The San Diego Chargers released linebacker Donald Butler on Thursday despite an onerous dead-money surcharge that will be placed on their 2016 cap.
Michael Gehlken of the San Diego Union-Tribune reported the news.
Butler was due a $4.65 million base salary as part of the seven-year, $51.8 million deal he signed with San Diego in 2014. The 2010 third-round pick released a statement on his Twitter account thanking the franchise for a six-year run: