After a breakout season, Mekhi Becton has one more new group.
The ex-Jets bust, who loved a profession renaissance with the Eagles final 12 months, is signing a two-year deal price $20 million with the Chargers, based on NFL Community.
He figures to be a significant addition to the group’s offensive line as safety for star quarterback Justin Herbert.
The 6-foot-7 Becton, listed final 12 months at 363 kilos, spent 4 disappointing years with the Jets, who drafted him with the No. 11-overall choose in 2020.
He struggled to dwell as much as expectations, and his Jets tenure was marred by two separate knee accidents.
They opted to not convey him again when his contract expired final offseason, and he subsequently signed a one-year cope with the Eagles.
That’s the place Becton shifted from deal with, the place he had performed in each faculty and with the Jets, to protect, and loved success.
He began 15 video games within the common season and all 4 postseason video games, enjoying an integral position within the Eagles successful Tremendous Bowl 2025.
Becton, nonetheless simply 25 years outdated, acquired a 70.7 general grade final 12 months from Professional Soccer Focus — twentieth amongst all guards within the NFL.
“There have been undoubtedly darkish days, for certain,” Becton advised The Put up’s Mark Cannizzaro about his time with the Jets after successful the Tremendous Bowl. “I used to be in these darkish days for an excellent little minute. It simply feels good to really cry tears to pleasure.
“I’m a kind of guys that’s going to work it doesn’t matter what. I’m simply going to maintain my head down it doesn’t matter what anyone says. I simply work. Good issues come to individuals who do good issues. I’ve put the work in, and now I’m being rewarded for it.”
The Eagles have misplaced a number of main contributors from final 12 months’s groups, together with Josh Sweat, Milton Williams and C.J. Gardner-Johnson together with Becton and others.
