Chargers sign OLB Bud Dupree to contract extension

Field Level Media|published: 06/05/2025, 11:47am EDT

Oct 21, 2024; Glendale, Arizona, USA; Los Angeles Chargers linebacker Bud Dupree (48) against the Arizona Cardinals at State Farm Stadium. Mandatory Credit: Mark J. Rebilas-Imagn Images

The Los Angeles Chargers signed outside linebacker Bud Dupree to a contract extension.

Terms of the deal were not disclosed. ESPN reported Wednesday it was a one-year deal worth up to $6 million.

Dupree, 32, is due to earn a base salary of $1.995 million in 2025, the final year of his previous contract.

Dupree played in every game in his first season with the Chargers in 2024 and tallied 6.0 sacks and 28 tackles.

He has 59.0 sacks, 100 quarterback hits, 333 tackles, 13 forced fumbles and two interceptions in 136 games (99 starts) with the Pittsburgh Steelers (2015-20), Tennessee Titans (2021-22), Atlanta Falcons (2023) and Chargers.

--Field Level Media