Chargers Training Camp is on the horizon, as the Bolts will soon return to work to get ready for the 2022 season. The Chargers will host 10 open practices as they welcome fans back to Jack Hammett Sports Complex in Costa Mesa.
What’s in store for the Bolts in camp? Expectations are high, as second-year Head Coach Brandon Staley leads a roster focused on physicality that added numerous new faces this offseason.
Chargers.com will take a glance at each position group leading up to training camp, concluding with special teams.
Dustin Hopkins (8th year in NFL; 2nd year with Chargers), JK Scott (5; 1), Josh Harris (11; 1), James McCourt (1; 1), DeAndre Carter (5; 1).
There are plenty of new faces surrounding this unit, beginning at the top.
Ryan Ficken was brought in as the special teams coordinator after he was in that role last season for Minnesota, where he oversaw marked improvement for the Vikings. Ficken spent 15 total seasons in Minnesota. Chris Gould, the assistant special teams coach, is also new.
The Chargers brought back Hopkins, who spent the majority of the 2021 season with the team. He made 18 of his 20 field goal tries in 11 games with the Bolts, including all 17 kicks under 50 yards. An eight-year veteran, Hopkins has a career field goal percentage of 84.6.
Hopkins will have some competition for his job, as the Chargers added McCourt as an undrafted free agent this spring. The former Illinois standout made the most 50-plus yard field goals in program history with eight.
Scott is in his first season with the Bolts after spending time with the Packers (2018-2020) and played in just one game for the Jaguars in 2021. Scott has averaged 44.5 yards per punt in his career.
The Chargers also have a new long snapper, as Harris was signed this offseason. He spent the first 10 years of his career with the Falcons and was a first-time Pro Bowler in 2021 while also being named as a Second Team All-Pro by The Associated Press.
Carter is yet another new face, as he could be in…
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