4. The Chargers have 10 total picks

The Bolts are slated to have more picks than they did a year ago.

The Chargers currently have 10 total picks, including the three compensatory picks they were awarded, two comp picks in the sixth round and one in the seventh round.

Here’s a look at the nine other selections the Chargers have outside of Round 1.

1st round (No. 22 overall)

4th round (No. 125 overall)

5th round (No. 158 overall)

6th round (No. 181 overall from New England)*

6th round (No. 199 overall)

6th round (No. 209 overall – compensatory pick)

6th round (No. 214 overall – compensatory pick)

7th round (No. 256 overall – compensatory pick)

* = acquired in J.C. Jackson trade. The Bolts sent Jackson and their 2025 seventh-round pick to the Patriots in exchange for New England’s 2025 sixth-round selection.

5. A look back at last year’s picks

While Chargers General Manager Joe Hortiz is prepping for his second draft with the Bolts, his first installment was quite one to remember.

Tackle Joe Alt, the No. 5 overall pick, was as good as advertised in his rookie season.

Alt led all rookie tackles in offense (77.6), pass blocking (79.4) and run blocking grade (71.6) according to Pro Football Focus. He also allowed just 20 pressures in 16 regular season games, which were the fewest among rookie tackles with at least 400 snaps.

Then there was second-round pick Ladd McConkey, who emerged as Justin Herbert’s No. 1 target as a rookie.

McConkey set franchise rookie records in catches (82) and yards (1,149) and finished with the 10th across the NFL in receiving yards. The rookie out of Georgia also had a record-setting performance in the playoff game with nine receptions for 197 yards, the most by a first-year player in NFL history and the third-most in a playoff debut ever.

Even fifth-round picks such as cornerbacks Tarheeb Still and Cam Hart stepped up in big ways when injuries struck and they were inserted in the lineup.

Still finished the year with four interceptions, which tied for the second-most among rookies and the third-highest PFF defense grade (73.7) among rookie corners with at least 500 snaps. Hart, meanwhile, became a physical presence, having the second-highest tackling grade (77.0) while starting six games.

The Chargers were able to get big production from the jump from those four and still have others who have a chance to make their mark in Year 2 like Junior Colson, Justin Eboigbe, Kimani Vidal and Brenden Rice, all of whom saw limited action as rookies.