Chargers RB Gordon may hold out

Los Angeles Chargers running back Melvin Gordon will not report to training camp without a new contract, ESPN reported Thursday.

Gordon also reportedly told the Chargers that failure to reach agreement on a contract would result in a trade demand. Gordon’s agent, Fletcher Smith, told ESPN’s Adam Schefter of the holdout and trade scenarios on Thursday.

The Chargers are scheduled to open training camp July 25.

Gordon signed a fouryear, US$10.67 million deal as a first-round pick in the 2015 NFL Draft and in April, the Chargers exercised their fifth-year option for $5.61 million for 2019.

The 26-year-old has 38 touchdowns over the past three seasons.

Gordon did not attend voluntary workouts with the Chargers, but did report to mini-camp in June.

At that time, he said he was trying to avoid contract conversations, but he noted fellow 2015 first-round Todd Gurley already had received a long-term deal from the Rams.

“I’m just trying not to talk about it. If it’s going to happen, it’ll happen. When it does, I’m pretty sure you guys will know,” Gordon told ESPN in June.

Gurley signed a four-year, $60 million extension with $45 million guaranteed in 2018.

“It’s an issue with everybody else,” Gordon said. “But I know my value. I know what I bring to this team,

and I’m sticking with that.” Miami Dolphins defensive tackle Kendrick Norton was ticketed in the July 4 crash that led to the amputation of his left arm, ESPN reported.

ESPN, which obtained a copy of the report from the Florida Highway Patrol, said he was cited with an improper lane change.

He suddenly pulled his F-250 truck in front of a Maserati and clipped it, sending his car into a concrete barrier.

The Maserati driver was not injured.

The report said drugs or alcohol were not believed to be involved in the accident.