20250411

Draft Selections
Tyler Warren Head Shot
PICK: 30 RND: 1 (LAC)
Tyler Warren
TE Penn State
TreVeyon Henderson Head Shot
PICK: 55 RND: 2 (LAC)
TreVeyon Henderson
RB Ohio State
Jack Bech Head Shot
PICK: 64 RND: 2 (LAC)
Jack Bech
WR TCU
David Walker Head Shot
PICK: 86 RND: 3 (LAC)
David Walker
LB-EDGE Central Arkansas
Malachi Moore Head Shot
PICK: 125 RND: 4 (LAC)
Malachi Moore
S Alabama
Willie Lampkin Head Shot
PICK: 158 RND: 5 (LAC)
Willie Lampkin
OG North Carolina
CJ West Head Shot
PICK: 161 RND: 5 (LAC)
CJ West
DT Indiana
Jalen McLeod Head Shot
PICK: 181 RND: 6 (LAC)
Jalen McLeod
LB-EDGE Auburn
Oronde Gadsden II Head Shot
PICK: 199 RND: 6 (LAC)
Oronde Gadsden II
TE Syracuse
Brandon Crenshaw-Dickson Head Shot
PICK: 209 RND: 6 (LAC)
Brandon Crenshaw-Dickson...
OT Florida
LaJohntay Wester Head Shot
PICK: 214 RND: 6 (LAC)
LaJohntay Wester
WR Colorado
Marcus Yarns Head Shot
PICK: 256 RND: 7 (LAC)
Marcus Yarns
RB Delaware
Draft Picks Received
Tyler Warren Head Shot
PICK: 30 RND: 1 (BUF)
Tyler Warren
TE Penn State
Jack Bech Head Shot
PICK: 64 RND: 2 (PHI)
Jack Bech
WR TCU
CJ West Head Shot
PICK: 161 RND: 5 (PHI)
CJ West
DT Indiana
No Pick Head Shot
PICK: RND: 4 (PHI)
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Draft Picks Traded
Shavon Revel Jr. Head Shot
PICK: 22 RND: 1 (BUF)
Shavon Revel Jr.
CB East Carolina
Draft Grade — Chargers
Overall B
ValueB- NeedB TradesB FutureB-
No fireworks, just a tidy B for the Chargers.

The Chargers treated their own grade as gospel and everyone else's as noise, spending slot 214 on LaJohntay Wester a full 36 spots early. It does the job without flash, and the B reflects it.

For all the activity, cornerback went untouched, which is hard to explain. They banked enough surplus on Warren to cover a lot of smaller sins.

They went 6 of 8 on their needs, which is most of what a draft is for.

All told, a solid class that does its job everywhere but cornerback.

Pick Analysis
Pick30 Rnd1 Tyler Warren
Value with a capital V on Tyler Warren in slot 30, a genuine coup. A sensible fit for a spot that needed help.
Pick55 Rnd2 TreVeyon Henderson
By-the-book stuff, TreVeyon Henderson at pick No. 55 squarely in line with his ranking. The roster fit checks out.
Pick64 Rnd2 Jack Bech
A market-rate wide receiver, with the board and the slot shaking hands on Jack Bech. This was priority one on the needs board, and now it is handled.
Pick86 Rnd3 David Walker
David Walker in the 86th pick is a bet on their own eyes over everyone else's grade. Better still, it is exactly the hole they had to fill.
Pick125 Rnd4 Malachi Moore
Malachi Moore at the Round 4 slot is a conviction pick that outran the value. Depth more than a fix, but depth they can use.
Pick158 Rnd5 Willie Lampkin
A real head-scratcher, Willie Lampkin in No. 158 is miles ahead of his ranking. Another box on the needs board, quietly ticked.
Pick161 Rnd5 CJ West
CJ West at pick No. 161 is an overdraft of the loud, memorable kind. It answers the question that was keeping the coaches up at night.
Pick181 Rnd6 Jalen McLeod
They left a pile of value on the table to take Jalen McLeod this early at Round 6, Pick 5. They walked in needing this and walked out with it.
Pick199 Rnd6 Oronde Gadsden II
Oronde Gadsden II at the Round 6 slot is a sound buy, the sort that quietly helps a class. It plugs a real leak on the depth chart.
Pick209 Rnd6 Brandon Crenshaw-Dickson
A slide stopped in slot 209, with Brandon Crenshaw-Dickson worth more than the price. One more legitimate question on the roster, answered.
Pick214 Rnd6 LaJohntay Wester
They talked themselves into LaJohntay Wester at the 214th pick, and the board did not agree. The one spot they could not leave alone, and did not.
Pick256 Rnd7 Marcus Yarns
Marcus Yarns in No. 256 is exactly on the number, no argument either way. A real hole, addressed with a reasonable pick.