{"id":524037,"date":"2026-03-15T00:10:08","date_gmt":"2026-03-15T00:10:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/524037\/"},"modified":"2026-03-15T00:10:08","modified_gmt":"2026-03-15T00:10:08","slug":"trey-lance-returns-to-chargers-on-one-year-deal","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/524037\/","title":{"rendered":"Trey Lance returns to Chargers on one-year deal"},"content":{"rendered":"

Mar 14, 2026, 04:14 PM ET<\/p>\n

Free agent quarterback Trey Lance<\/a> agreed to a deal to return to the Los Angeles Chargers<\/a> on Saturday, the team announced.<\/p>\n

Sources told ESPN’s Adam Schefter that it’s a one-year deal worth up to $6.75 million.<\/p>\n

The No. 3 pick in the 2021 draft by the San Francisco 49ers<\/a>, Lance hasn’t reached the potential that made him a top pick, though he hasn’t been given a significant chance to do so. He started four games in two years with the 49ers, posting a 2-2 record while throwing for 797 yards, five touchdowns and three interceptions on 56-of-102 passing. An ankle injury cost him his starting job, setting the stage for Brock Purdy<\/a>‘s run of success with the Niners.<\/p>\n

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In 2023, the Dallas Cowboys<\/a> acquired Lance for a fourth-round pick, but he did not play a snap that season and started just one game, the 2024 regular-season finale against the Washington Commanders<\/a>. He completed 20 of 34 passes for 244 yards without a touchdown or interception, and ran for 26 yards on six carries in a 23-19 last-second loss.<\/p>\n

Lance’s playtime was similar in Los Angeles; his only start came in the team’s season finale against the Denver Broncos<\/a>, when most starters were resting. Lance finished with 146 passing yards and one interception and completed 20 of 44 passes.<\/p>\n

Lance, 25, has always been seen as somewhat of a project. He played just 19 games in college at North Dakota State but has never had the lengthy in-game opportunity usually reserved for top picks.<\/p>\n

ESPN’s Kris Rhim contributed to this report. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Mar 14, 2026, 04:14 PM ET Free agent quarterback Trey Lance agreed to a deal to return to…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":524038,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[63],"tags":[349,99],"class_list":["post-524037","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-nfl","tag-nfl","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/524037","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=524037"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/524037\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/524038"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=524037"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=524037"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=524037"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}