List of Los Angeles Chargers first-round draft picks
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The Los Angeles Chargers are a National Football League (NFL) franchise. They began play in 1960, a charter member of the American Football League. The Chargers moved to San Diego, California in 1961, changing their name to the San Diego Chargers. In 2017, the Chargers relocated back to Los Angeles. The Chargers' first draft selection was Monty Stickles, an end from the University of Notre Dame. The team's most recent first-round selection was Rashawn Slater, an offensive tackle from Northwestern University. The Chargers have selected the number one overall pick in the draft once. They have also selected the second overall pick three times. The University of Tennessee and the University of Texas are tied for the most players chosen by the Chargers from one university, with three selections each.
Every year during April, each NFL franchise seeks to add new players to its roster through a collegiate draft known as "the NFL Annual Player Selection Meeting", which is more commonly known as the NFL Draft. Teams are ranked in inverse order based on the previous season's record, with the worst record picking first, and the second worst picking second and so on. The two exceptions to this order are made for teams that appeared in the previous Super Bowl; the Super Bowl champion always picks 32nd, and the Super Bowl loser always picks 31st. Teams have the option of trading away their picks to other teams for different picks, players, cash, or a combination thereof. Thus, it is not uncommon for a team's actual draft pick to differ from their assigned draft pick, or for a team to have extra or no draft picks in any round due to these trades.
Key[]
^ | Indicates the player was inducted into the Pro Football Hall of Fame. |
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* | Selected number one overall |
† | Indicates the player was selected for the Pro Bowl at any time in their career. |
— | The Chargers did not draft a player in the first round that year. |
Year | Each year links to an article about that particular NFL Draft. |
Pick | Indicates the number of the pick within the first round |
Position | Indicates the position of the player in the NFL |
College | The player's college football team |
Player selections[]
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Year | Pick | Player name | Position | College | Notes |
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1960 | N/A | Monty Stickles | End | Notre Dame | |
1961 | 7 | Earl Faison | DE | Indiana | |
1962 | 8 | Bob Ferguson | FB | Ohio State | |
1963 | 2 | Walt Sweeney † | G | Syracuse | |
1964 | 8 | Ted Davis | LB | Georgia Tech | |
1965 | 6 | Steve DeLong | DE | Tennessee | |
1966 | 7 | Don Davis | DT | Los Angeles State | |
1967 | 14 | Ron Billingsley | DT | Wyoming | |
1968 | 4 | Russ Washington † | T | Missouri | [a] |
18 | Jim Hill | DB | Texas A&M–Kingsville | ||
1969 | 9 | Marty Domres | QB | Columbia | [a] |
18 | Bob Babich | LB | Miami (OH) | ||
1970 | 15 | Walker Gillette | WR | Richmond | |
1971 | 13 | Leon Burns | RB | Long Beach State | |
1972 | — | No pick | — | — | [b] |
1973 | 25 | Johnny Rodgers | WR | Nebraska | |
1974 | 2 | Bo Matthews | RB | Colorado | |
15 | Don Goode | LB | Kansas | ||
1975 | 8 | Gary Johnson † | DT | Grambling State | |
22 | Mike Williams | DB | LSU | ||
1976 | 4 | Joe Washington † | RB | Oklahoma | |
1977 | 24 | Bob Rush | C | Memphis | |
1978 | 14 | John Jefferson † | WR | Arizona State | |
1979 | 13 | Kellen Winslow ^ | TE | Missouri | |
1980 | — | No pick | — | — | |
1981 | 24 | James Brooks † | RB | Auburn | |
1982 | — | No pick | — | — | |
1983 | 5 | Billy Ray Smith, Jr. | LB | Arkansas | |
20 | Gary Anderson † | RB | Arkansas | ||
22 | Gill Byrd † | DB | San Jose State | ||
1984 | 6 | Mossy Cade | DB | Texas | |
1985 | 12 | Jim Lachey † | T | Ohio State | |
1986 | 8 | Leslie O'Neal † | DE | Oklahoma State | |
13 | James FitzPatrick | T | USC | ||
1987 | 24 | Rod Bernstine | RB | Texas A&M | |
1988 | 15 | Anthony Miller † | WR | Tennessee | |
1989 | 8 | Burt Grossman | DE | Pittsburgh | |
1990 | 5 | Junior Seau ^ | LB | USC | |
1991 | 9 | Stanley Richard | DB | Texas | |
1992 | 23 | Chris Mims | DE | Tennessee | |
1993 | 22 | Darrien Gordon | DB | Stanford | |
1994 | — | No pick | — | — | |
1995 | — | No pick | — | — | |
1996 | — | No pick | — | — | |
1997 | — | No pick | — | — | |
1998 | 2 | Ryan Leaf | QB | Washington State | |
1999 | — | No pick | — | — | |
2000 | — | No pick | — | — | |
2001 | 5 | LaDainian Tomlinson ^ | RB | TCU | |
2002 | 5 | Quentin Jammer | DB | Texas | |
2003 | 30 | Sammy Davis | DB | Texas A&M | |
2004 | 1 | Eli Manning*† | QB | Mississippi | |
2005 | 12 | Shawne Merriman † | LB | Maryland | |
28 | Luis Castillo | DE | Northwestern | ||
2006 | 19 | Antonio Cromartie † | DB | Florida State | |
2007 | 30 | Craig Davis | WR | LSU | |
2008 | 27 | Antoine Cason | DB | Arizona | |
2009 | 16 | Larry English | LB | Northern Illinois | |
2010 | 12 | Ryan Mathews † | RB | Fresno State | |
2011 | 18 | Corey Liuget | DT | Illinois | |
2012 | 18 | Melvin Ingram † | DE | South Carolina | |
2013 | 11 | D. J. Fluker | OL | Alabama | |
2014 | 25 | Jason Verrett † | CB | TCU | |
2015 | 15 | Melvin Gordon † | RB | Wisconsin | |
2016 | 3 | Joey Bosa † | DE | Ohio State | |
2017 | 7 | Mike Williams | WR | Clemson | |
2018 | 17 | Derwin James † | S | Florida State | |
2019 | 28 | Jerry Tillery | DT | Notre Dame | |
2020 | 6 | Justin Herbert | QB | Oregon | |
23 | Kenneth Murray | LB | Oklahoma | ||
2021 | 13 | Rashawn Slater | OT | Northwestern |
Footnotes[]
- ^ a b On August 15, 1967, the Chargers traded quarterback Steve Tensi to the Denver Broncos for the #4 overall pick in the 1968 Draft and #9 overall pick in the 1969 Draft.[1]
- ^ On June 23, 1971 The Chargers traded the #11 overall pick in the 1972 NFL draft to the Green Bay Packers for defensive tackle Kevin Hardy.[2]
References[]
- General
- "San Diego/Los Angeles Chargers Draft History". Pro-Football-Reference. Retrieved 2018-08-20.
- Alder, James. "NFL Draft Basics:Determining Order of Selection". About.com. Retrieved 2014-09-18.
- Specific
- ^ Football Register. Sporting News. 1969. p. 229. Retrieved 2009-08-07.
- ^ "Pack Sends Kevin Hardy To Chargers". Playground Daily News. Retrieved 2018-08-21.
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