No. 70 – Los Angeles Chargers | |||||
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Position: | Offensive tackle | ||||
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Born: | Sugar Land, Texas, U.S. | March 26, 1999||||
Height: | 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m) | ||||
Weight: | 315 lb (143 kg) | ||||
Career information | |||||
High school: | Clements (Sugar Land, Texas) | ||||
College: | Northwestern (2017–2020) | ||||
NFL draft: | 2021 / Round: 1 / Pick: 13 | ||||
Career history | |||||
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Roster status: | Active | ||||
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Career NFL statistics as of 2023 | |||||
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Player stats at PFR |
Rashawn Slater (born March 26, 1999) is an American football offensive tackle for the Los Angeles Chargers of the National Football League (NFL). He played college football at Northwestern and was drafted by the Chargers in the first round of the 2021 NFL draft.
Slater grew up in Sugar Land, Texas and attended Fort Settlement Middle School and Clements High School. He was named first team All-District as a junior and senior, when he was also named second team All-Greater Houston. [1] Slater was rated a three star recruit and committed to play college football at Northwestern over offers from Illinois, Kansas, Wyoming and Rice. [2]
As a true freshman, Slater started 12 games at right tackle and was named Big Ten Conference All-Freshman Team. [3] He was rated the best freshman offensive lineman in the nation by Pro Football Focus. [4] As a sophomore, Slater was named to the third team All-Big Ten by the league's coaches after starting all 14 of Northwestern's games. [5] [6] Slater was named honorable mention All-Big Ten after allowing zero sacks in 11 starts as a junior. [7]
Entering his senior year, Slater was named a preseason All-American, preseason All-Big Ten and to the Outland Trophy watchlist. [8] Following the early announcement that Big Ten would postpone their 2020 season due to the COVID-19 pandemic, Slater announced that he would be preparing for the 2021 NFL draft. [9] [10] He remained enrolled at Northwestern and graduated with a degree in communications in December 2020. [11]
Height | Weight | Arm length | Hand span | 40-yard dash | 10-yard split | 20-yard split | 20-yard shuttle | Three-cone drill | Vertical jump | Broad jump | Bench press | |
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6 ft 4+1⁄4 in (1.94 m) | 304 lb (138 kg) | 33 in (0.84 m) | 10+1⁄2 in (0.27 m) | 4.88 s | 1.68 s | 2.89 s | 4.45 s | 7.48 s | 33.0 in (0.84 m) | 9 ft 4 in (2.84 m) | 33 reps | |
All values from Pro Day [12] |
Slater was selected by the Los Angeles Chargers in the first round (13th overall) of the 2021 NFL Draft. [13] He signed his four-year rookie contract on July 27, 2021. [14]
As a rookie, Slater was named the Chargers starting left tackle and was named to his first Pro Bowl as a starter.
Against the Jacksonville Jaguars in Week 3 of the 2022 season, Slater ruptured his biceps tendon, which ended his season. [15]
On April 29, 2024, the Chargers picked up the fifth-year option on Slater's contract.
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First Team All-Pro | |
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Bold | Career high |
Year | Team | Games | Offense | ||||||||
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GP | GS | Snaps | Pct | Holding | False start | Decl/Pen | Acpt/Pen | ||||
2021 | LAC | 16 | 16 | 1,116 | 100% | 3 | 3 | 0 | 6 | ||
2022 | LAC | 3 | 3 | 175 | 86% | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | ||
2023 | LAC | 17 | 17 | 1,158 | 100% | 7 | 0 | 1 | 8 | ||
Career | 36 | 36 | 2,449 | – | 11 | 3 | 1 | 15 |
Slater is the son of former NBA player Reggie Slater. [16] His older brother, RJ, was an offensive lineman for the United States Air Force Academy from 2014–2017. [17] [18]
He is married. [19]
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