With free agency just a couple of weeks away, the Chargers have already started parting ways with some of their own players.
According to NFL Media’s Ian Rapoport, wide receiver Travis Benjamin will not be back in 2020 after spending the past four seasons with the Bolts.
The team and agent Ron Butler met at the Combine.
Benjamin will become a free agent when the new league year begins on March 18.
Signed back in 2016, Benjamin had a fairly productive year where he amassed 677 yards receiving and four touchdowns. But it went downhill from there.
Over the past two seasons, the 30-year-old missed a combined 15 games dealing with various injuries. He was placed on injured reserve midway through the 2019 season with a quad injury.
Benjamin was coveted for his track-like speed, but he was unable to produce in his opportunities, both as a receiver and a return specialist.
The Chargers’ wide receiver depth behind Keenan Allen and Mike Williams is rather thin, so the team could look to explore options via free agency, but it would make more sense to take advantage of a deep wideout draft class.
