Wide receiver Mike Williams is retiring, the Chargers confirmed Thursday as the team began camp. Just as a hole opened in the receivers room, the Chargers also signed rookie receiver Tre’ Harris, the team announced, ending the second-round pick’s contract holdout.

The retirement of Williams, who will turn 31 years old in October, leaves a sizable void in the Chargers wide receiver room. The 6-foot-4 wide receiver was expected to provide a big-bodied target on the outside for Justin Herbert, something the Bolts offense was missing for parts of the 2024 season.

For the first four years of Justin Herbert’s career, Mike Williams was a pillar of the Chargers’ receiving corps.

The Los Angeles Chargers entered the offseason obviously needing help at wide receiver, but inexplicably, they largely ignored the position in free agency and o