Chargers News: Legendary Bolts Linebacker/DL Makes Pro Football Hall Of Fame
Longtime former NFL outside linebacker/defensive lineman Dwight Freeney is being immortalized forever in the Pro Football Hall of Fame, per Sean Patrick Bowley and Carl Adamec of the Connecticut Insider. Freeney spent a few seasons with your Los Angeles Chargersl
Following an All-American career at Syracuse, Freeney was selected with the No. 11 pick in the 2002 NFL draft by the Peyton Manning-era Indianapolis Colts. He made an instant impact at the pro level, emerging as the runner-up to fellow 2024 Hall of Fame inductee Julius Peppers for NFL Defensive Rookie of the Year award honors.
With several deep playoff run-bound Colts teams, Freeney was named a four-time All-Pro Teamer and a seven-time Pro Bowler. He would go on to be named to the NFL's 2000s All-Decade Team. He was once the league's sack leader, in 2004, and its forced fumbles co-leader in 2002. Freeney won his lone Super Bowl with Indiana in 2007.
Freeney joined the Philip Rivers-era San Diego Chargers for a two-season, post-prime stint, in 2013-14, before a journeyman circuit that saw him make appearances on the Arizona Cardinals, Atlanta Falcons, Seattle Seahawks, and finally the Detroit Lions before hanging up his cleats.
It's an exciting time to be a Chargers fan.
