Ex-San Francisco 49ers quarterback Trey Lance agreed to a one-year contract with the Los Angeles Chargers on Friday.

Lance spent the past two years with the Dallas Cowboys after playing his first two NFL seasons with the 49ers, who infamously selected him with the No. 3 overall pick in the 2021 draft out of North Dakota State.

Lance has yet to live up to his enormous potential, but Chargers coach Jim Harbaugh will get a chance to mold the quarterback while he trains alongside Taylor Heinecke as the backups to Justin Herbert.

Lance, who turns 25 next month, is still younger than high-profile 2024 rookie quarterbacks Michael Penix Jr. and Bo Nix — but Lance has yet to play extensively in the NFL despite his lofty draft position.

He got injured in his second season with the Niners and couldn’t beat out Jimmy Garoppolo or Brock Purdy for their starting job, compelling San Francisco to move on from its high-risk selection after just two years. Lance then didn’t take a snap for Dallas in 2023 before playing occasionally and even starting the Cowboys’ season finale last year.

Lance has started five games in his four-year career, passing for 1,063 yards and five TDs with four interceptions.

All-Pro receiver Jones retires >> Julio Jones, a seven-time Pro Bowl selection and the leading receiver in Falcons history, announced his retirement.

Jones, 36, set Falcons franchise records with 848 catches for 12,896 yards and 60 TD catches.

Earnhardt avoids No. 8 conflict with Jackson >> NASCAR Hall of Famer Dale Earnhardt Jr. is shifting gears with his No. 8 merchandising.

Earnhardt announced on social media that he has secured the right to use a stylized version of No. 8 and will forgo the original No. 8 logo used by his NASCAR team, JR Motorsports. His decision came two days after Baltimore Ravens quarterback Lamar Jackson filed an opposition claim with the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office to stop Earnhardt from putting that JRM version of No. 8 on merchandise.

Golf

Harman has 4-shot lead at Texas Open >> Brian Harman found the range with his iron shots and converted eight birdie putts, none outside 12 feet, for a 6-under 66 that gave him a four-shot lead over Keith Mitchell going into the weekend at the Valero Texas Open in San Antonio.

WNBA

Delle Donne retires after 11 seasons >> Seven-time WNBA All-Star Elena Delle Donne, a two-time league MVP and a key part of Washington’s 2019 championship, is retiring after 11 seasons. Delle Donne, 35, was one of the faces of the WNBA.