COSTA MESA, Calif. - The Los Angeles Chargers released veteran safety Darrell Stuckey after a failed physical on Sunday. The Kansas product had been placed on the physically unable to perform list to start training camp last week for a knee injury he suffered on the final game of the regular season last year.
Stuckey, 30, was entering his eighth NFL season, all with the Chargers. However, Stuckey had been mostly a special teams player and was scheduled to make $2.9 million in the final year of his contract.
The Chargers selected two safeties in this year's draft, Miami product Rawshawn Jenkins in the fourth round and Desmond King out of Iowa in the fifth round.