Career Highlights

• Started all 16 games in the 2017 season, a career high for starts and marked the first time to play all 16 contests in a season since 2013 as an undrafted rookie.
• Set a career high with 11 tackles last season in Week 4 vs. Philadelphia.
• Posted a 90-yard interception return for a touchdown in Week 17 of the 2016 season vs. Kansas City, the seventh-longest interception return in team history.
• After making the 53-man roster as an undrafted free agent in 2013, appeared in all 16 games with two starts.
• Saw action in both postseason contests as a rookie, including a start as a third S in the AFC Divisional Playoffs at Denver (Jan. 1, 2014) where he led the team with eight tackles.

Career Highlights

• Started all 16 games in the 2017 season, a career high for starts and marked the first time to play all 16 contests in a season since 2013 as an undrafted rookie.
• Set a career high with 11 tackles last season in Week 4 vs. Philadelphia.
• Posted a 90-yard interception return for a touchdown in Week 17 of the 2016 season vs. Kansas City, the seventh-longest interception return in team history.
• After making the 53-man roster as an undrafted free agent in 2013, appeared in all 16 games with two starts.
• Saw action in both postseason contests as a rookie, including a start as a third S in the AFC Divisional Playoffs at Denver (Jan. 1, 2014) where he led the team with eight tackles.

2017: Started all 16 games at SS for the first time in his career…Ranked second on the team in defensive snaps, appearing on 1,032-of-1,049 plays...Finished second on the team with a career-high 95 tackles (70 solo), a half-sack, 7.5 tackles for loss and 10 passes defensed…Part of a defensive unit that ranked tied for fifth in the NFL with 43 sacks…Member of a defensive backfield that allowed just one 100-yard receiver in 2017, joining Arizona, Jacksonville and Minnesota as the only teams to do so…Part of the only secondary to not allow more than 245 gross passing yards in a game during the first seven weeks of the season…Posted nine games with seven-plus tackles...at Denver (Sept. 11): Started at SS, playing all 69 defensive snaps, joining S Tre Boston as the only Chargers defenders to do so...Appeared on six special teams plays...Posted two tackles (one solo), including a tackle for loss…The game marked his third-straight start in a season opener...vs. Miami (Sept. 17): Appeared on 66-of-68 defensive plays after starting at SS, totaling seven solo tackles...Marked the 50th game played of his career...Chipped in with five plays on special teams...vs. Kansas City (Sept. 24): Started the 30th game of his career at SS, playing all 53 defensive snaps and adding five on special teams...Was one of five Los Angeles defenders to play 100 percent of defensive plays...Posted seven tackles (five solo), the most among Chargers defensive backs...vs. Philadelphia (Oct. 1): Led the defense with a career-high 11 tackles (seven solo), registering his fourth start of the season at SS...Tied for a team high with 79 defensive snaps…at New York Giants (Oct. 8): Started at SS and appeared on all 70 defensive plays, joining Tre Boston, CB Casey Hayward and CB Trevor Williams as the only Los Angeles defenders to do so…Registered eight tackles (four solo), a tackle for loss and a pass defensed…at Oakland (Oct. 15): Appeared on all 58 defensive plays and five on special teams after opening the game at SS…Registered four tackles (three solo) and a pass defensed…Broke up a would-be-TD pass from QB Derek Carr on third-and-two to force an Oakland field goal…vs. Denver (Oct. 22): Appeared in the 55th game of his career, starting at SS and playing all 64 snaps on defense…Posted a team-high nine tackles (six solo), a tackle for loss and two passes defensed…Brought his career total to 10 tackles for loss and passed 190 career solo stops…Posted the tackle for loss in the first quarter, bringing down RB Jamaal Charles for a two-yard loss on third-and-one to force a Denver punt…at New England (Oct. 29): Started at SS, the 35th start of his career, and played all 86 defensive snaps, the lone Los Angeles defender to do so…Posted eight solo tackles, bringing his career total to 250…Added two tackles for loss and a pass defensed…Registered the breakup trailing TE Rob Gronkowski on a seam-route before diving to tip the pass away…at Jacksonville (Nov. 12): Opened the game at SS and played all 84 defensive snaps, the only Chargers defender to do so…Added three plays on special teams…Finished with eight tackles (six solo) and two tackles for loss…It marked his third-straight game with eight-plus tackles…vs. Buffalo (Nov. 19): Posted three solo tackles after opening the game at SS…Appeared on 51 plays on defense and four on special teams…at Dallas (Nov. 23): Started at SS, playing on all 55 defensive snaps, one of three Chargers defenders to do so…Finished with seven tackles (six solo), marking his eighth game of the season with seven-plus tackles…vs. Cleveland (Dec. 3): Played all 63 defensive snaps and two on special teams after starting at SS…The game marked the 60th game played for his career…Finished with six tackles (five solo) and a season-high three passes defensed…Broke up a deep pass intended for TE David Njoku on a seam-route in the first quarter…vs. Washington (Dec. 10): Made the 40th start of his career at SS, finishing with two tackles (one solo) and a pass defensed…Played 49 defensive snaps and two on special teams…at Kansas City (Dec. 16): Started at SS and played all 66 snaps on defense while contributing eight on special teams…Finished with two tackles (one solo)…at New York Jets (Dec. 24): Posted seven tackles (five solo), including a half-sack to register his first QB takedown of the season…Put a swim move on FB Lawrence Thomas to collapse the pocket from the right to bring down QB Bryce Petty and split the sack with OLB Kyle Emanuel…Played 65 defensive snaps and six on special teams after starting at SS…vs. Oakland (Dec. 31): Started at SS, posting four tackles (two solo) and a pass defensed on 54 defensive snaps…Added four plays on special teams.

