Chargers Finalize Initial 53-Man Roster

August 27, 2024

The Los Angeles Chargers announced they have reduced their roster to the required 53 players by today’s deadline.

we’ve trimmed our roster to 53

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— Los Angeles Chargers (@chargers) August 27, 2024

The list of cuts includes:

TE Donald Parham Jr.
LB Shaq Quarterman
G Karsen Barnhart
TE Luke Benson
DL Jerrod Clark
S Akeem Dent
RB Elijah Dotson
OLB Andrew Farmer II
TE Tucker Fisk
WR Jaelen Gill
LB Frank Ginda
CB Matt Hankins
S Thomas Harper
TE Zach Heins
DL Christopher Hinton
OLB Savion Jackson
LB Jeremiah Jean-Baptiste
WR Cornelius Johnson
WR Jaylen Johnson
CB Robert Kennedy
C Brent Laing
T Alex Leatherwood
LB Shane Lee
OLB Tre’Mon Morris-Brash
DL CJ Okoye
G Willis Patrick
QB Luis Perez
S Jalyn Phillips
TE Isaac Rex
OLB Ty Shelby
RB Isaiah Spiller
CB Zamari Walton
WR Isaiah Wooden

Los Angeles also put five players on injured reserve, one of whom is eligible to return later this year. That player is LB Ben Niemann, while the other players going on IR include OLB Chris Rumph, OL Bucky Williams, OT Tyler McClellan and OLB Chris Collins.

Parham, 27, originally signed on with the Lions as an undrafted free agent out of Stetson but was waived after a couple of days and signed by the Commanders.

Unfortunately, Washington waived Parham coming out of the preseason and he had a brief stint on their practice squad. From there, he signed with the XFL’s Dallas Renegades before signing with the Chargers in April of 2020.

He returned to Los Angeles on a one-year deal and then re-signed with them once more as an exclusive rights free agent. Los Angeles re-signed Parham to yet another one-year deal back in March of 2023 and he is now a part of their final roster cuts.

In 2023, Parham appeared in six games for the Chargers and caught 27 passes for 285 yards and four touchdowns.