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Draft Selections
James Pearce Jr. Head Shot
PICK: 21 RND: 1 (LAC)
James Pearce Jr.
DE Tennessee
Colston Loveland Head Shot
PICK: 52 RND: 2 (LAC)
Colston Loveland
TE Michigan
Tez Johnson Head Shot
PICK: 88 RND: 3 (LAC)
Tez Johnson
WR Oregon
Jaeden Roberts Head Shot
PICK: 124 RND: 4 (LAC)
Jaeden Roberts
OG Alabama
Donovan Edwards Head Shot
PICK: 157 RND: 5 (LAC)
Donovan Edwards
RB Michigan
Shilo Sanders Head Shot
PICK: 175 RND: 5 (LAC)
Shilo Sanders
S Colorado
Lathan Ransom Head Shot
PICK: 180 RND: 6 (LAC)
Lathan Ransom
S Ohio State
Parker Brailsford Head Shot
PICK: 197 RND: 6 (LAC)
Parker Brailsford
C Alabama
Jimmy Horn Jr. Head Shot
PICK: 214 RND: 6 (LAC)
Jimmy Horn Jr.
WR Colorado
Elijah Roberts Head Shot
PICK: 224 RND: 7 (LAC)
Elijah Roberts
DE SMU
Raheim Sanders Head Shot
PICK: 252 RND: 7 (LAC)
Raheim Sanders
RB South Carolina
Draft Grade — Chargers
Overall B-
ValueB- NeedB+ TradesB- FutureB-
The Chargers checked most of the boxes and earned a B-.

You build a draft on nights like this. Raheim Sanders had no business being available in Round 7, Pick 38, and the Chargers did the only sane thing and turned in the card.

They are betting Horn Jr. proves the room right and everyone else wrong. That interior defensive lineman hole did not close this weekend, and it was the biggest one on the wall.

Good work on the whole, with interior defensive lineman the one box left unchecked.

Pick Analysis
Pick21 Rnd1 James Pearce Jr.
Quietly one of the better values of the day, James Pearce Jr. at No. 21. This was priority one on the needs board, and now it is handled.
Pick52 Rnd2 Colston Loveland
Colston Loveland at the 52nd overall pick nudges the ledger their way without any fuss. A need, and now a little less of one.
Pick88 Rnd3 Tez Johnson
Value said wait; Tez Johnson in the 88th pick says they were not listening. A must-fix position, and they treated it like one.
Pick124 Rnd4 Jaeden Roberts
Jaeden Roberts at the Round 4 slot is an overdraft of the loud, memorable kind. It fills a real need, too.
Pick157 Rnd5 Donovan Edwards
Donovan Edwards at No. 157 is the kind of overdraft that needs everything to break right. A sensible fit for a spot that needed help.
Pick175 Rnd5 Shilo Sanders
They talked themselves into Shilo Sanders at the 175th overall pick, and the board did not agree. Not urgent, but hardly pointless.
Pick180 Rnd6 Lathan Ransom
They barely believed it either: Lathan Ransom still on the board at pick No. 180. A luxury on a unit that was already in good shape.
Pick197 Rnd6 Parker Brailsford
Circle this one: Parker Brailsford at pick 197 is a fall that decides a draft. Another box on the needs board, quietly ticked.
Pick214 Rnd6 Jimmy Horn Jr.
They reached into another round for Jimmy Horn Jr., and the board is nowhere close to agreeing. They walked in needing this and walked out with it.
Pick224 Rnd7 Elijah Roberts
Elijah Roberts at Round 7, Pick 10 is the steal of the weekend, a first-round talent at a bargain-bin price. That was the need underlined and circled, and now it is checked off.
Pick252 Rnd7 Raheim Sanders
Raheim Sanders at the 252nd pick is a first-round grade at a bargain-bin price, no notes. The roster fit checks out.