LOS ANGELES CHARGERS

 
QUARTERBACKS
No Pos. Name Ht. Wt. College
4 QB Will Grier 6-1 220 West Virginia
2 QB Easton Stick 6-1 224 North Dakota State
 
RUNNING BACKS
No Pos. Name Ht. Wt. College
25 RB Joshua Kelley 5-11 212 UCLA
30 RB Austin Ekeler 5-10 200 Western State (Colo.)
28 RB Isaiah Spiller 6-1 215 Texas A&M
 
RECEIVERS
No Pos. Name Ht. Wt. College
13 WR Keenan Allen 6-2 211 California
1 WR Quentin Johnston 6-2 208 Texas Christian
86 WR Keelan Doss 6-3 215 California-Davis
82 RS Alex Erickson 6-0 195 Wisconsin
15 RS Jalen Guyton 6-1 212 North Texas
89 TE Donald Parham Jr. 6-8 237 Stetson
12 WR Derius Davis 5-8 165 Texas Christian
7 TE Gerald Everett 6-3 240 South Alabama
5 WR Josh Palmer 6-1 210 Tennessee
48 TE Stone Smartt 6-4 226 Old Dominion
83 TE Nick Vannett 6-5 257 Ohio State
 
OFFENSIVE LINEMEN
No Pos. Name Ht. Wt. College
71 OG Jordan McFadden 6-2 303 Clemson
66 C Cameron Tom 6-4 287 Southern Mississippi
64 OG Brenden Jaimes 6-5 300 Nebraska
77 OG Zion Johnson 6-3 316 Boston College
79 OT Trey Pipkins III 6-6 307 Sioux Falls
73 OT Foster Sarell 6-6 322 Stanford
68 OG Jamaree Salyer 6-4 325 Georgia
70 OT Rashawn Slater 6-4 315 Northwestern
 
LINEBACKERS
No Pos. Name Ht. Wt. College
9 I Kenneth Murray Jr. 6-2 241 Oklahoma
45 OLB Tuli Tuipulotu 6-3 266 Southern Cal
57 I Amen Ogbongbemiga 6-0 231 Oklahoma State
59 OLB Ty Shelby 6-3 249 Louisiana-Monroe
92 OLB Andrew Farmer 6-4 250 Lane
0 I Daiyan Henley 6-0 225 Washington State
31 I Nick Niemann 6-3 234 Iowa
6 I Eric Kendricks 6-0 232 UCLA
53 OLB Blake Lynch 6-3 225 Baylor
52 OLB Khalil Mack 6-3 269 Buffalo
 
DEFENSIVE BACKS
No Pos. Name Ht. Wt. College
24 S A.J. Finley 6-0 188 Mississippi
37 S Jaylinn Hawkins 6-1 208 California
33 CB Deane Leonard 6-0 195 Mississippi
36 CB Ja'Sir Taylor 5-10 185 Wake Forest
32 S Alohi Gilman 5-10 201 Notre Dame
20 S Dean Marlowe 6-1 205 James Madison
27 CB Essang Bassey 5-10 190 Wake Forest
3 S Derwin James Jr. 6-2 215 Florida State
22 S JT Woods 6-2 193 Baylor
43 CB Michael Davis 6-2 196 Brigham Young
26 CB Asante Samuel Jr. 5-10 180 Florida State
 
DEFENSIVE LINEMEN
No Pos. Name Ht. Wt. College
56 DE Morgan Fox 6-3 275 Colorado State-Pueblo
98 NT Austin Johnson 6-4 314 Penn State
99 DT Scott Matlock 6-4 296 Boise State
95 DE Nick Williams 6-4 310 Samford
93 DT Otito Ogbonnia 6-4 320 UCLA
 
SPECIALISTS
No Pos. Name Ht. Wt. College
47 LS Josh Harris 6-1 224 Auburn
16 P JK Scott 6-5 208 Alabama
15 K Cameron Dicker 6-1 216 Texas
 
RESERVE/INJURED
No Pos. Name Ht. Wt. College
78 OG Zack Bailey 6-5 300 South Carolina
76 C Will Clapp 6-5 311 Louisiana State
10 QB Justin Herbert 6-6 236 Oregon
41 S Raheem Layne 5-11 192 Indiana
94 OLB Chris Rumph II 6-2 244 Duke
58 OLB Justin Hollins 6-5 248 Oregon
35 CB AJ Uzodinma 5-11 189 Ball State
62 T Andrew Trainer 6-7 320 William & Mary
97 OLB Joey Bosa 6-5 280 Ohio State
44 ILB Tanner Muse 6-2 227 Clemson
81 WR Mike Williams 6-4 218 Clemson
 
RESERVE/NON-FOOTBALL ILLNESS
No Pos. Name Ht. Wt. College
63 C Corey Linsley 6-3 301 Ohio State
 

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