nfl chargers player most rookie sacks in a season

Leslie O'Neal has the most sacks by a rookie for the San Diego Chargers, with 12.5 sacks in 1986.

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	NAME	SCK	SEASON	TM	GP	TKL	AST	COMB	SCKY	INT	INT YDS	INT TD	FF	FR	FR TD
1	Leslie O'Neal L. O'Neal	12.5	1986	SD	13					2	22	1		2	0
2	Joey Bosa J. Bosa	10.5	2016	SD	12	29	12	41	71.5	0	0	0	1	0	0
3	Shawne Merriman S. Merriman	10.0	2005	SD	15	43	14	57	61	0	0	0	2	0	0
4	Chris Mims C. Mims	10.0	1992	SD	16					0	0	0		1	0
5	Burt Grossman B. Grossman	10.0	1989	SD	16					0	0	0		0	0
6	Kendall Reyes K. Reyes	5.5	2012	SD	16	16	12	28	33.5	0	0	0	0	0	0
7	Ben Leber B. Leber	5.0	2002	SD	16	43	9	52	46	0	0	0	3	0	0
8	Tuli Tuipulotu T. Tuipulotu	4.5	2023	LAC	17	37	16	53	37.5	0	0	0	2	1	0
9	Fred Robinson F. Robinson	4.5	1984	SD	16					0	0	0		0	0
10	Desmond King D. King	4.0	2017	LAC	16	66	10	76	11	1	90	1	0	0	0
11	Shaun Phillips S. Phillips	4.0	2004	SD	16	21	6	27	23	1	0	0	0	2	0
12	Derwin James Jr. D. James Jr.	3.5	2018	LAC	16	75	30	105	17	3	30	0	0	0	0
13	Uchenna Nwosu U. Nwosu	3.5	2018	LAC	16	18	10	28	15.5	0	0	0	0	0	0
14	Jatavis Brown J. Brown	3.5	2016	SD	12	64	15	79	24	0	0	0	2	1	0
15	Jyles Tucker J. Tucker	3.5	2007	SD	6	12	0	12	32	0	0	0	2	1	1
16	Luis Castillo L. Castillo	3.5	2005	SD	16	37	12	49	13.5	0	0	0	1	0	0
17	Joseph Campbell J. Campbell	3.0	1988	SD	16					0	0	0		0	0
18	George Hinkle G. Hinkle	3.0	1988	SD	3					0	0	0		0	0
19	Les Miller L. Miller	3.0	1987	SD	9					0	0	0		2	1
20	Earl Wilson E. Wilson	3.0	1985	SD	16					0	0	0		1	0
21	Billy Ray Smith Jr. B. Ray Smith Jr.	3.0	1983	SD	16					0	0	0		1	0
22	Rick Ackerman R. Ackerman	3.0	1982	SD	9					0	0	0		0	0
23	Adrian Dingle A. Dingle	2.5	2000	SD	14					0	0	0		0	0
24	Gary Plummer G. Plummer	2.5	1986	SD	15					0	0	0		2	0
25	Jerry Tillery J. Tillery	2.0	2019	LAC	15	9	8	17	11.5	0	0	0	0	0	0

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Sun 9/27	LAC	@	BUF	1:00 PM
Sun 10/4	LAC	@	SEA	4:25 PM
Sun 10/11	DEN	@	LAC	4:05 PM
Sun 10/18	LAC	@	KC	4:25 PM
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Pass Yards Rankings

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Cowboys	1	1	0	.500
Commanders	0	2	0	.000
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Lions	1	1	0	.500
Bears	1	1	0	.500
Packers	1	2	0	.333
NFC South	W	L	T	PCT
Panthers	1	1	0	.500
Saints	1	1	0	.500
Falcons	1	2	0	.333
Buccaneers	0	2	0	.000
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Rams	1	1	0	.500
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Steelers	1	1	0	.500
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AFC South	W	L	T	PCT
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Titans	0	2	0	.000
Texans	0	2	0	.000
Colts	0	2	0	.000
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Raiders	2	0	0	1.000
Broncos	1	1	0	.500
Chargers	0	2	0	.000