5 Things to Know About the 2025 NFL Draft

The Bolts are slated to have extra picks than they did a 12 months in the past.

The Chargers at the moment have 10 whole picks, together with the three compensatory picks they had been awarded, two comp picks within the sixth spherical and one within the seventh spherical.

This is a have a look at the 9 different choices the Chargers have outdoors of Spherical 1.

1st spherical (No. 22 general)

4th spherical (No. 125 general)

fifth spherical (No. 158 general)

sixth spherical (No. 181 general from New England)*

sixth spherical (No. 199 general)

sixth spherical (No. 209 general – compensatory decide)

sixth spherical (No. 214 general – compensatory decide)

seventh spherical (No. 256 general – compensatory decide)

* = acquired in J.C. Jackson commerce. The Bolts despatched Jackson and their 2025 seventh-round decide to the Patriots in alternate for New England’s 2025 sixth-round choice.

Whereas Chargers Normal Supervisor Joe Hortiz is prepping for his second draft with the Bolts, his first installment was fairly one to recollect.

Deal with Joe Alt, the No. 5 general decide, was nearly as good as marketed in his rookie season.

Alt led all rookie tackles in offense (77.6), move blocking (79.4) and run blocking grade (71.6) in response to Professional Soccer Focus. He additionally allowed simply 20 pressures in 16 common season video games, which had been the fewest amongst rookie tackles with at the least 400 snaps.

Then there was second-round decide Ladd McConkey, who emerged as Justin Herbert’s No. 1 goal as a rookie.

McConkey set franchise rookie information in catches (82) and yards (1,149) and completed with the tenth throughout the NFL in receiving yards. The rookie out of Georgia additionally had a record-setting efficiency within the playoff sport with 9 receptions for 197 yards, probably the most by a first-year participant in NFL historical past and the third-most in a playoff debut ever.

Even fifth-round picks comparable to cornerbacks Tarheeb Nonetheless and Cam Hart stepped up in large methods when accidents struck and so they had been inserted within the lineup.

Nonetheless completed the 12 months with 4 interceptions, which tied for the second-most amongst rookies and the third-highest PFF protection grade (73.7) amongst rookie corners with at the least 500 snaps. Hart, in the meantime, turned a bodily presence, having the second-highest tackling grade (77.0) whereas beginning six video games.

The Chargers had been capable of get large manufacturing from the soar from these 4 and nonetheless have others who’ve an opportunity to make their mark in Yr 2 like Junior Colson, Justin Eboigbe, Kimani Vidal and Brenden Rice, all of whom noticed restricted motion as rookies.