Chargers Decline Fifth-Year Option For DL Jerry Tillery

According to Ian Rapoport, the Chargers are declining DL Jerry Tillery‘s fifth-year option.

Rapoport adds Tillery remains in the team’s long-term plans, however they evidently weren’t willing to guarantee him eight figures in 2023 right now. 

The fifth-year option was projected to be $11.5 million fully guaranteed for the 2023 season. 

Tillery, 25, is a former first-round pick of the Chargers back in 2019 out of Notre Dame. He’s in the fourth year of his four-year, $11,422,158 contract that included $10,002,591 guaranteed.

Tillery will be an unrestricted free agent in 2023 after his fifth-year option was declined. 

In 2021, Tillery appeared in 16 games for the Chargers and recorded 54 total tackles, six tackles for loss and 4.5 sacks.