Welcome to Part 2 of our 2024 positional recaps, a series that will run through the next few weeks and highlight 11 Chargers position groups. We’ll focus on key stats, memorable moments and look to what lies ahead in 2025.
The Chargers entered the 2024 season with a new-look roster, and the running back room was one of that saw the most change.
All four running backs who logged an offensive snap for the Bolts were not on the team last season, and neither was running backs coach Kiel McDonald, but the group all made their mark throughout the season.
But the one standout among the group was J.K. Dobbins, who finished quite the comeback story in his first season with the Chargers.
Dobbins, one of the many players brought on a 1-year deal, bounced back in a massive way from two season-ending injuries to his knee and Achilles in recent years.
He shouldered the burden in the backfield for most of the season and often gave the Chargers the boost they needed with explosive run plays.
It was one of the more remarkable comeback stories of the 2024 season.
“The injuries he’s come back [from], you talk about Achillies, you talk about a knee, multiple surgeries,” Chargers Head Coach Harbaugh said back in November. “That’s difficult for any position, let alone running back.
“To our eye it’s even better, faster, quicker, stronger than before he had those injuries,” he added. “Then you think about the grueling rehab that went into that … a lesser man could not have done it.”
Dobbins was brought in during the offseason from Baltimore, just like his teammate Gus Edwards, with whom he reunited with in Los Angeles.
Edwards went through a difficult season after joining the Bolts in free agency, as he battled through injuries at multiple points of the season including a stint on Injured Reserve in the first half of the year.
However, he closed it out strong with 127 rush yards and three touchdowns in his final…
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