Free agent wide receiver Mike Williams has agreed to a deal with the Los Angeles Chargers, the team announced Wednesday night.
The sides agreed to a one-year deal worth up to $6 million, a source told ESPN’s Kris Rhim, confirming a Fox Sports report.
It marks a return to Los Angeles for the 30-year-old Williams, who spent the first seven years of his NFL career with the Chargers. They selected him with the seventh pick in the 2017 NFL draft out of Clemson.
Williams had just two seasons with more than 1,000 receiving yards, including 2019, when he led the league with 20.4 yards per reception.
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Williams left the Chargers and signed with the Jets as a free agent last offseason but never got on track in New York, recording just 12 catches on 21 targets for 166 yards in nine games.
The Jets then dealt him to the Pittsburgh Steelers at the trade deadline in exchange for a fifth-round pick.
Though Williams made a massive splash in his Steelers debut with the winning touchdown catch against the Washington Commanders on Nov. 10, he played a limited role the rest of the season, finishing with nine catches on 13 targets for 132 yards in nine games.
Over the first eight years of his NFL career, Williams recorded 32 touchdown catches and 5,104 receiving yards on 330 receptions. He has had some durability issues, tearing an ACL in Week 3 of the 2023 season and missing four games plus the Chargers’ playoff loss the season before.
He now reunites with quarterback Justin Herbert in a Chargers receivers group that includes Ladd McConkey and Quentin Johnston.
ESPN’s Brooke Pryor contributed to this report.
