Chargers pick up option on WR Williams
The Los Angeles Chargers picked up the fifth-year option on the contract of wide receiver Mike Williams, the team announced Thursday.
The move keeps Williams under contract with the Chargers through the 2021 season.
Williams, 25, will make $825,000 in base salary in 2020 and $15.68 million in 2021, per Spotrac.
He will now be catching passes from either Tyrod Taylor or rookie Justin Herbert after Los Angeles elected to part ways with quarterback Philip Rivers after 16 seasons. Rivers, an eight-time Pro Bowl selection, was the franchise's all-time leader in wins, passing yards and touchdown passes. He signed a one-year deal with the Indianapolis Colts.
Williams followed up his 10-touchdown performance in 2018 by recording career-high totals in receptions (49) and receiving yards (1,001) in 2019.
While Williams led the NFL with a 20.4-yard average per catch last season, the 6-foot-4, 220-pound wideout only had two touchdown receptions, however.
Williams has collected 103 receptions for 1,760 yards and 12 touchdowns since being selected by the Chargers with the seventh overall pick of the 2017 NFL Draft out of Clemson.
--Field Level Media
