Los Angeles Chargers left tackle Rashawn Slater suffered an apparent leg injury during the Chargers’ training camp practice on Thursday.
Daniel Popper of The Athletic reported that Slater was carted off the field after going down with the injury midway through practice, with teammates gathering around him to offered the veteran lineman their support as he left the field.
Slater was taking part in a version of an 11-on-11 drill and dropped into his pass protection set when another player fell on his left leg. Trainers checked on him for a couple of minutes after he went down before eventually calling for the cart. Slater then “slammed his hand on the cart and buried his head in his hands,” and he was unable to put any weight on his left leg as trainers helped him off of the cart and into the Chargers’ team facility (per Popper’s report).
The No. 13 overall pick in the 2021 NFL Draft, Slater started all 16 games as a rookie and earning first-team All-Rookie honors and a Pro Bowl nod. Since then he has started 35 games for the Chargers, allowing just three sacks on 510 pass-blocking snaps while earning his second Pro Bowl appearance last season.
Slater suffered a ruptured biceps tendon in Week 3 of the 2022 season against the Jacksonville Jaguars, and he missed the remainder of the season as a result.
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