SAN DIEGO (AP) — The San Diego Chargers have signed rookie free agent linebackers Boris Lee and Mike Nixon to two-year contracts.
Lee is from Troy University, and Nixon is from Arizona State.
Nixon started his college career late after spending four years as a catcher in the Los Angeles Dodgers’ minor league system. He enrolled at Arizona State in 2006 and went on to become a two-time honorable mention All-Pac-10 choice who finished his career with 253 tackles, 512 sacks and eight interceptions.