The Los Angeles Chargers activated their wide receiver today Jalen Guyton And a defensive lineman Otito Ogbunya Off reserve/physically unable to perform. In corresponding moves, the team drafted a wide receiver Joshua Palmer On reserve/injured and waived defensive line Christopher Hinton.
Guyton He led the AFC and ranked third in the NFL in 2020 with a receiving average of 18.8 yards per catch (25 minute minimum). He totaled four receptions of 50-plus yards from 2020-21, which is tied for third-most by any player during that two-year stretch. In 38 career games for the Chargers, including 11 starts, Guyton has recorded 61 catches for 1,023 yards (16.8 avg.) and six touchdowns. A native of Allen, Texas, Guyton appeared in each of Los Angeles’ first three games of the 2022 season, before being placed on reserve/injured.
As a rookie last season, Ogbonya He appeared in seven games and started with a total of 14 tackles (13 solo) and a tackle for loss. He was a fifth-round pick (160th overall) by the Bolts in the 2022 NFL Draft out of UCLA, where he appeared in 43 career games and totaled 79 tackles, 4.5 sacks and 8.5 tackles for loss. He started all 12 games for the Bruins in 2021 along the defensive line, earning second-team All-Pacific-12 honors from Pro Football Focus and an invitation to the Reese’s Senior Bowl. Ogbonnia has earned a spot on the Athletic Director’s Honor Roll seven times and also competed for the Bruins track and field team in the shot put and discus in the 2018-19 season, competing in the NCAA Championships and the 2019 U20 Pan American Championships.
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