the 2020 nfl draft 2020 opponents The 85th National Football League Draft will begin on Thursday, home away April 23, at 5 p.m. PT. It will serve as three-day virtual fundraiser Atlanta Falcons Buffalo Bills befitting charities that are battling the spread of COVID-19. Carolina Panthers Cincinnati Bengals Denver Broncos Denver Broncos The Los Angeles Chargers enter the 2020 NFL Draft with seven Jacksonville Jaguars Kansas City Chiefs selections — one in each round. The team is slated to kick off its Kansas City Chiefs Las Vegas Raiders selections at No. 6. Las Vegas Raiders Miami Dolphins New England Patriots New Orleans Saints The 2020 NFL Draft will mark General Manager Tom Telesco's New York Jets Tampa Bay Buccaneers eighth with the team. Since joining the team in 2013, Telesco has drafted five players that eventually made a Pro Bowl with the team, including three who did so multiple times. Wide receiver quick facts of the draft Keenan Allen, who was the team's third-round selection in Schedule: DAY DATE START TIME ROUNDS Telesco's inaugural draft with the Bolts, has been to three-straight 1 Thursday, April 23 5 p.m. PT 1 Pro Bowls. Safety Derwin James Jr., and defensive back Desmond 2 Friday, April 24 4 p.m. PT 2-3 King II are the two players Telesco has drafted to earn first-team 3 Saturday, April 25 9 a.m. PT 4-7 All-Pro recognition from The Associated Press. Television: NFL Network, ESPN and ABC will televise the draft Teams have 10 minutes to select and player in the first round and on all three days. seven minutes in the second round. Selection time for rounds three through six are five minutes. Picks in round seven have a Radio/Web: Pre-Draft Coverage on Thursday of the Bolts Draft selection time of four minutes. Room Virtual Experience will air on AM570 LA Sports, Chargers.com, YouTube and Facebook. CHARGERS 2020 NFL DRAFT PICKS Materials: Draft notes, press releases, player biographies and Round Round No. Overall No. How Acquired transcripts will be emailed to media upon request. 1 6 6 Own Pick All materials will also be posted to the team's 2 5 37 Own Pick media website (chargers.com/media). It can be 3 7 71 Own Pick accessed using the password: . 4 6 112 Own Pick chargersmedia 5 5 151 Own Pick 6 7 186 Own Pick chargers communications 7 6 220 Own Pick Josh Rupprecht 310.694.6122 [email protected] Jennifer Rojas 858.229.1958 [email protected] index Jamaal LaFrance 858.333.3556 [email protected] Brock Anderson 714.227.8772 [email protected] Content Page Content Page Lauren Meyer 760.519.4494 [email protected] History of No. 6 Pick........2 Tom Telesco Draft History....4 Chargers First-Round Picks ..2 Current Roster Draft Slots ...5 Pro Bowl Draft Picks ........3 Undrafted Chargers ........5 Bolts Picks in Current Slots ..3 Last Time Taken............6 LOS ANGELES CHARGERS 1 2020 DRAFT RELEASE first-round notes on the clock at no. 6 chargers all-time first-round picks (since 1967) The Chargers own the sixth overall selection in the 2020 NFL Year Pick Pos. Player School Draft for the first time since 1984 when the team selected DB 1967 14 DT Ron Billingsley Wyoming Mossy Cade. In July 1972, the Bolts traded their first-round pick 1968 4 T Russ Washington* Missouri of the 1973 NFL Draft — that ended up being sixth overall — to 18 S Jim Hill Texas A&M—Kingsville Philadelphia for LB Tim Rossovich. 1969 9 QB Marty Domres Columbia 18 LB Bob Babich Miami (Ohio) 6th OVERALL SELECTIONS, CHARGERS, SINCE 1967 1970 15 WR Walker Gillette Richmond Year Round Pos. Player School 1971 13 RB Leon Burns Long Beach State 1984 1 DB Mossy Cade Texas 1973 25 WR Johnny Rodgers Nebraska 1974 2 RB Bo Matthews Colorado The No. 6 overall pick in the common draft era has produced seven 15 LB Don Goode Kansas 1975 8 DT Gary Johnson*† Grambling State Hall of Famers. More than half of the 53 players selected with the 22 CB Mike Williams Louisiana State sixth pick since 1967 have made a Pro Bowl, including one-third 1976 4 RB Joe Washington Oklahoma that were selected to multiple Pro Bowls. 