2016: Started all eight contests he appeared in, missing eight games after suffering a collarbone injury in the second game of the season…Finished with 49 tackles (42 solo), three tackles for loss and three passes defensed…Registered the first INT of his career with a 90-yard pick-six…Posted two tackles on special teams…vs. Jacksonville (Sept. 18): Suffered a collarbone injury late in a 38-14 victory…at Indianapolis (Sept. 25): Inactive (collarbone)…at Houston (Nov. 27): Returned to action after missing eight contests due to injury, finishing the game with eight tackles…vs. Kansas City (Jan. 1): Registered the first INT of his career, returning it for a 90-yard score…The pick-six marked the seventh-longest INT return in team annals.

2015: Appeared in 13 games and started a then-career-high 12 contests…Posted a 12-yard sack, 65 tackles (55 solo), two tackles for loss, a fumble recovery and four passes defensed…Registered one tackle on special teams…at Cincinnati (Sept. 20): Inactive (ankle)…vs. Pittsburgh (Oct. 12): Returned to action from an ankle injury that kept him out for three games…at Green Bay (Oct. 18): Left the game after suffering a back injury and did not return…vs. Kansas City (Nov. 22): Departed with a concussion in the third quarter…at Oakland (Dec. 24): Posted a 12-yard sack late in the second quarter...Late in the fourth quarter, contributed to force QB Derek Carr into an intentional grounding penalty, helping send the game to overtime.

2014: Started five of 11 games played, ending the season with 48 tackles (39 solo), a six-yard sack, a pass defensed, two forced fumbles and a recovery…Added four special teams tackles…at Arizona (Sept. 8): Inactive (hamstring)…at Buffalo (Sept. 21): Returned from injury to make his season debut after missing two contests…vs. Jacksonville (Sept. 28): Registered a sack in the fourth quarter…at Denver (Oct. 23): Suffered a concussion, but was not diagnosed until after the game…at Miami (Nov. 2): Inactive (concussion)…at Baltimore (Nov. 30): Returned to action after missing three games due to a concussion…vs. New England (Dec. 7): Forced a fumble that was recovered by S Darrell Stuckey and returned 53 yards for a TD…vs. Denver (Dec. 14): Led the team with a then-career-high 10 tackles.

2013: Appeared in all 16 games with two starts after making the 53-man roster as an undrafted free agent…Finished the season with 32 tackles (26 solo), two passes defensed, a 10-yard sack and nine special teams tackles…Appeared in both playoff contests, including one start…Registered 13 tackles (10 solo), a pass defensed, a forced fumble and a recovery in the postseason…at Tennessee (Sept. 22): Broke up a third down pass with a big hit on WR Kenny Britt to force a Titans punt…at Jacksonville (Oct. 20): Posted the first sack of his career early in the game on third down…vs. Kansas City (Dec. 29): Registered a pass defensed during a game-saving defensive stand in overtime to lift the team into the postseason…at Cincinnati (AFC Wild Card, Jan. 5): Recovered a third down fumble that led to a field goal, extending the lead to seven points…at Denver (AFC Divisional, Jan. 12): Forced a fumble of TE Julius Thomas on third down that was recovered by CB Richard Marshall.

COLLEGE: Played four seasons (2009-12) at Central Michigan after redshirting in 2008, totaling 51 games played…Finished with 302 tackles, including 15 tackles for loss and 3.5 sacks…Posted eight INTs, 21 passes defensed and three forced fumbles…Recognized as second team All-Mid-American Conference and Central Michigan’s Defensive Player of the Year as a senior…Named the MAC Defensive Player of the Week after a game against Miami (Ohio) as a senior in 2012…Finished first team All-MAC as a junior and third team as a sophomore.

PERSONAL: Given name Jahleel Javon Kweku Addae…Name is pronounced jah-LEEL uh-DIE…Nickname is ‘The Hitman’…Born in Tampa, Fla. …Has a son, Zion, with his fiancé, Lindsey…Father, Freddie, is from Ghana and his mother, Jennifer, is from St. Croix of the U.S. Virgin Islands…Older brother, Jahmile, played DB at West Virginia for four seasons (2001-05) and currently coaches DBs at the University of Minnesota after previous coaching stops at West Virginia (2007), Michigan (2008-09), Cincinnati (2010-11) and Arizona (2013-17)…Served as an honorary chair for the San Diego Susan G. Komen Race for the Cure from 2014-16 after his mother, Jennifer, battled breast cancer during his rookie season in 2013…Earned a degree in business management from Central Michigan…High School: Recognized as a three-time All-County RB at Riverview High School in Valrico, Fla. …Earned second-team All-State as a sophomore and third-team All-State honors as a senior…Lettered three years in football and soccer

CAREER NFL TRANSACTIONS:

2013 Signed by San Diego Chargers as undrafted free agent, April 27.

2016 Re-signed by Chargers as restricted free agent, March 24.

2017 Re-signed by Los Angeles Chargers as unrestricted free agent, March 9.