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Khalil Mack

Linebacker · Buffalo

2016 Defensive Player of the Year still racking up sacks in his 12th NFL season.

Khalil Mack signed a one-year extension with the Chargers in March 2026 to keep playing at age 35. The 2025 season produced 12 sacks and a Pro Bowl, his ninth career selection. He remains the Chargers' defensive cornerstone alongside Joey Bosa (who was released in 2025).

★ 2016 NFL Defensive Player of the Year

★ 9x Pro Bowl

★ 3x First-team All-Pro

★ 110+ career sacks

★ 2x Butkus Award

Path to the league

Buffalo MAC product taken fifth overall by Oakland in 2014. Won Defensive Player of the Year in 2016 (15 sacks, 11 TFLs). Traded to the Bears in 2018 in a deal that became one of the most consequential of the decade. Signed with the Chargers in 2022.

Career highlights

2016 NFL Defensive Player of the Year. 9x Pro Bowl. 3x First-team All-Pro. 110+ career sacks (top 25 all time). 2x Butkus Award (best LB in the NFL). 50+ career forced fumbles.

2025 season recap

12 sacks, 60 tackles, 18 TFLs. Chargers went 11-6 and won a Wild Card game before losing to New England in the Divisional Round. Mack's 2025 sack total tied his career high in a single season since 2018, a notable late-career production spike under Jim Harbaugh.

Sources

Wikipedia: Khalil Mack
Pro Football Reference: Khalil Mack

Statistics

2025 season and career

2025 Season · Defense

12 games played

TOT

SOLO

5.5

SACK

INT

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Defense · career

Year	Team	GP	TOT	SOLO	SACK	INT	FF	FR	PD
2025	chargers	12	32	19	5.5	0	4	0	0
2024	chargers	16	39	20	6	0	2	1	9
2023	chargers	17	74	57	17	0	5	0	10
2022	chargers	17	50	33	8	0	2	2	2
2021	bears	7	19	15	6	0	0	1	0
2020	bears	16	50	29	9	1	3	2	3
2019	bears	16	47	40	8.5	0	5	1	4
2018	bears	14	47	37	12.5	1	6	2	4
2017	raiders	16	78	61	10.5	0	1	1	3
2016	raiders	16	73	54	11	1	5	3	3
2015	raiders	16	77	57	15	0	2	0	2
2014	raiders	16	75	59	4	0	1	0	3