The 2025 NFL League Year is on the horizon.
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Here is the 2025 Chargers Free Agency Tracker, which will be updated once moves are made official by either the Chargers or other NFL teams.
Unrestricted Free Agents
Eli Apple
Apple provided solid play in the secondary after being added to the roster in mid-October due to a host of injuries. The former first-round pick played in four games and recorded two tackles with a pass defensed.
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Bradley Bozeman
Bozeman was added on a 1-year deal in 2024 and promptly started all 17 games and the playoff contest. He provided leadership as a team captain and led the Bolts in offensive snaps with 1,057.
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DJ Chark
Chark's 2024 season was hampered by injuries as he missed the first half of the year. He played sparingly the rest of the way but did catch a touchdown in the season finale against the Raiders.
Best Photos: DJ Chark
J.K. Dobbins
Dobbins bounced back from an Achilles injury in a big way as he set a career high with 905 rushing yards while surpassing 1,000 total yards from scrimmage. Dobbins' impressive season helped him finished as the runner up for the NFL's Comeback Player of the Year Award.
Best Photos: J.K. Dobbins
Troy Dye
Dye tied a career high with five starts at linebacker in 2024 after signing a 1-year deal last offseason. Dye, who is also one of the Bolts top special teamers, tallied 57 total tackles with two tackles for loss and 1.5 sacks.
Best Photos: Troy Dye
Hayden Hurst
Hurst is another player who was on a 1-year deal, but the tight end never found traction with the Chargers. He played in just nine games and had eight total catches for 73 yards.
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Simi Fehoko
Fehoko provided a spark in the passing game at times in 2024 and also developed into a key special teams piece as a gunner. The wide receiver missed the second half of the season with an elbow injury but returned for the playoffs.
Best Photos: Simi Fehoko
Poona Ford
Perhaps the most impactful free agent signing from a year ago, Ford posted an incredible and impactful 2024 season with the Bolts. Ford earned an 85.1 overall Pro Football Focus grade in 2024, good for fourth among all defensive linemen with at least 600 snaps. The 29-year-old was a key piece up front and was an integral reason why the Chargers had the NFL's No. 1 scoring defense.
Best Photos: Poona Ford
Morgan Fox
Fox was his usual consistent self on the interior of the Bolts defensive line again this season. He posted 3.5 sacks with three tackles for loss and helped lead a position group that surpassed all external expectations in 2024.
Best Photos: Morgan Fox
Kristian Fulton
Fulton was one of the Chargers best defensive players in the first quarter of the season before a hamstring injury nagged him midway through the season. Even so, he provided solid cornerback play after signing a 1-year deal last offseason.
Best Photos: Kristian Fulton
Taylor Heinicke
The Chargers traded a 2025 sixth-round pick for Heinicke in August to add a proven veteran backup to the quarterback room. The 31-year-old Heinicke didn't make any starts in place of Justin Herbert but he did appear in four games and attempt five total passes.
Best Photos: Taylor Heinicke
Brenden Jaimes
A 2021 fifth-round pick by the Chargers, Jaimes has mostly occupied a depth role along the offensive line in recent years. He made three starts in 2023 but only saw the field for 10 offensive snaps this past season.
Best Photos: Brenden Jaimes
Tony Jefferson
Jefferson seemingly turned back the clock in 2024 after spending last year as a scouting intern in Baltimore's front office. Jefferson joined the Chargers in June and served in a depth/mentorship role for the first half of the season. But he made one start and played in nine games down the stretch while providing strong depth at safety.
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Khalil Mack
A future Hall of Famer, Mack is undoubtedly the biggest name on this list. Mack is a free agent for the first time in his storied career and will certainly prioritize winning when it comes to the 2025 season. Mack will be 34 years old for the 2025 season but showed little signs of slowing down this past season. An invaluable and unquestioned leader on the field and in the locker room, Mack registered 6.0 sacks while providing elite-level run defense yet again in 2024.
Best Photos: Khalil Mack
Marcus Maye
Maye was added to the locker room in late November and promptly recorded an interception in Atlanta in his first game in powder blue. Another veteran safety on the roster, Maye played in four games and had 12 total tackles in 2024.
