LOS ANGELES — Nine-time Pro Bowl pass rusher Khalil Mack signed a one-year deal that will keep him 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 had 5.5 sacks in 2025, his second-lowest total, partly because an elbow injury cost him four games. When healthy, Mack remained a difference-maker: in the four games without him the Chargers allowed 579 rushing yards (sixth-most in the NFL), while from his return in Week 7 through Week 18 — when many starters sat — L.A. allowed the fourth-fewest rushing yards (1,046).
With Mack and defensive tackle Teair Tart already re-signed, the Chargers have two key pieces back for a defense headed in the right direction. Attention now turns to re-signing outside linebacker Odafe Oweh and left guard Zion Johnson, both free agents.
Mack is still chasing his first playoff win; he fell to 0-6 in the postseason after L.A.’s wild-card loss to the New England Patriots. “I want to ultimately be a champion,” he said at his end-of-season news conference.
Selected fifth overall in the 2014 draft by the Raiders, Mack spent four seasons in Oakland, was traded to the Chicago Bears in 2018 and dealt to the Chargers in 2022. His 113 career sacks rank seventh among active players.
Kris Rhim, Mar 7, 2026