Seau was selected to 2003 Pro Bowl, his 12th Pro Bowl selection of his career, and in his final season with the Chargers, he was chosen by teammates as the recipient of the Emil Karas Award as the team ’ s Most Inspirational Player.

With this pick, the Chargers selected quarterback Eli Manning from the University of Mississippi despite Manning's stated desire to play elsewhere.

New York Giants general manager Ernie Accorsi, who had been in trade negotiations for several weeks before the draft with the Chargers, selected quarterback Philip Rivers fourth and traded him along with additional draft picks to the Chargers.

The Chargers originally stated that only 50 members would be selected.

* Quinn Early, former National Football League player who was selected by the San Diego Chargers in the 3rd round of the 1988 NFL Draft.

He has also been on the roster for the San Diego Chargers ( in 2000 ) and the Oakland Raiders ( in 2006 ) and was selected to play in the never launched All American Football League.

The Chargers selected promising quarterback Ryan Leaf with the second pick.

Brees has been selected to the Pro Bowl six times in his career – with the Chargers in 2004 and the Saints in 2006, 2008, 2009, 2010, and 2011.

Ultimately, Brees was the second quarterback selected in the 2001 draft, chosen by the San Diego Chargers as the first pick of the second round.

The Chargers won the AFC West and Brees was selected to the 2004 NFL Pro Bowl.

The Bills beat the San Diego Chargers in 1964 and again in 1965, when Edgerson was selected as an American Football League All-Star.

Jackson was the 29th player selected in the second round ( 61st overall ) of the 2005 NFL Draft ( the highest ever by a Northern Colorado graduate ) by the San Diego Chargers.

He was also in seven straight Pro Bowls, from 1964 to 1970, and was selected to an eighth after the 1972 season with the San Diego Chargers.

The American Football League's San Diego Chargers selected the Grambling State University standout with their 15th pick ( 119th overall ) in the 1961 draft.

Winslow played his entire NFL career from 1979 to 1987 with the San Diego Chargers after being selected in the first round of the 1979 NFL Draft.

He was a selected in a fan vote in 2012 to be inducted into the San Diego Chargers Hall of Fame.

He was selected by the Chargers in the 2nd round ( 41st overall ) of the 1993 NFL Draft.

The Chargers selected Kaeding in the third round of the 2004 NFL Draft.

He was selected to the AFC Pro Bowl team in 2001, as a member of the San Diego Chargers.

The Giants traded Philip Rivers ( selected 4th overall in the 2004 Draft ), and their 1st round selection for the following year ( amongst others ) for the rights to sign Eli Manning, who had been selected by the San Diego Chargers with the 1st overall pick that year.

Manning had made it clear he was not interested in playing for the Chargers, in a similar fashion to John Elway in 1983 when selected by the Baltimore Colts.

And after the NFL modified its rules to allow teams to wear alternate jerseys in 2002, the San Diego Chargers selected their throwbacks as their third uniforms.

The Patriots have also used the formation to directly snap the ball away from the quarterback, snapping it instead to a running back ( usually Kevin Faulk ); the Patriots scored a two-point conversion via such a direct snap to Faulk in Super Bowl XXXVIII and again against the Chargers in the AFC Divisional Playoffs.

Other NFL veterans who signed with the Stallions included former Kansas City Chief RB Earl Gant ( 2 years, 20 games with the Chiefs ), RB Ken Talton ( 1 year, 2 games with the Lions ), WR / KR Kevin Miller ( 3 years, 20 games with the Vikings ), TE Steve Stephens ( 1 year, 16 games with the Jets ), OT Robert Woods ( 8 years, 99 games with the Jets and Saints ), OG Buddy Aydelette ( 1 year, 9 games with the Packers ), DE Mike Raines ( 7 years, 104 games with the CFL Ottawa Rough Riders ), DE Reggie Lewis ( 2 years, 22 games with the Buccaneers ), LB Dallas Hickman ( 6 years, 91 games with the Redskins ), CB Mike Thomas ( 6 years, 77 games with the Redskins and Chargers ) and SS Billy Cesare ( 5 years, 46 games with the Buccaneers, Dolphins and Lions ),

* San Diego Chargers – Mike Riley ; replaced interim head coach June Jones who replaced Kevin Gilbride during the 1998 season.

* San Diego Chargers – Kevin Gilbride ; replaced Bobby Ross who was fired after the ' 96 season.

On July 29, 2011, the Dolphins released Crowder and then signed LB Kevin Burnett from the Chargers.

* Kevin Gogan-NFL All-Pro Guard, formerly of the San Francisco 49ers, Miami Dolphins, Dallas Cowboys, and San Diego Chargers

Gilbride was replaced by interim head coach June Jones, who was on the Chargers ' staff before the hire.

Gilbride served as the San Diego Chargers head coach from 1997-1998.

In 1987 Joiner retired to become receivers coach of the Chargers.

The Chargers would lose their first four games of the season and come back to become the first 0 – 4 team to make the playoffs as they won 11 of the last 12 games and clinched the AFC West title.

During the 2005 NFL Draft, the Chargers drafted linebacker Shawne Merriman with a draft pick acquired from the Giants in the Eli Manning trade, who would go on to become a selection to the 2006 Pro Bowl and the 2005 Defensive NFL Rookie of the Year Award recipient.

With the Oakland Raiders wearing their white jerseys at home for the first time ever in a game against the San Diego Chargers on September 28, 2008, the Seahawks have become the only NFL team to have never worn their white jerseys at home.

His greatest coaching success came after he was persuaded by Barron Hilton, then the Chargers ' majority owner, to become the head coach of the American Football League franchise he planned to operate in Los Angeles.

The Oilers defeated the Los Angeles Chargers ( 24 – 16 ) to become the league's first champions.

He actually did not become totally comfortable with his repaired knee until week 9 against the Chargers when he threw for a career high of 440 yards.

In January 1999, Riley left the Beavers to become the head coach of the San Diego Chargers of the NFL, signing a five-year deal at $ 750, 000 per year.

In what would become one of pro football's all-time great upsets, the Chargers again rallied from a 13-3 deficit late in the 3rd quarter and held off a furious last-minute Pittsburgh drive with a goal-line stand to win the AFC championship 17-13 at Pittsburgh's Three Rivers Stadium.

Johnson was traded to the San Diego Chargers on August 31, 2009 for a sixth round pick in the 2010 NFL Draft which could have become a fifth rounder based on Johnson's playing time.

In 2009 he signed as a free agent with the San Diego Chargers looking to become a starter.