Best Photos: Marcus Maye
Elijah Molden
The Bolts traded for Molden in August in what turned out to be one of the biggest under-the-radar moves of the year. Molden made plays on a routine basis and finished second on the team with three interceptions. Plus, his presence at safety allowed Derwin James to post an All-Pro season while playing closer to the line of scrimmage. Molden missed the season finale and the playoff loss with injuries.
Best Photos: Elijah Molden
Sam Mustipher
Mustipher arrived to the Bolts at the end of training camp and mostly held a rotational role along the offensive line. He made one start at right guard and played 105 total offensive snaps in 2024.
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Nick Neimann
A hamstring injury cost Niemann the first four games of the 2024 season but he resumed his vital role on special teams after that. The linebacker ended up with the top overall PFF special teams grade on the team at 79.5 and also tallied a team-high 10 total tackles in that phase.
Best Photos: Nick Niemann
Joshua Palmer
Palmer hauled in 39 catches for 584 yards and a score this past season while also coming up clutch with a pair of 2-point conversions. A 2021 third-round pick, Palmer is slated to hit free agency for the first time in his career.
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Denzel Perryman
Perryman returned to the Bolts — the team that drafted him in 2015 — on a 1-year deal. He provided pop against the run and was a valued team captain but dealt with injuries in the final two months of the season. Perryman finished the year with 55 total tackles and a sack.
Best Photos: Denzel Perryman
Shaq Quarterman
The Chargers added Quarterman to the roster in mis-November for depth purposes. He played on special teams and logged 175 snaps in that phase.
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Jalen Reagor
Reagor was added to the roster in late September and got some run as a depth receiver with 138 offensive snaps midway through the season. But the former first-round pick missed the final month of the season with a finger injury. Reagor's final stat line was seven catches for 100 yards.
Best Photos: Jalen Reagor
Chris Rumph II
A 2021 fourth-round pick, Rumph's 2024 season was lost when he suffered a foot injury in the preseason. Rumph played in 37 games with 3.0 total sacks in three seasons in powder blue.
Best Photos: Chris Rumph II
Asante Samuel, Jr.
Samuel, a 2021 second-round pick, played in just four games in 2024 before a shoulder injury landed him on Injured Reserve. The 25-year-old notched six career interceptions in 50 total regular-season games for the Chargers over the past three-plus seasons. He also had three picks in his lone playoff appearance.
Best Photos: Asante Samuel, Jr.
JK Scott
Scott was once again an asset on special teams with his hangtime and ability to limit big returns in the punt return game. His net average of 41.9 yards per punt was the second-best mark in team history and his four touchbacks tied for the second-fewest in the NFL in 2024.
Best Photos: JK Scott
Easton Stick
Stick looked competent in four games as a starter in 2023 but couldn't carry that momentum over to the 2024 season. With Heinicke serving as Herbert's backup, Stick was the emergency third quarterback for nearly all of the season and didn't see the field at all.
Best Photos: Easton Stick
Teair Tart
Tart was picked up off the street at the end of camp and carved out a rotational role for himself by the end of the season. He registered 29 total tackles while playing in all 17 games.
Best Photos: Teair Tart
Restricted Free Agents
Foster Sarell
Sarell played in 35 games (with three starts) for the Chargers over the past three seasons. He mostly served as a depth swing tackle in the offensive line room.
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Stone Smartt
A former college quarterback, Smartt has developed into a competent NFL tight end, especially in the passing game. He set career bests with 16 catches for 208 yards in 2024.
Best Photos: Stone Smartt
Exclusive Rights Free Agents
Tucker Fisk
Fisk played in 15 games this past season after being added to the roster in mid-August. He provided strong blocking in the trenches in certain offensive packages.
Best Photos: Tucker Fisk
Breakdown of Free Agency Terms
UFA: Any player with four or more accrued seasons and an expired contract; free to negotiate and sign with any team.
RFA: A player with three accrued seasons and an expired contract. RFAs are free to negotiate and sign with any team, but their original team can offer them one of various qualifying offers ("tenders") that come with the right of first refusal and/or draft-pick compensation.
ERFA: Any player with fewer than three accrued seasons and an expired contract. If his original team offers him a one-year contract at the league minimum (based on his credited seasons), the player cannot negotiate with other teams.
