National Football League

Chargers' Sproles signs contract tender

Published Apr. 3, 2010 5:33 a.m. ET

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Chargers running back-kick returner Darren Sproles has signed his one-year contract tender worth about $7.3 million.

Sproles had been a restricted free agent. The Chargers placed the maximum first- and third-round tender on Sproles, meaning that had the five-year veteran signed an offer sheet with another team, the Chargers would have had the right to match the offer or receive first- and third-round draft picks as compensation for losing him.

San Diego announced Sproles' signing on Friday.