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Report: Travis Benjamin Released from Chargers Contract, Will Test Free Agency

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The Los Angeles Chargers and wide receiver Travis Benjamin are reportedly "mutually parting ways" this offseason.

According to NFL Network's Ian Rapoport, the team met with Benjamin's agent, Ron Butler, at the NFL Scouting Combine last week, and the decision was made to allow Benjamin to hit the free-agent market.

The Chargers signed Benjamin to a two-year, $8.5 million extension last year. Voiding the final year of his deal and making him a free agent will cost the Bolts $1.5 million in dead cap next season, per Spotrac.