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Draft Selections
Marvin Harrison Jr. Head Shot
PICK: 5 RND: 1 (LAC)
Marvin Harrison Jr.
WR Ohio State
Troy Franklin Head Shot
PICK: 37 RND: 2 (LAC)
Troy Franklin
WR Oregon
Blake Corum Head Shot
PICK: 69 RND: 3 (LAC)
Blake Corum
RB Michigan
Mike Sainristil Head Shot
PICK: 105 RND: 4 (LAC)
Mike Sainristil
CB Michigan
Cedric Gray Head Shot
PICK: 110 RND: 4 (LAC)
Cedric Gray
LB North Carolina
Tommy Eichenberg Head Shot
PICK: 140 RND: 5 (LAC)
Tommy Eichenberg
LB Ohio State
Ro Torrence Head Shot
PICK: 181 RND: 6 (LAC)
Ro Torrence
CB Arizona State
Daijun Edwards Head Shot
PICK: 225 RND: 7 (LAC)
Daijun Edwards
RB Georgia
Donovan Jennings Head Shot
PICK: 253 RND: 7 (LAC)
Donovan Jennings
OT USF
Draft Grade — Chargers
Overall B
ValueB NeedB+ TradesB- FutureB-
Grand theft in Round 7, Pick 5: the Chargers steal Edwards and grade out a B.

Every so often the board makes a mistake, and the Chargers were there to profit. Daijun Edwards, the No. 189 name on the board, should have been long gone before pick No. 225. Good, not great, and the B says as much.

If this class has a fault line, it runs straight through edge rusher. Every board in the league had Corum lower, and that gap is the story.

Add it up and it is a good, unfussy class.

Pick Analysis
Pick5 Rnd1 Marvin Harrison Jr.
In the 5th pick they get a weapon on the perimeter. Exactly the need they had to hit.
Pick37 Rnd2 Troy Franklin
Good price on Troy Franklin in pick 37, a hair ahead of his grade with no real quibbles. Better still, it is exactly the hole they had to fill.
Pick69 Rnd3 Blake Corum
Blake Corum at pick No. 69 jumps the queue by a touch more than is comfortable. It shores up a spot that genuinely needed the help.
Pick105 Rnd4 Mike Sainristil
The board fumbled Mike Sainristil all the way to No. 105, and they scooped it up. It answers the question that was keeping the coaches up at night.
Pick110 Rnd4 Cedric Gray
They paid sticker price for Cedric Gray in the 110th overall pick, and that is fine. Not urgent, but hardly pointless.
Pick140 Rnd5 Tommy Eichenberg
They took Tommy Eichenberg at par in the Round 5 slot, which is nothing to complain about. Stacking talent where they were already deep.
Pick181 Rnd6 Ro Torrence
No drama and no debate, Ro Torrence went about where he belonged in slot 181. They walked in needing this and walked out with it.
Pick225 Rnd7 Daijun Edwards
Circle this one: Daijun Edwards at Round 7, Pick 5 is a fall that decides a draft. A need, and now a little less of one.
Pick253 Rnd7 Donovan Jennings
They let Donovan Jennings come to them and pounced at the 253rd pick. A sensible fit that makes the depth chart a little sturdier.