List of Los Angeles Chargers first-round draft picks


The Los Angeles Chargers are a National Football League 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 Jason Verrett, a cornerback from Texas Christian 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

Player selections

YearPickPlayer namePositionCollegeNotes
1960N/AEndNotre Dame
19617DEIndiana
19628FBOhio State
19632 †GSyracuse
19648LBGeorgia Tech
19656DETennessee
19667DTLos Angeles State
196714DTWyoming
19684 †TMissouri
196818DBTexas A&M–Kingsville
19699QBColumbia
196918LBMiami
197015WRRichmond
197113RBLong Beach State
1972—— No pick——
197325WRNebraska
19742RBColorado
197415LBKansas
19758 †DTGrambling State
197522DBLSU
19764 †RBOklahoma
197724CMemphis
197814 †WRArizona State
197913 ^TEMissouri
1980—— No pick——
198124 †RBAuburn
1982—— No pick——
19835LBArkansas
198320 †RBArkansas
198322 †DBSan Jose State
19846DBTexas
198512 †TOhio State
19868 †DEOklahoma State
198613TUSC
198724RBTexas A&M
198815 †WRTennessee
19898DEPittsburgh
19905 ^LBUSC
19919DBTexas
199223DETennessee
199322DBStanford
1994—— No pick——
1995—— No pick——
1996—— No pick——
1997—— No pick——
19982QBWashington State
1999—— No pick——
2000—— No pick——
20015 ^RBTCU
20025DBTexas
200330DBTexas A&M
20041*QBMississippi
200512 †LBMaryland
200528DENorthwestern
200619 †DBFlorida State
200730WRLSU
200827DBArizona
200916LBNorthern Illinois
201012 †RBFresno State
201118DTIllinois
201218 †DESouth Carolina
201311OLAlabama
201425 †CBTCU
201515 †RBWisconsin
20163 †DEOhio State
20177WRClemson
201817 †SFlorida State
201928DTNotre Dame
20206QBOregon
202023LBOklahoma

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