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Chargers linebacker Melvin Ingram drops 20 pounds

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San Diego Chargers linebacker Melvin Ingram is in the best shape of his NFL career.

According to Michael Gehlken of the San Diego Union-Tribune, Ingram has lost 20 pounds this offseason after committing to a change in diet.

Ingram now weighs 246 pounds – down from 266 last season – and has just 8 percent body fat.

“Being at 260 or 265, 266, wasn’t working, really,” Ingram said. “I felt quick but I kept getting injured. You’ve got to nitpick at your own body, your own self, your own game.