Chargers Sign Ex-Badgers for Tougher Offense

0:00On March 9th, Los Angeles Chargers head coach Jim Harbaugh is building a tougher offense by signing two former Wisconsin Badgers players. Just days after adding Senator Tyler Beatas, the team agreed to a two-year deal worth $7.5 million with full-back Alec Ingold. That contract makes Ingold one of the highest paid full-backs in the NFL at $3.75 million per year. Ingold reunites with Chargers' offensive coordinator, Mike McDaniel, who coached him for four seasons with the Miami Dolphins. There, Ingold made the Pro Bowl in 2023 and showed his skills as a blocker and receiver over 107 games. Both players overlapped at Wisconsin, sharing the field for three seasons. Beatas is set to start at center, bringing strong grades from last year including 9th overall among centers with at least 800 snaps. He's also a rhyming centrofie winner and helped power running back Jonathan Taylor to historic rushing totals. Ingold started as a linebacker in college before switching the full-back, where he ran for 343 yards and 17 touchdowns.

1:06Off the field, he's a three-time nominee for the Walter Payton Man of the Year award and runs a foundation supporting kids in the welfare system. Harbaugh knows these badgers well from his Michigan days, facing them multiple times before his national title in 2023. These moves signal big changes ahead for the Chargers' offense in 2026.