After one 12 months with the Chicago Bears, Keenan Allen is heading again to Los Angeles because the Chargers introduced Tuesday that they’ve resigned the six-time Professional Bowl receiver. It’s going to be a one-year, $8.5 million deal for Allen, per NFL Network.
Allen, who just lately had a go to with workforce officers, will assist fill the void left by Mike Williams‘ surprising retirement announcement final month.
The 33-year-old Allen spent his first dozen NFL seasons with the Chargers earlier than spending final season in Chicago. He caught 70 passes for 744 yards and 7 touchdowns for the Bears, who acquired him through a commerce with the Chargers final offseason.
A 3rd-round choose within the 2013 NFL Draft, Allen loved a extremely productive seven-year run with the Chargers than spanned from 2017-23. Throughout that interval, Allen was named to 6 Professional Bowls and had 5 1,000-yard receiving seasons. His final Professional Bowl season came about simply two years in the past, when he caught a career-high 108 passes for 1,243 yards and 7 touchdowns.
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Allen now has an opportunity to turn out to be the Chargers’ all-time chief in catches and receiving yards. He’s simply 52 receptions and 1,312 yards away from passing Corridor of Fame tight finish Antonio Gates for the franchise document in each classes. From an NFL perspective, Allen is fortieth all-time in profession receiving yards (11,274) and 18th in profession receptions (974).
In Los Angeles, Allen will re-join a Chargers offense that features quarterback Justin Herbert and a revamped receiving corps that’s led by Ladd McConkey and Quentin Johnston and in addition consists of rookies Tre Harris and KeAndre Lambert-Smith.