Chargers To Re-Sign QB Trey Lance

The Chargers are re-signing backup QB Trey Lance, Adam Schefter of ESPN reports. It’s a one-year deal worth up to $6.75MM.

Lance signed a similar contract last spring, when the Chargers added him on an agreement worth up to $6.2MM. The former 49er and Cowboy went on to appear in four games with the playoff-bound Bolts last season. His lone start came in a low-stakes Week 18 game against the Broncos. With Justin Herbert getting a breather, Lance completed 20 of 44 passes for 136 yards and an interception in a 19-3 loss. While his passing numbers were unimpressive, Lance rushed for 69 yards on nine attempts.

Lance connected on just 27 of 57 throws for 226 yards and an INT in 2025, continuing a disappointing career for the former third overall pick. The 49ers took a massive gamble on the North Dakota State product in the 2021 draft. A month after trading the No. 12 pick, a third-rounder, and first-rounders in 2022 and ’23 to the Dolphins for No. 3, they grabbed Lance. He ended up among a handful of underwhelming 2021 first-round QBs beyond No. 1 choice Trevor Lawrence. Lance, Zach Wilson (No. 2), Justin Fields (No. 11) and Mac Jones (No. 15) have all fallen short of expectations. Lawrence is the only member of the group who is still with the team that selected him.

Lance started just four games in San Francisco, which somewhat made up for the gaffe in drafting him when it used the last pick in 2022 on Brock Purdy. After Purdy emerged as the 49ers’ answer late in his rookie year, they shipped Lance to the Cowboys for a 2024 fourth-rounder. He started one game in Dallas (in 2024) before leaving for the Chargers. Lance, Herbert and DJ Uiagalelei are the only QBs in the organization as of now.

Over 16 NFL appearances and six starts, Lance has completed 54% of passes, averaged 6.4 yards per attempt, and tossed five TDs and INTs apiece. He owns a 71.9 passer rating.