Los Angeles Chargers · S RoomS

#2 Elijah Molden

Exp  5 yrs NFLAge  28Ht / Wt  5'10" · 190 lbCollege  Washington

Depth-chart placement

Current role

FS1

Placement

Starter

Room

Safety

Experience

YR 6

Last change

Updated 2026-07-29

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S room context

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Elijah Molden holds the FS · Starter spot in Los Angeles Chargers’s safety room. Where he sits among the room’s front-line roles:

SS · StarterTony JeffersonStarter

FS · StarterElijah MoldenStarter

SS · BackupGenesis SmithBackup

FS · BackupRJ MickensBackup

Elijah Molden played 13 games in 2025 with a 74% snap share.

Production

2025 season

Latest season · 2025

INT

Passes defended

Background & career

Elijah Molden is a free safety for the Los Angeles Chargers standing 5'10" and weighing 190 pounds. A native of West Linn, Oregon, he played college football at Washington before being selected 100th overall in the third round of the 2021 NFL Draft by Tennessee. Molden enters his sixth season of professional football. In 2025, he recorded 1 interception and 1 pass defended.

Washington2017 – 2020

Titans2021 – 2023

Chargers2024 — present

College

WashingtonDraftRound 3 · No. 100 overall · 2021 · TENAcquiredAcquired from Tennessee Titans · drafted thereHometownWest Linn, OR