Chargers waiving former first-round pick Tillery

COSTA MESA, Calif. -- The Los Angeles Chargers are waiving antiaircraft lineman Jerry Tillery, a first-round prime successful the 2019 draft, the squad announced Thursday.

The determination volition not beryllium authoritative until Friday, meaning Tillery cannot beryllium claimed until Monday. Considering that aggregate teams expressed involvement successful trading for him earlier the deadline, Tillery is expected to beryllium claimed, ESPN's Adam Schefter reported.

The Chargers had listed Tillery arsenic a non-participant owed to idiosyncratic reasons the past 2 days of practice.

"This was not an casual determination but, aft cautious consideration, it was a indispensable 1 that is successful the champion involvement of some squad and player," wide manager Tom Telesco said successful a connection released by the team. "We privation Jerry each the champion moving guardant successful his career."

The Chargers had declined to prime up the fifth-year enactment connected Tillery's rookie contract.

Tillery appeared successful 7 games this season, but did not start. He finishes with a sack and a forced fumble.

In 54 games for the Bolts, helium had 10.5 sacks and 3 forced fumbles.

The Chargers (5-3) play the San Francisco 49ers (4-4) astatine Levi's Stadium connected Sunday.

With Tillery's departure and antiaircraft lineman Austin Johnson being placed connected injured reserve earlier this week, the Bolts are down to 5 interior linemen connected their progressive roster, including Sebastian Joseph-Day, Morgan Fox, Otito Ogbonnia, Christian Covington and Breiden Fehoko, who was signed from the signifier squad pursuing Johnson's determination to IR.