BREAKING: Chargers Signing DE Joey Bosa To Five-Year, $135M Extension

July 28, 2020, 9:39pm EST (Updated: February 1, 2023, 6:47pm)By Darrelle Lincoln

Adam Schefter reports that the Chargers are signing DE Joey Bosa to a five-year, $135 million extension.

Chargers and DE Joey Bosa reached agreement on a 5-year, $135 million extension that ties him to LA the next six years, league sources tell ESPN. He had $78M fully guaranteed at signing and $102M guaranteed – a new NFL defensive record.
— Adam Schefter (@AdamSchefter) July 29, 2020

Bosa was set to play out the 2020 season under the fifth-year option, which was worth $17.128 million and became fully guaranteed at the start of the 2020 league year.

The 25-year-old is coming off a 2019 campaign in which he played every game and racked up 67 tackles, 11.5 sacks, and a forced fumble en route to a Pro Bowl appearance.