The Los Angeles Chargers have signed linebacker Denzel Perryman to a two-year contract extension, according to Ian Rapoport of NFL Network.

Perryman is coming off a 2018 campaign in which he played in just nine games as a result of hamstring and LCL injuries that would require surgery. When he was on the field, he registered 51 tackles and an interception.

The 26-year-old linebacker, who played collegiate football at the University of Miami, was originally selected by the Chargers in the second round (48th pick) of the 2015 NFL Draft.

He appeared in 14 contests during his rookie season, finishing with 67 tackles, a couple of sacks and a pick. The following year, Perryman participated in 12 games, totaling 71 tackles, a pair of sacks and an interception.

Then, in August 2017, Perryman suffered an ankle injury that would ultimately require surgery, knocking him out of action until early November. He finally returned on Nov. 7, 2017, and ended up posting 37 stops and a fumble recovery that season.

While Perryman has had difficulty staying on the gridiron throughout his four-year NFL tenure, failing to ever play a full 16-game season, he is very effective when healthy. Los Angeles certainly did not want to lose him to free agency.

The Chargers won 12 games this past season and earned a wild card berth in the AFC playoffs. They defeated the Baltimore Ravens in the wild card round but then fell to the New England Patriots in the divisional round a week later. It marked the Bolts' first postseason appearance since 2013.