Sources: Khalil Mack returning to Chargers on 1-year deal

LOS ANGELES — Nine-time Pro Bowl cross rusher Khalil Mack reached an settlement on a one-year, totally assured $18 million deal that can maintain him with the Los Angeles Chargerssources advised ESPN’s Adam Schefter and Jeremy Fowler.

Mack, the 2016 Defensive Player of the Year and one of the vital adorned exterior linebackers in NFL historical past, had 5.5 sacks in 2025, the second-lowest mark of his profession, however that was partly due to an elbow damage that sidelined him for 4 video games.

When wholesome, he was nonetheless a difference-maker on the Chargers’ protection. In the 4 weeks with out Mack, LA allowed 579 yards speeding, sixth-most within the NFL. But from his return in Week 7 till Week 18 — when most Chargers starters sat out — LA allowed the fourth-fewest speeding yards (1,046).

With Mack and defensive deal with Teair Tart each already re-signed, the Chargers have two of their most necessary gamers returning to one of many league’s finest defenses. The focus will now be on getting exterior linebacker Odafe Oweh again together with left guard Zion Johnson; each are free brokers.

Mack remains to be in search of his first playoff win and a run to the Super Bowl. He fell to 0-6 within the postseason with LA’s loss to the New England Patriots within the wild-card spherical.

“I want to ultimately be a champion,” Mack mentioned at his end-of-season information convention.

Mack was chosen with the fifth decide within the 2014 draft by the Raiders and spent his first 4 seasons in Oakland. He was traded to the Chicago Bears in the beginning of the 2018 marketing campaign and delivered to the Chargers in 2022.

His 113 profession sacks rank seventh amongst lively gamers.