On Sunday the San Diego Chargers will officially begin the start of the 2015/16 NFL season. On Thursday, the team played their final preseason game against the San Francisco 49ers and on Saturday the Bolts made the final cuts to bring the roster down to the required 53. While a number of unproven Chargers stood out and had impressive training camps, the team had to cut a number of young qualified players. Here is the list of players who were released by the team.
LB Chi Chi Ariguzo
The most surprising roster cut of the Chargers, Kicker Nick Novak will be looking for a new job this season as un-drafted rookie Josh Lambo will be the Bolts starting kicker this season
CB Richard Crawford
CB Greg Ducre
WR Javontee Herndon
G Michael Huey
S Johnny Lowdermilk
CB Jordan Mabin
LB Ryan Mueller
TE Brian Parker
S Adrian Phillips
CB Lowell Rose
RB Dreamius Smith
QB Brad Sorensen
DT Damion Square
LB Colton Underwood (injured)
G Kenny Wiggins
K Nick Novak
WR Austin Pettis
TE John Phillips
G Jeremiah Sirles
While the team will most certainly change the make-up of the roster, here is the initial roster of the 2015 San Diego Chargers.
Quarterback (2)
The Chargers will use a running back by committee approach to the offenses backfield this season which will feature rookie Melvin Gordon, Danny Woodhead, Branden Oliver and Donald Brown
Running back (4)
Melvin Gordon
Tight end (3)
Wide receiver (6)
Stevie Johnson
Tyrell Williams
Offensive line (9)
While the Chargers coaching staff has been vague with who will be the teams starters, its is fairly certain that the Chargers front 5 will be (LT) King Dunlap, (LG) Orlando Franklin, (C) Chris Watt (RG) D.J. Fluker (RT) Joe Barksdale
Tyreek Burwell
Defensive line (7)
Darius Philon
Outside Linebacker (5)
Jerry Attaochu
Kyle Emanuel
Inside linebacker (5)
Improved linebacker Manti Teo is excited about the defensive possibilities of the San Diego Chargers this season. After a top 10 performance last year, Teo believes the Bolts defensive will be even better this season as the teams younger players have really improved throughout training camp and preseason
Manti Te’o
Denzel Perryman
Nick Dzubnar
Cornerback (5)
Craig Mager
Safety (4)
Long snapper (1)
Punter (1)
Kicker (1)
Josh Lambo
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