LOS ANGELES — Nine-time Pro Bowl pass rusher Khalil Mack agreed to a one-year contract to remain with the Los Angeles Chargers, the team announced Saturday. Sources told ESPN’s Jeremy Fowler the deal is fully guaranteed and worth $18 million.
The 2016 Defensive Player of the Year finished the 2025 season with 5.5 sacks, his second-lowest single-season total, after an elbow injury cost him four games. Mack’s influence was clear when he was sidelined: in the four games he missed the Chargers yielded 579 rushing yards (sixth-most in the NFL). From his return in Week 7 through Week 18 — a stretch that included many backups playing late in the season — Los Angeles allowed the fourth-fewest rushing yards (1,046).
With Mack back on a new deal and defensive tackle Teair Tart already re-signed, the Chargers have retained two key defensive pieces as their unit trends upward. Attention now shifts to re-signing outside linebacker Odafe Oweh and left guard Zion Johnson, both unrestricted free agents.
Mack remains in search of his first playoff victory; he dropped to 0-6 in postseason games following the Chargers’ wild-card loss to the New England Patriots. At his end-of-season news confer
