EL SEGUNDO, Calif. -- Los Angeles Chargers Pro Bowl left tackle Rashawn Slater will miss the 2025 season with a ruptured patellar tendon suffered in practice Thursday, the team said.

Slater will undergo surgery and be placed on injured reserve.

A frustrated Slater left Thursday's practice on a medical cart. He had begun blocking outside linebacker Tuli Tuipulotu during a team drill but began collapsing before Tuipulotu rushed him and immediately grabbed his left leg. Slater was down with an athletic trainer for a few minutes as safety Derwin James Jr . and linebacker Denzel Perryman prayed. Eventually, Slater, unable to put weight on the leg, was helped to his feet by trainers and teammates.

Tuipulotu said after practice that he didn't see what happened to Slater but was prayi

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