Los Angeles Chargers sign former Cowboys quarterback Trey Lance on $6.2m deal to rival Justin Herbert

Former third-overall prime Trey Lance has signed a one-year woody to beryllium a backup backmost for the Los Angeles Chargers.

According to ESPN's Adam Schefter, the woody volition enactment Lance successful the City of Angels for 1 twelvemonth connected a woody worthy $6.2million.

He'll present beryllium competing for the No. 2 relation with Taylor Heinicke to back-up superstar Justin Herbert.

It's the latest determination successful a vocation that hasn't lived up to its committedness aft Lance was viewed arsenic the adjacent large FCS backmost prospect. 

Lance was selected 3rd wide by the San Francisco 49ers successful 2021 retired of North Dakota State University, but ne'er fulfilled his imaginable arsenic injuries derailed his career.

Most recently, helium was a backup for the Dallas Cowboys - but didn't triumph the starting relation past play adjacent aft Dak Prescott got injured and ruled retired for the remainder of the campaign.

After being drafted to the Niners, Lance spent astir of his rookie twelvemonth connected the seat down Jimmy Garoppolo successful 2021.

But Niners absorption were determined to springiness Lance the starting occupation contempt Garoppolo inactive being connected the team.

Lance was the starter successful Week 1 for San Francisco, but past suffered a season-ending ankle wounded the pursuing week that required surgery.

Garoppolo stepped successful to regenerate him, but helium excessively got injured which led to the emergence of third-stringer Brock Purdy.

After taking the injured Niners to an NFC Championship game, San Francisco enactment decided to thrust with Purdy arsenic their 2023 starter - relegating Lance to a backup relation successful grooming camp.

Eventually, Lance was dealt to the Dallas Cowboys successful August of 2023 for a fourth-round pick.

After Prescott's injury, Cooper Rush was elevated to the starting relation portion Lance was named a backup.

Across his full NFL career, Lance has played successful conscionable 12 games - 5 of those being starts - and has thrown for 1,063 yards, 5 touchdowns, and 4 interceptions portion rushing for 276 yards and 1 touchdown.