The Chargers will be looking for a new center heading in 2026.
Bradley Bozeman, who had spent the last two seasons as the team’s starting center, announced his retirement from the NFL on Monday after an eight-year career.
A 2018 sixth-round pick by Baltimore, he started 33 regular-season games for the Bolts over the last two years, including both playoff games.
Chargers General Manager Joe Hortiz, who was also with the center in Baltimore, kicked off his Combine podium session in Indianapolis expressing his appreciation for Bozeman and his family in their next chapter.
“With Bradley, tremendous amount of respect for him and Nikki, his family,” Hortiz said. “It’s been fun to have him around for two years, obviously I was with him in Baltimore.
“The type of competitor, leader and just people they are in the community, to see what he did in Baltimore with his foundation and then carry it out to Carolina and bring it to L.A., just special stuff they’re doing,” Hortiz continued.
“Think the world of them, I know if he sees this, Coach Bozeman, both Coach Bozeman’s I believe, I could see them both back home coaching high school and parting their beliefs and principles in young men and women,” Hortiz added. “Tremendous amount of respect for them, appreciation for him and love for him and his family. Congrats to him in his retirement.”