Joey Bosa

Joey Bosa

29-Year-Old LinebackerLB
Los Angeles Chargers
2024 Fantasy Outlook
Bosa played in just nine games last season before suffering a season-ending foot injury. It's the third time in the last four years the veteran pass rusher missed at least four games, and dating back to 2016, Bosa has played 16 or more games just three times. When healthy the 28-year-old is still a premiere pass rusher and in theory should partner well with Khalil Mack in Jim Harbaugh's vaunted defensive scheme. It remains to be seen if that'll happen in actuality given the duo's propensity for nagging injuries. Read Past Outlooks
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$Signed a five-year, $135 million contract with the Chargers in July of 2020.
Active for Week 9
LBLos Angeles Chargers
November 3, 2024
Bosa (hip) is not among the Chargers' inactives for Sunday's matchup against Cleveland.
ANALYSIS
A lingering hip injury resulted in Bosa being deemed questionable heading into Sunday, but he'll be able to play through the issue for a second straight week following a three-game absence. The veteran pass rusher logged only 26 percent of the Chargers' defensive snaps against New Orleans last Sunday, and he may similarly be on a reduced snap count against the Browns. Bosa has 2.0 sacks through four contests this season.
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Los Angeles ChargersChargers 2024 LB Snap Distribution See more data like this | See last season's snap counts
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Measurables Review
How do Joey Bosa's measurables compare to other linebackers?
This section compares his draft workout metrics with players at the same position. The bar represents the player's percentile rank. For example, if the bar is halfway across, then the player falls into the 50th percentile for that metric and it would be considered average.
Height
6' 5"
 
Weight
280 lbs
 
40-Yard Dash
4.86 sec
 
Shuttle Time
4.21 sec
 
Cone Drill
6.89 sec
 
Vertical Jump
32.0 in
 
Broad Jump
120 in
 
Bench Press
24 reps
 
Hand Length
10.25 in
 
Arm Length
33.38 in
 
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Past Fantasy Outlooks
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Acquired from the Bears last offseason, Mack didn't make as significant of an impact as the Chargers might have hoped. However, much of that had to do with the absence of stalwart linebacker Joey Bosa, who missed 12 games due to a groin injury. It's been four seasons since the No. 5 overall pick in the 2014 NFL Draft has registered double-digit sacks but if Mack and Bosa can stay healthy for the majority of the season, the duo should provide the team's defense with a potent pass-rushing combo in 2023.
For Joey to keep pace with his brother, the elder Bosa needs a career year. He’s clearly one of the league’s best defenders and has the ability to take over games, but Bosa’s career has so far consisted of big production in small samples that fail to scale upward when his playing time increases. Perhaps this is the year he puts it all together, with opponents now forced to account for Khalil Mack on the other side.
If his injury luck cooperates, Bosa could be in for a career year in 2021. He's consistently shown the ability to approach the 70-tackle, 12-sack thresholds when logging about 850 snaps, and if new coach Brandon Staley manages this defense as impressively as he did the 2020 Rams, Bosa could post per-snap production that’s even better than his previous standard. Bosa's pass-rushing opportunities should be as frequent as ever if Justin Herbert keeps scoring points, setting up a potential spike in sack production in addition to his typical standout tackle production.
Turning 25 in July, Bosa has already rounded into a clear top-five IDP option on the defensive line. He's settled into an 850-snap role with the Chargers, a workload over which his career per-snap production would project to roughly 66 tackles and 13 sacks. The main thing limiting his upside might be the effectiveness of the Chargers offense - Bosa will only get so many sack opportunities if the Chargers can't force opposing teams to throw the ball. He could just produce that many more tackles in run defense in that scenario, but Bosa would have 70-tackle, 16-sack upside on a good team. Perhaps he can pull it off on a bad team, too.
A holdout in 2016 and a foot injury last year stunted his schedule a bit, but Bosa looks locked in for an All-Pro season in 2019. He's only 24, yet he already has 27 sacks on 1,730 snaps. That would project to about 13.5 sacks on 850 snaps, and his torrid pace at less than 100 percent health last year (5.5 sacks on 316 snaps) indicates Bosa has untapped developmental upside. So long as there are no concerning reports about Bosa's foot this offseason, it's difficult to see what could slow him down.
Bosa has been incredible in his first two NFL seasons, posting 23 sacks in 28 games, including a 16-sack pace when prorated to a 1,000-snap projection. He finished last year with 12.5 sacks on 852 snaps, apparently while playing through a since-repaired dislocated finger. Bosa doesn't even turn 23 until July. You never want to impose unfair expectations, but Bosa is on an obvious Hall of Fame pace right now, and in the meantime there's no reason to suspect he'll do anything but improve.
If there's a young talent capable of pushing Watt and Mack on the defensive line, it's probably Bosa. The third overall selection from last year's draft, Bosa's billing as a 4-3 end was no impediment to immediate success in San Diego's 3-4 scheme, even after a bizarre contract dispute that held him out for the first four games. That Bosa hit double-digit sacks as a rookie on just 562 snaps shows how special he is, and his circumstances should be even better with the Chargers switching to a 4-3 alignment this season.
The surprise third pick of the 2016 draft, Bosa should prove an immediate IDP factor on the defensive line. Regardless of whether most of his snaps are at 3-4 end or on the edge in nickel formations, Bosa is an unusual talent who has the violence to succeed in traffic and the athleticism to evade blockers. The Chargers didn't draft him third overall to let him come along slowly, so expect Bosa to make an impact early in his career. He totaled 37 tackles for loss and 18.5 sacks the last two years at Ohio State.
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Questionable for Week 9
LBLos Angeles Chargers
Hip
November 1, 2024
Bosa (hip) is listed as questionable ahead of Sunday's matchup against the Browns.
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Opens week as limited participant
LBLos Angeles Chargers
Hip
October 30, 2024
Bosa (hip) was a limited practice participant Wednesday.
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Will play Sunday
LBLos Angeles Chargers
October 27, 2024
Bosa (hip) will play in the Chargers' game versus the Saints on Sunday, Eric Smith of the team's official site reports.
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Questionable, but expects to play
LBLos Angeles Chargers
Hip
October 25, 2024
Bosa (hip) is listed as questionable for Sunday's game against the Saints but said after Friday's practice that he expects to play, Daniel Popper of The Athletic reports.
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Limited in practice Wednesday
LBLos Angeles Chargers
Hip
October 24, 2024
Bosa (hip) was a limited participant in Wednesday's practice, Eric Smith of the Chargers' official site reports.
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Latest Fantasy Rumors
Recently had hand surgery
LBLos Angeles Chargers
August 29, 2024
Bosa revealed Thursday he'd recently had surgery for a broken hand he sustained in a joint practice with the Rams on Aug. 4, Kris Rhim of ESPN.com reports.
ANALYSIS
Bosa returned to practice Tuesday wearing a protective club around his left hand and revealed the details of the injury. Bosa is not expected to miss any regular-season games, but he confirmed he planned to wear the club for at least several games in the early part of the season.
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