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Why Junior Colson is PFF's Choice for Chargers 2025 Breakout Player

Colson, who played for Jim Harbaugh and Jesse Minter at Michigan, could take on a bigger role on defense in 2025

Jan 28, 2025 at 12:00 PM

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It's never too early to peek at next season.

Bradley Locker of Pro Football Focus recently looked ahead and picked out an early 2025 breakout candidate on each roster.

His choice for the Chargers? Second-year linebacker Junior Colson.

Locker explained his reasoning:

Denzel Perryman and Troy Dye are free agents, as are several notable Chargers defenders. That should open the door for Colson, who will get another year to develop in Jim Harbaugh and Jesse Minter's scheme. Colson struggled in coverage ... but he impressed as a tackler, with only a 6.7 percent miss rate. The Chargers helped Daiyan Henley improve into a solid off-ball linebacker this year, and the 22-year-old Colson might be next up.

The comparison between Colson and Henley is a noteworthy one, and something we hit on in the most recent Mailbag.

Both players were third-round picks a year apart, and Henley saw limited action during his 2023 rookie season before blossoming into a key piece of the Bolts defense this past season.

Colson could follow the same trajectory.

The 22-year-old actually played 218 defensive snaps over 11 games while making one start. Colson also racked up 29 total tackles and had one pass defensed and a quarterback hit.

As Locker alluded to, Perryman and Dye are slated to be free agents. That group also includes fellow linebackers Nick Niemann and Shaq Quarterman.

But what could help Colson the most is his familiarity with Minter's scheme considering the linebacker played in it at Michigan.

Colson endured an up-and-down rookie season that included an appendectomy in training camp plus a midseason stint on Injured Reserve with a hamstring injury.

But it wouldn't be a surprise to see Colson take on a bigger role in 2025, which could mean starting next to Henley and giving the Chargers a pair of young, athletic linebacker in the middle of their defense.

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