Overview

• Tre Harris, the Chargers’ second-round pick, remains unsigned and absent from training camp reporting, seeking full guarantees in his rookie contract.
• A total of 30 second-round selections have held out under similar demands, leveraging new precedents set by the Texans and Browns.
• Fully guaranteed deals were awarded to Houston’s Jayden Higgins and Cleveland’s Carson Schwesinger, reshaping negotiations for their draft peers.
• NFL rules expose holdouts to daily fines and missed practices, which teams warn could impair rookies' on-field development and chemistry.
• Chargers coaches are adjusting evaluations and play installations without Harris, while all parties race to resolve talks before preseason games.