Bolts From The Blue
The Chargers are signing former Texans and Ravens linebacker Del’Shawn Phillips to a one-year deal.
The Chargers are adding to their special teams and linebacker groups together by signing veteran linebacker Del’Shawn Phillips to a one-year deal, per NFL insiders Tom Pelissero and Mike Garafolo. Phillips was most recently with the Texans for the 2024 season, but also has stints with the Ravens (2022-2023), Jets (2021), and Bills (2019-2020).
Originally an undrafted free agent out of Illinois, Phillips began his NFL career with the Atlanta Falcons in 2019 but ended up in Buffalo where he stayed through the 2020 season. Phillips made his first NFL start for the Jets in 2021 while playing in all 17 regular season games. He’d end that season with a career-high 31 tackles, two tackles for loss, one sack, and a fumble recovery.
His next start would come two years later as a member of the Ravens in 2023. That year, he recorded 24 tackles, one tackle for loss, a forced fumble, and another fumble recovery. In 2024 with Houston, he finished with 16 tackles and one tackle for loss. In all, Phillips has been a special teams fixture wherever he’s been, notching over 1,300 snaps in that phase of the game in his career.
The 6’0, 225-pound Phillips likely replaces Nick Niemann on the team’s kick coverages as a core-four special-teamer for the Chargers.
