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Draft Selections
Olaivavega Ioane Head Shot
PICK: 22 RND: 1 (LAC)
Olaivavega Ioane
OG Penn State
Anthony Hill Jr. Head Shot
PICK: 63 RND: 2 (LAC)
Anthony Hill Jr.
LB Texas
Elijah Sarratt Head Shot
PICK: 86 RND: 3 (LAC)
Elijah Sarratt
WR Indiana
Davison Igbinosun Head Shot
PICK: 123 RND: 4 (LAC)
Davison Igbinosun
CB Ohio State
Nadame Tucker Head Shot
PICK: 125 RND: 4 (LAC)
Nadame Tucker
DE-EDGE Western Michigan
Toriano Pride Jr. Head Shot
PICK: 204 RND: 6 (LAC)
Toriano Pride Jr.
CB Missouri
Thaddeus Dixon Head Shot
PICK: 212 RND: 6 (LAC)
Thaddeus Dixon
CB North Carolina
Draft Picks Received
Anthony Hill Jr. Head Shot
PICK: 63 RND: 2 (NE)
Anthony Hill Jr.
LB Texas
Nadame Tucker Head Shot
PICK: 125 RND: 4 (NE)
Nadame Tucker
DE-EDGE Western Michigan
Thaddeus Dixon Head Shot
PICK: 212 RND: 6 (NE)
Thaddeus Dixon
CB North Carolina
Draft Picks Traded
Markel Bell Head Shot
PICK: 55 RND: 2 (NE)
Markel Bell
OT Miami
Draft Grade — Chargers
Overall B-
ValueB NeedB TradesC+ FutureB-
No fireworks, just a tidy B- for the Chargers.

If confidence were a draft strategy, the Chargers would have aced it. Nadame Tucker at Round 4, Pick 25 is 49 spots clear of where he belonged. Call it a sensible B-, earned the boring way.

Getting Hill Jr. where they did is the sort of value that quietly makes a class. A whole weekend of picks and interior defensive lineman is somehow still a want.

They left with edge rusher solved and the rest of the wish list mostly ticked off. Trading back for volume was the quiet throughline of their weekend.

In short, they left a little better than they arrived, which is the whole idea.

Pick Analysis
Pick22 Rnd1 Olaivavega Ioane
A straight-up fair deal on Olaivavega Ioane at the 22nd pick, value and slot in agreement. It plugs a real leak on the depth chart.
Pick63 Rnd2 Anthony Hill Jr.
They robbed the room for Anthony Hill Jr. here, a fall nobody at the table saw coming. A minor need, but a need all the same.
Pick86 Rnd3 Elijah Sarratt
Elijah Sarratt slipping to pick 86 is the kind of luck good rooms make for themselves. Better still, it is exactly the hole they had to fill.
Pick123 Rnd4 Davison Igbinosun
Davison Igbinosun at slot 123 is money in the bank, a cornerback taken below his worth. The biggest hole on the depth chart just got a whole lot smaller.
Pick125 Rnd4 Nadame Tucker
A real head-scratcher, Nadame Tucker in pick No. 125 is miles ahead of his ranking. The one spot they could not leave alone, and did not.
Pick204 Rnd6 Toriano Pride Jr.
They took Toriano Pride Jr. at par in Round 6, Pick 23, which is nothing to complain about. A must-fix position, and they treated it like one.
Pick212 Rnd6 Thaddeus Dixon
Thaddeus Dixon in slot 212 is the kind of reach that only looks good if he outplays it. They walked in needing this and walked out with it.