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Draft Selections
Brett Norfleet Head Shot
PICK: 1 RND: 1 (LAC)
Brett Norfleet
TE Missouri
Will Heldt Head Shot
PICK: 33 RND: 2 (LAC)
Will Heldt
DE-EDGE Clemson
Deuce Alexander Head Shot
PICK: 65 RND: 3 (LAC)
Deuce Alexander
WR Ole Miss
Kade Pieper Head Shot
PICK: 102 RND: 4 (LAC)
Kade Pieper
OG Iowa
Kingston Lopa Head Shot
PICK: 134 RND: 4 (LAC)
Kingston Lopa
S California
Sebastian Cheeks Head Shot
PICK: 140 RND: 5 (LAC)
Sebastian Cheeks
LB-EDGE Wisconsin
CJ Bailey Head Shot
PICK: 197 RND: 6 (LAC)
CJ Bailey
QB NC State
Wayne Knight Head Shot
PICK: 239 RND: 7 (LAC)
Wayne Knight
RB UCLA
Draft Grade — Chargers
Overall D
ValueF NeedC TradesB- FutureB-
A weekend the Chargers will want back. Grade: D.

The Chargers treated their own grade as gospel and everyone else's as noise, spending Round 1, Pick 1 on Brett Norfleet a full 421 spots early. Too much went sideways, and the D is the honest tally.

Pieper falling to them is the kind of break a good board is built to catch. The Norfleet pick is fine in a vacuum, less so with interior defensive lineman and cornerback still on the board.

If this class has a fault line, it runs straight through interior defensive lineman. Edge rusher was the priority and it is no longer a question, which is most of the job.

A rough weekend that leaves the roster with more questions than answers.

Pick Analysis
Pick1 Rnd1 Brett Norfleet
The eyebrow-raiser of the weekend. They went tight end with Brett Norfleet while clear needs at interior defensive lineman and cornerback sat open.
Pick33 Rnd2 Will Heldt
Will Heldt at pick 33 is a conviction pick that outran the value. Better still, it is exactly the hole they had to fill.
Pick65 Rnd3 Deuce Alexander
A clean, defensible pick in Round 3, Pick 1 with a little surplus value in Deuce Alexander. It shores up a spot that genuinely needed the help.
Pick102 Rnd4 Kade Pieper
A offensive lineman of that caliber at the Round 4 slot is the definition of value, full stop. It plugs a real leak on the depth chart.
Pick134 Rnd4 Kingston Lopa
They bypassed pressing needs at interior defensive lineman and cornerback to take Kingston Lopa, a safety that was not the priority.
Pick140 Rnd5 Sebastian Cheeks
A wild overpay on Sebastian Cheeks in pick No. 140, the sort that defines a class for the wrong reasons. A must-fix position, and they treated it like one.
Pick197 Rnd6 CJ Bailey
CJ Bailey in the Round 6 slot is a reach so steep the board needed a second look to believe it. It adds depth where they could use a little.
Pick239 Rnd7 Wayne Knight
Wayne Knight in pick 239 is early enough to raise a brow, if not a full objection. A quiet depth add at a thin-ish spot.