{"id":742768,"date":"2026-02-10T16:01:21","date_gmt":"2026-02-10T16:01:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/742768\/"},"modified":"2026-02-10T16:01:21","modified_gmt":"2026-02-10T16:01:21","slug":"retired-no-more-nasir-adderley-is-returning-after-three-years-away","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/742768\/","title":{"rendered":"Retired no more: Nasir Adderley is returning after three years away"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"article__paragraph article__paragraph--left\" id=\"YBPVQHPMFVBB7HEO7RKUU342KI\">Three years after retiring at age 25, former <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nj.com\/sports\/2025\/12\/nfl-team-roasted-for-celebrating-hall-of-fame-finalist-wrong-team.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" title=\"https:\/\/www.nj.com\/sports\/2025\/12\/nfl-team-roasted-for-celebrating-hall-of-fame-finalist-wrong-team.html\">Los Angeles Chargers <\/a>safety Nasir Adderley is returning to the NFL.<\/p>\n<p class=\"article__paragraph article__paragraph--left\" id=\"SZ57FJWEX5AEFNDBCLQFQLV274\">In an <a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/DUjRhzwksw6\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" title=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/DUjRhzwksw6\/\">Instagram post<\/a> Monday, Adderley, who is now 28, released a statement announcing he would be ending his retirement and returning to the field.<\/p>\n<p class=\"article__paragraph article__paragraph--left\" id=\"AMYOYBOCINEQ3O2HMO7EOAERVU\">\u201cIt\u2019s now been three years since I left the NFL, and I am extremely happy with my development,\u201d Adderley said. \u201cHealth, family and entrepreneurship were my top priorities, and I\u2019m proud of what I\u2019ve been able to accomplish. The freedom to manage my own schedule was very important to me, but what I didn\u2019t realize was how much I\u2019d miss having football in my life.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"article__paragraph article__paragraph--left\" id=\"V6TBEYAIV5C55ADRUUHYYX43QE\">\u201cThe competition, the brotherhood and just being involved in the game that means so much to me and my family,\u201d Adderley continued. \u201cTherefore, I am officially announcing my intention to return to the NFL.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"article__paragraph article__paragraph--left\" id=\"TVUNYMOV6VGGPMM6NZJWKYC45Y\">Because his contract ended in 2022, the Chargers do not own his rights and he is a free agent, meaning several teams could be interested in signing him.<\/p>\n<p class=\"article__paragraph article__paragraph--left\" id=\"NURNZR4JZFBITABNZI6KC74C7E\">Adderley, a Philadelphia native who went to college at the University of Delaware, was selected in the second round by the Chargers in the 2019 draft. <\/p>\n<p class=\"article__paragraph article__paragraph--left\" id=\"BJSLDASWHJCRRLJEEAHCOHCEUE\">He spent four seasons with the team. In 2022, his final season with the Chargers, Adderley started 15 of the 16 games he played, finishing with two interceptions, four pass breakups, 62 tackles, one tackle for loss and a forced fumble.<\/p>\n<p class=\"article__paragraph article__paragraph--left\" id=\"IAH5T4QFDFAVJP6G7NCRKKEIEI\">He also had his best year in coverage, allowing only one touchdown, and quarterbacks had only an 83.6 rating when throwing in his direction.<\/p>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/www.instagram.com\/embed.js\"><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Three years after retiring at age 25, former Los Angeles Chargers safety Nasir Adderley is returning to the&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":742769,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2064],"tags":[241,7,106894,1014,262,2444,2443,6,5834],"class_list":{"0":"post-742768","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-los-angeles-chargers","8":"tag-chargers","9":"tag-football","10":"tag-kg1_0127-nef","11":"tag-los-angeles","12":"tag-los-angeles-chargers","13":"tag-losangeles","14":"tag-losangeleschargers","15":"tag-nfl","16":"tag-nflraw22"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/channels.im\/@nfl\/116047177415950650","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/742768","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=742768"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/742768\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/742769"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=742768"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=742768"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=742768"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}