{"id":15187,"date":"2023-08-30T19:35:03","date_gmt":"2023-08-31T00:35:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/demo.wztzfm.com\/wp\/?p=15187"},"modified":"2023-08-30T19:35:03","modified_gmt":"2023-08-31T00:35:03","slug":"chargers-sign-qb-max-duggan-to-practice-squad-after-waiving-him","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/demo.wztzfm.com\/wp\/chargers-sign-qb-max-duggan-to-practice-squad-after-waiving-him\/","title":{"rendered":"Chargers sign QB Max Duggan to practice squad after waiving him"},"content":{"rendered":"

Yesterday, Max Duggan<\/a><\/strong> walked out of the Los Angeles Chargers\u2019 facility as a free agent. Today, he waltzed back in as a member of the team\u2026 in some capacity. <\/p>\n

According to NFL insider Jordan Schultz, Duggan has inked a deal to rejoin the franchise, but on the practice squad. Here was that news, which Schultz broke to Twitter<\/a> on Wednesday afternoon:<\/p>\n

\u201cSource: Rookie QB Max Duggan is signing back to the #Chargers<\/a> practice squad. The former #TCU<\/a> star finished second in Heisman voting last season.\u201d<\/p>\n

So, Duggan is back in the building and still with LAC. Of course, he was drafted by the Chargers this past spring with a seventh round pick as the No. 239th overall selection. However, the team decided to drop him on cut day and keep Easton Stick as the backup quarterback to Justin Herbert. <\/p>\n

That decision sparked some anger online from Charger fans, who couldn\u2019t imagine why a freshly-drafted and fun college star was left off the final roster for Stick. In four years at the NFL level, Stick has appeared in just one NFL game and turns 28 during Week 1. He\u2019s little-known compared to the acclaim Duggan garnered during TCU\u2019s run to the CFP final. <\/p>\n

Max Duggan certainly had a season to remember last fall as he led those unheralded\u00a0Horned Frogs all the way to the College Football Playoff National Championship game, where they fell to\u00a0Georgia<\/strong><\/a>.<\/p>\n

He threw for 3,698 yards and 32 touchdowns in 15 games with 423 rushing yards and nine touchdowns on the year, which helped lead to many honors during and after the season, including Big 12 Athlete of the Year, Big 12\u00a0Offensive Player of the Year, Davey O\u2019Brien Award, Johnny Unitas Golden Arm Award\u00a0and Earl Campbell Tyler Rose Award.<\/p>\n

Duggan had\u00a0one more season of eligibility<\/a>\u00a0left to play college football but elected to declare for the draft. He said at the time it wasn\u2019t an easy decision to make.<\/p>\n

\u201cYeah, it was a hard decision,\u201d Duggan said. \u201cI think in my eyes, I was ready for it, and it was something that I thought a lot about, but I think in the moment and the things that are happening this year, I\u2019ve been able to accomplish a lot with my teammates in this program in the four years, and this year has been pretty incredible. <\/p>\n

\u201cGraduating at TCU, just kind of the timing of being here four years and playing a lot I think was kind of the determining factor of it.\u201d<\/p>\n

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