be determined, Michel adds versatility and quality depth to the running room.
