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Ashton Jeanty Head Shot
PICK: 22 RND: 1 (LAC)
Ashton Jeanty
RB Boise State
Tyler Warren Head Shot
PICK: 23 RND: 1 (LAC)
Tyler Warren
TE Penn State
Jared Wilson Head Shot
PICK: 124 RND: 4 (LAC)
Jared Wilson
C Georgia
Darius Alexander Head Shot
PICK: 159 RND: 5 (LAC)
Darius Alexander
DT Toledo
Nick Nash Head Shot
PICK: 177 RND: 5 (LAC)
Nick Nash
WR San Jose State
JJ Pegues Head Shot
PICK: 183 RND: 6 (LAC)
JJ Pegues
DT Ole Miss
Jay Higgins Head Shot
PICK: 201 RND: 6 (LAC)
Jay Higgins
LB Iowa
Dont'e Thornton Jr. Head Shot
PICK: 215 RND: 6 (LAC)
Dont'e Thornton Jr.
WR Tennessee
Jordan Hancock Head Shot
PICK: 220 RND: 7 (LAC)
Jordan Hancock
S Ohio State
Brandon Adams Head Shot
PICK: 253 RND: 7 (LAC)
Brandon Adams
CB UCF
Draft Picks Received
Tyler Warren Head Shot
PICK: 23 RND: 1 (GB)
Tyler Warren
TE Penn State
Draft Picks Traded
Zy Alexander Head Shot
PICK: 55 RND: 2 (GB)
Zy Alexander
CB LSU
Jackson Slater Head Shot
PICK: 86 RND: 3 (GB)
Jackson Slater
OG Sacramento State
No Pick Head Shot
PICK: RND: 2 (ARI)
NEXT YEAR (2026)
 
Draft Grade — Chargers
Overall B
ValueA- NeedB TradesB+ FutureC
The steal of the weekend belongs to the Chargers and Thornton Jr.: B.

The value of the weekend has a name and a slot: Dont'e Thornton Jr., slot 215, roughly 41 picks past where he belonged. More right than wrong, and a B to match.

A whole weekend of picks and edge rusher is somehow still a want. They squeezed a little extra out of every move they made. The roster is better shaped than it was, with interior defensive lineman chief among the fixes.

They came away with juice, if not much beef up front.

Good work on the whole, with edge rusher the one box left unchecked.

Pick Analysis
Pick22 Rnd1 Ashton Jeanty
In Round 1, Pick 22 they get a three-down runner, outstanding value to boot.
Pick23 Rnd1 Tyler Warren
Tyler Warren in the Round 1 slot lands just on the right side of the ledger. A need, and now a little less of one.
Pick124 Rnd4 Jared Wilson
A top-tier offensive lineman at a bargain, Jared Wilson in slot 124, plain and simple. Another box on the needs board, quietly ticked.
Pick159 Rnd5 Darius Alexander
Darius Alexander at pick No. 159 is a first-round grade at a bargain-bin price, no notes. A glaring weakness, addressed head on.
Pick177 Rnd5 Nick Nash
Steal is underselling it; Nick Nash at pick 177 is a heist with the alarm still ringing. Top of the wish list, and they did not leave without it.
Pick183 Rnd6 JJ Pegues
Fair-plus on JJ Pegues, a quiet win that adds up over a draft. Better still, it is exactly the hole they had to fill.
Pick201 Rnd6 Jay Higgins
They robbed the room for Jay Higgins here, a fall nobody at the table saw coming. A quiet depth add at a thin-ish spot.
Pick215 Rnd6 Dont'e Thornton Jr.
Dont'e Thornton Jr. in the 215th overall pick should not have been possible, and that is the whole point. The one spot they could not leave alone, and did not.
Pick220 Rnd7 Jordan Hancock
Jordan Hancock at pick No. 220 is the steal of the weekend, a first-round talent at a bargain-bin price. Not urgent, but hardly pointless.
Pick253 Rnd7 Brandon Adams
A clean, defensible pick in the 253rd pick with a little surplus value in Brandon Adams. It also answers one of the loudest questions on the roster.