Nikko Reed & Marlowe Wax

We’ll round it out with a pair of undrafted free agents that kept themselves on the 53-man roster all year.

With Nikko Reed and Marlowe Wax, their standout play during training camp and the preseason helped them contribute throughout the season.

There was a lot to take away from their first year in the league.

“I would say first, thankful being undrafted, making the 53. But definitely some growing pains and some areas where I could’ve been better,” Wax said. “Just like it always has to be, go back to the drawing board, looking at it and getting better from it.”

Wax played in all 17 games this year, primarily in a special teams role, logging the second-most snaps in that department.

It’s how he was able to keep his spot as a crucial member of the unit.

“I hope everybody seen how much work I put into it, how much effort I put into it,” Wax said. “Hopefully it was a great impact and definitely another great piece moving forward.”

He also got some extended run in the Chargers Week 18 game against the Broncos, some beneficial tape as he heads into his first full offseason.

After taking some time to rest his body, Wax said he will be back to training as he was able to get tips from his teammates on how to approach the offseason.

“I’m always a sponge around these guys asking them a lot of different questions on what to do,” Wax said. “They’ve been giving me really good light on it all.”

Reed, a cornerback out of Oregon, played in just five games but filled in when needed during the middle of the regular season.

But even without a steady role, Reed said during the season he took away a lot from just observing the game, an experience that will surely help him heading into the offseason.

“I’m really just watching everybody,” Reed said in late October. “I’m an observer, so I’m watching everybody. Everybody is different, I watch them get ready for the game, how they take their notes, how are they in the meetings, how are they in walkthroughs.

“I take all that in,” Reed added. “I’m just observing everything and seeing how everything goes.”