The Chargers are hanging on to their special teams ace. Del’Shawn Phillips is re-signing with the team, according to NFL Network’s Tom Pelissero.
Phillips will be getting a two-year contract, per Pelissero. The deal will pay the special teamer $7.5MM but can climb to $10MM via incentives.
The veteran earned the first All-Pro nod of his career during his debut season with the Chargers. He finished the 2025 campaign with 37 tackles. The majority of his snaps (352 of his 434 snaps) came on special teams.
He notably didn’t make the team’s initial 53-man roster, and he only re-joined the squad when Eric Rogers landed on IR. Phillips clearly made the most of his situation and will be sticking in Los Angeles for the next few years.
The 29-year-old bounced around the NFL a bit to begin his career. Phillips has had stints with the Falcons, Bills, Jets, Ravens, and Texans since entering the league in 2019. He’s only garnered brief looks on defense as a linebacker, topping out with 160 defensive snaps in New York in 2021.