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Draft Selections
Olaivavega Ioane Head Shot
PICK: 22 RND: 1 (LAC)
Olaivavega Ioane
OG Penn State
Connor Lew Head Shot
PICK: 55 RND: 2 (LAC)
Connor Lew
C Auburn
Keylan Rutledge Head Shot
PICK: 86 RND: 3 (LAC)
Keylan Rutledge
OG Georgia Tech
Gracen Halton Head Shot
PICK: 126 RND: 4 (LAC)
Gracen Halton
DL Oklahoma
Fa'alili Fa'amoe Head Shot
PICK: 204 RND: 6 (LAC)
Fa'alili Fa'amoe
OT Wake Forest
Trey Zuhn III Head Shot
PICK: 220 RND: 7 (LAC)
Trey Zuhn III
OT Texas A&M
Draft Picks Received
Gracen Halton Head Shot
PICK: 126 RND: 4 (BUF)
Gracen Halton
DL Oklahoma
Trey Zuhn III Head Shot
PICK: 220 RND: 7 (BUF)
Trey Zuhn III
OT Texas A&M
No Pick Head Shot
PICK: RND: 7 (BUF)
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Draft Picks Traded
Bishop Fitzgerald Head Shot
PICK: 123 RND: 4 (BUF)
Bishop Fitzgerald
S USC
Draft Grade — Chargers
Overall B-
ValueC+ NeedB- TradesB- FutureB-
No fireworks, just a tidy B- for the Chargers.

The Chargers put a flag in the ground for Fa'alili Fa'amoe, 43 picks before anyone else would have, and the value took the hit.

They punted on edge rusher, and it is the miss that keeps the grade honest. The roster is better shaped than it was, with interior defensive lineman chief among the fixes.

The trenches got the money picks, top to bottom. The dealing was even money, start to finish.

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

Pick Analysis
Pick22 Rnd1 Olaivavega Ioane
Olaivavega Ioane at the Round 1 slot is neither steal nor reach, just the going rate. The roster fit checks out.
Pick55 Rnd2 Connor Lew
No drama and no debate, Connor Lew went about where he belonged in the 55th pick. A sensible fit for a spot that needed help.
Pick86 Rnd3 Keylan Rutledge
A big swing on Keylan Rutledge at pick 86, well ahead of any board in the building. A real hole, addressed with a reasonable pick.
Pick126 Rnd4 Gracen Halton
Gracen Halton in Round 4, Pick 26 is the kind of reach that only looks good if he outplays it. They walked in needing this and walked out with it.
Pick204 Rnd6 Fa'alili Fa'amoe
Fa'alili Fa'amoe in the 204th overall pick is a reach so steep the board needed a second look to believe it. It plugs a real leak on the depth chart.
Pick220 Rnd7 Trey Zuhn III
They reached into another round for Trey Zuhn III, and the board is nowhere close to agreeing. It fills a real need, too.