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Jackson Powers-Johnson Head Shot
PICK: 11 RND: 1 (LAC)
Jackson Powers-Johnson
C Oregon
T'Vondre Sweat Head Shot
PICK: 23 RND: 1 (LAC)
T'Vondre Sweat
DT Texas
Xavier Legette Head Shot
PICK: 51 RND: 2 (LAC)
Xavier Legette
WR South Carolina
Mike Sainristil Head Shot
PICK: 69 RND: 3 (LAC)
Mike Sainristil
CB Michigan
MarShawn Lloyd Head Shot
PICK: 84 RND: 3 (LAC)
MarShawn Lloyd
RB USC
Brenden Rice Head Shot
PICK: 105 RND: 4 (LAC)
Brenden Rice
WR USC
AJ Barner Head Shot
PICK: 110 RND: 4 (LAC)
AJ Barner
TE Michigan
Jarrian Jones Head Shot
PICK: 140 RND: 5 (LAC)
Jarrian Jones
CB Florida State
Cornelius Johnson Head Shot
PICK: 181 RND: 6 (LAC)
Cornelius Johnson
WR Michigan
Frank Gore Jr. Head Shot
PICK: 225 RND: 7 (LAC)
Frank Gore Jr.
RB Southern Miss
J.J. Weaver Head Shot
PICK: 253 RND: 7 (LAC)
J.J. Weaver
LB-EDGE Kentucky
Draft Picks Received
Jackson Powers-Johnson Head Shot
PICK: 11 RND: 1 (MIN)
Jackson Powers-Johnson
C Oregon
T'Vondre Sweat Head Shot
PICK: 23 RND: 1 (MIN)
T'Vondre Sweat
DT Texas
Xavier Legette Head Shot
PICK: 51 RND: 2 (PIT)
Xavier Legette
WR South Carolina
MarShawn Lloyd Head Shot
PICK: 84 RND: 3 (PIT)
MarShawn Lloyd
RB USC
Draft Picks Traded
Drake Maye Head Shot
PICK: 5 RND: 1 (MIN)
Drake Maye
QB North Carolina
Jonathon Brooks Head Shot
PICK: 37 RND: 2 (PIT)
Jonathon Brooks
RB Texas
No Pick Head Shot
PICK: RND: 1 (CHI)
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Draft Grade — Chargers
Overall C+
ValueC- NeedB+ TradesA- FutureD
A weekend that raised as many questions as it answered. The Chargers get a C+.

There is conviction, and then there is this. The Chargers took J.J. Weaver a full 64 picks ahead of where the board had him, an overdraft steep enough that it colors the whole weekend. Fine in stretches, shaky in others: a C+.

That quarterback hole did not close this weekend, and it was the biggest one on the wall. On value alone, Legette makes the weekend a net positive.

On the needs board they went 7 of 8, with edge rusher the one that mattered most. It is a win-now wager, and the future is the stake.

So much rides on Jackson Powers-Johnson that the real verdict is a season or two away.

Pick Analysis
Pick11 Rnd1 Jackson Powers-Johnson
In the 11th pick they get a plug-and-play piece up front, though the board says they badly overpaid. A clean fit for the roster.
Pick23 Rnd1 T'Vondre Sweat
T'Vondre Sweat at Round 1, Pick 23 is the pick scouts circle, and not in a good way. They walked in needing this and walked out with it.
Pick51 Rnd2 Xavier Legette
Xavier Legette in pick 51 is a bargain the rest of the room will envy. This was priority one on the needs board, and now it is handled.
Pick69 Rnd3 Mike Sainristil
No drama and no debate, Mike Sainristil went about where he belonged in slot 69. A must-fix position, and they treated it like one.
Pick84 Rnd3 MarShawn Lloyd
MarShawn Lloyd at the 84th overall pick is a conviction pick that outran the value. It patches a soft spot without any drama.
Pick105 Rnd4 Brenden Rice
Brenden Rice is a better player than No. 105 suggests; smart patience, rewarded. Top of the wish list, and they did not leave without it.
Pick110 Rnd4 AJ Barner
AJ Barner at pick No. 110 is the kind of overdraft that needs everything to break right. A sensible fit that makes the depth chart a little sturdier.
Pick140 Rnd5 Jarrian Jones
Good price on Jarrian Jones in Round 5, Pick 4, a hair ahead of his grade with no real quibbles. The one spot they could not leave alone, and did not.
Pick181 Rnd6 Cornelius Johnson
A straight-up fair deal on Cornelius Johnson at the Round 6 slot, value and slot in agreement. The biggest hole on the depth chart just got a whole lot smaller.
Pick225 Rnd7 Frank Gore Jr.
Frank Gore Jr. at No. 225 is neither steal nor reach, just the going rate. Another box on the needs board, quietly ticked.
Pick253 Rnd7 J.J. Weaver
They reached into another round for J.J. Weaver, and the board is nowhere close to agreeing. It answers the question that was keeping the coaches up at night.