{"id":778640,"date":"2026-02-26T23:31:18","date_gmt":"2026-02-26T23:31:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/778640\/"},"modified":"2026-02-26T23:31:18","modified_gmt":"2026-02-26T23:31:18","slug":"chargers-bradley-bozeman-retires-after-8-nfl-seasons","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/778640\/","title":{"rendered":"Chargers Bradley Bozeman Retires After 8 NFL Seasons"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"categories\"><a href=\"https:\/\/laxsportsnation.com\/category\/chargers\/\" rel=\"tag nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Chargers<\/a>\u2022<a href=\"https:\/\/laxsportsnation.com\/category\/news\/\" rel=\"tag nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">News<\/a><\/p>\n<p>    <img width=\"840\" height=\"472\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/wubvocyckevolppe3rml.png\" class=\"attachment-medium size-medium tpd-force-16x9-aspect-ratio wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" decoding=\"sync\"   fetchpriority=\"high\" loading=\"eager\"\/>Credit: Los Angeles Chargers-Facebook <\/p>\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\">After playing eight seasons in the NFL, LA Chargers Center <a href=\"https:\/\/www.chargers.com\/news\/free-agency-center-joe-hortiz-bradley-bozeman\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" aria-label=\"(opens in a new tab)\">Bradley Bozeman is hanging up his jersey and cleats and is officially retiring<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\">The 31-year-old announced his retirement on Monday on Instagram.<\/p>\n<p>The Chargers were the third team he played for during his 8-year NFL career.Bozeman was a sixth-round pick back in 2018 with the Baltimore Ravens.<\/p>\n<p>With Matt Skura then serving as the Ravens\u2019 center, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.baltimoreravens.com\/news\/bradley-bozeman-not-taking-start-at-left-guard-for-granted\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" aria-label=\"(opens in a new tab)\">Bozeman\u2019s lone start during a 14-game rookie season came at left guard<\/a>. In 2019, Bradley <a href=\"https:\/\/www.baltimoreravens.com\/news\/bradley-bozeman-pumped-about-switch-to-center\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" aria-label=\"(opens in a new tab)\">Bozeman became a full-time starter for the Baltimore<\/a> Ravens.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/laxsportsnation.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/image-25.png?ssl=1\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/image-25.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-17257 lazyload\"\/><\/a>Credit: Los Angeles Chargers-Facebook<\/p>\n<p>After a couple more seasons in Baltimore, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.panthers.com\/news\/panthers-agree-to-terms-with-center-bradley-bozeman\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" aria-label=\"(opens in a new tab)\">Bozeman signed a 1-year deal with Carolina<\/a> in 2022.<\/p>\n<p>Although Bozeman only started in 11 of 17 games in his first season in Carolina, he was impressive enough for the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.reddit.com\/r\/nfl\/comments\/1h5qss4\/michael_bell_yearly_breakdown_of_the_panthers\/\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" aria-label=\"(opens in a new tab)\">Panthers to bring him back on a three-year, $18MM contract<\/a>. In 2024, Carolina released him.<\/p>\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\"><a href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/2026\/02\/23\/sports\/chargers-center-bradley-bozeman-announces-retirement\/\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" aria-label=\"(opens in a new tab)\">Bozeman signed with the Chargers<\/a> in 2024.<\/p>\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\">Bozeman made just over $1.1MM during another 17-start season, leading the Chargers to award him a raise on a two-year, $6.5MM accord last March.<\/p>\n<p> Tags: <a href=\"https:\/\/laxsportsnation.com\/tag\/baltimore-ravens\/\" rel=\"tag nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Baltimore Ravens<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/laxsportsnation.com\/tag\/bradley-bozeman\/\" rel=\"tag nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Bradley Bozeman<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/laxsportsnation.com\/tag\/carolina-panthers\/\" rel=\"tag nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Carolina Panthers<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/laxsportsnation.com\/tag\/chargers\/\" rel=\"tag nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Chargers<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/laxsportsnation.com\/tag\/jim-harbaugh\/\" rel=\"tag nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Jim Harbaugh<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/laxsportsnation.com\/tag\/justin-herbert\/\" rel=\"tag nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Justin Herbert<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/laxsportsnation.com\/tag\/los-angeles-chargers\/\" rel=\"tag nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Los Angeles Chargers<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/laxsportsnation.com\/tag\/nfl\/\" rel=\"tag nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">NFL<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/laxsportsnation.com\/tag\/panthers\/\" rel=\"tag nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Panthers<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/laxsportsnation.com\/tag\/ravens\/\" rel=\"tag nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Ravens<\/a> <\/p>\n<p class=\"categories single-categories\">Categorized:<a href=\"https:\/\/laxsportsnation.com\/category\/chargers\/\" rel=\"tag nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Chargers<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/laxsportsnation.com\/category\/news\/\" rel=\"tag nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">News<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Chargers\u2022News Credit: Los Angeles Chargers-Facebook After playing eight seasons in the NFL, LA Chargers Center Bradley Bozeman is&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":778641,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2064],"tags":[117,10731,260,241,7,1012,1159,1014,262,2444,2443,6,236,169],"class_list":["post-778640","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-los-angeles-chargers","tag-baltimore-ravens","tag-bradley-bozeman","tag-carolina-panthers","tag-chargers","tag-football","tag-jim-harbaugh","tag-justin-herbert","tag-los-angeles","tag-los-angeles-chargers","tag-losangeles","tag-losangeleschargers","tag-nfl","tag-panthers","tag-ravens"],"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/channels.im\/@nfl\/116139544854406486","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/778640","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=778640"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/778640\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/778641"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=778640"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=778640"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=778640"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}