Chargers sign undrafted OLB Chris Collins
The team also waived outside linebacker Brevin Allen, who played two games during the 2023 season
The Chargers on Tuesday signed Chris Collins, an undrafted outside linebacker from the University of Minnesota, and waived outside linebacker Brevin Allen, who played two games for them in the 2023 season.
Collins, a graduate transfer from North Carolina last season for the Golden Gophers, impressed the Chargers as a non-roster invitee to their recent rookie minicamp.
The move comes after the Chargers on Saturday signed outside linebacker Bud Dupree, a former member of the Pittsburgh Steelers, Tennessee Titans and Atlanta Falcons who has 53 sacks over the course of his 119-game NFL career. Dupree had 6½ sacks in 16 games last season with Atlanta.
Collins and Dupree are expected to compete for playing time behind veterans Joey Bosa and Khalil Mack and emerging second-year standout Tuli Tuipulotu. The Chargers were considered thin at the position beyond Bosa and Mack until drafting Tuipulotu, a second-round pick from USC in 2023.