Keenan Allen visiting Chargers as both sides express mutual interest in reunion

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According to NFL Network’s Tom Pelissero, free agent wide receiver Keenan Allen is visiting the Los Angeles Chargers.

Six-time Pro Bowl WR Keenan Allen is visiting the #Chargers today, and there is mutual interest in a potential reunion, sources tell me and @RapSheet.

Allen, 33, played his first 13 NFL seasons for the team before spending last season in Chicago. Now, he could be back in L.A. pic.twitter.com/RhjXl2Ca0m

— Tom Pelissero (@TomPelissero) August 1, 2025

Allen needs no introduction to Chargers fans, as he was drafted by the team in 2013

and played the first 11 seasons of his career with the team. He ranks second in franchise history in receiving yards (10,530), behind this weekend’s Hall of Fame inductee, tight end Antonio Gates. Allen ranks fifth in all-time touchdowns scored (60), and third in receiving touchdowns (59).

Demand for Allen to reunite with the Chargers spiked after the retirement of Mike Williams on the first day of training camp. There’s a need for an outside receiver with good hands and scoring ability.

The 2024 season was the first time Allen played not in a Chargers uniform. He was traded to the Chicago Bears for a 2024 fourth-round pick (No. 110 overall). The pick was used to move up in the draft with the New England Patriots, which landed them wide receiver Ladd McConkey. The Patriots would go on to draft wide receiver Javon Baker with the No. 110 pick.

The return of Allen would further bolster the wide receiver room for the Chargers, featuring McConkey, Allen, Quentin Johnston, Tre’ Harris and KeAndre Lambert-Smith. A more than respectable corps for quarterback Justin Herbert to sling it.

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