With expectations high for Chargers free safety Nasir Adderley, he was unable to show why he was so highly touted in his rookie campaign.
The Bolts’ second-round selection had been dinged up with a hamstring issue since the summer. He played the first four weeks of the regular season, primarily on special teams, but he hadn’t played since Week 4.
Since he was unable to get healthy, Los Angeles decided to put the first-year safety on the injured reserve.
According to Orange County Register’s Gilbert Manzano, Adderley described his season-ending hamstring injury as a tendon split.
“It wasn’t the rookie year I was expecting. I was hoping to make a big impact,” Adderley said.
Had Adderley been healthy, there’s a good chance that we could have seen him as the starting free safety over Rayshawn Jenkins.
The former Delaware product showed flashes this past preseason of the player that was coveted coming out of college, displaying the ideal range and ball skills.
With a full slate to recover, get stronger and more adapted to the speed of the NFL, Adderley will be in competition for the starting spot with Jenkins heading into the 2020 season.