1977 24 C Bob Rush Memphis 1978 14 WR John Jefferson*† Arizona State HALL OF FAME PLAYERS DRAFTED 6th OVERALL, SINCE 1967 1979 13 TE Kellen Winslow*†^ Missouri Year Team Pos. Player School 1981 24 RB James Brooks Auburn 1967 Broncos RB Floyd Little Syracuse 1983 5 LB Billy Ray Smith Arkansas 1971 Jets RB John Riggins Kansas 20 RB Gary Anderson* Arkansas 1975 Oilers LB Robert Brazile Jackson State 22 CB Gill Byrd* San Jose State 1978 Packers WR James Lofton Stanford 1984 6 CB Mossy Cade Texas 1983 Bears T Jimbo Covert Pittsburgh 1985 12 T Jim Lachey* Ohio State 1988 Raiders WR Tim Brown Notre Dame 1986 8 DE Leslie O'Neal* Oklahoma State 1997 Seahawks T Walter Jones Florida State 13 T James Fitzpatrick Southern California 1987 24 RB/TE Rod Bernstine Texas A&M Among the players picked at No. 6 overall over the past 10 drafts, 1988 15 WR Anthony Miller* San Diego State 1989 8 DE Burt Grossman Pittsburgh seven have gone on to make a Pro Bowl, including five that did †^ so in their first three pro seasons. Four of the players earned first- 1990 5 LB Junior Seau* Southern California team All-Pro honors from The Associated Press. 1991 9 S Stanley Richard Texas 1992 23 DE Chris Mims Tennessee 1993 22 CB Darrien Gordon Stanford Three players — WR Julio Jones (Atl., 2011), S Jamal Adams 1998 2 QB Ryan Leaf Washington State (NYJ, 2017) and G Quenton Nelson (Ind., 2018) — were selected 2001 5 RB LaDainian Tomlinson*†^ Texas Christian to multiple Pro Bowls and first-team All-Pro honors with their 2002 5 CB Quentin Jammer Texas original team. They were members of the All-Rookie team in each 2003 30 CB Sammy Davis Texas A&M of their rookie campaigns. 2004 1 QB Eli Manning Mississippi 2005 12 LB Shawne Merriman*† Maryland 6th OVERALL SELECTIONS, LAST 10 SEASONS 28 DE Luis Castillo Northwestern Year Team Pos. Player School 2006 19 CB Antonio Cromartie*† Florida State 2010 Sea. T Russell Okung* Oklahoma State 2007 30 WR Craig Davis Louisiana State 2011 Atl. WR Julio Jones*† Alabama 2008 27 CB Antoine Cason Arizona 2012 Dal. CB Morris Claiborne Louisiana State 2009 16 LB Larry English Northern Illinois 2013 Cle. LB Barkevious Mingo Louisiana State 2010 12 RB Ryan Mathews* Fresno State 2014 Atl. T Jake Matthews* Texas A&M 2011 18 DT Corey Liuget Illinois 2015 NYJ DE Leonard Williams* Southern California 2012 18 DE Melvin Ingram III* South Carolina 2016 Bal. T Ronnie Stanley*† Notre Dame 2013 11 T D.J. Fluker Alabama 2017 NYJ S Jamal Adams*† Louisiana State 2014 25 CB Jason Verrett* Texas Christian 2018 Ind. G Quenton Nelson*† Notre Dame 2015 15 RB Melvin Gordon III* Wisconsin 2019 NYG QB Daniel Jones Duke 2016 3 DE Joey Bosa* Ohio State 2017 7 WR Mike Williams Clemson 2018 17 S Derwin James Jr.*† Florida State *Pro Bowler 2019 28 DT Jerry Tillery Notre Dame †The Associated Press First-Team All-Pro Selection Current Chargers are in bold italics *Pro Bowler with Chargers †The Associated Press First-Team All-Pro Selection with Chargers ^Pro Football Hall of Famer LOS ANGELES CHARGERS 2 2020 DRAFT RELEASE more draft notes drafted pro bowlers historical picks in current slots Since the Pro Bowl was instituted in 1970, the Chargers have Los Angeles is currently slated to pick 6th (one time in common drafted 39 players that went on to be selected to 102 all-star draft era), 37th (two), 71st (three), 112th (two), 151st (four), 186th games while with the team. (zero) and 220th (one). Hall of Fame LB Junior Seau's 12 Pro Bowl selections are tied for Below is a list of the all-time Chargers draft picks in the common the fourth-most in history by a defensive player. Eight Chargers draft era (since 1967) in current draft slots from rounds two draft classes ('75, '83, '85, '01, '04, '05, '06, '10) have produced through seven (regular drafts only): multiple Pro Bowl players for the Bolts, including the 1975, 1983 and 2004 draft classes each producing three Pro Bowlers. 37th OVERALL SELECTIONS, CHARGERS, SINCE 1967 Year Round Pos. Player School CHARGERS DRAFT PICKS TO MAKE PRO BOWL FOR BOLTS 1989 2a C Courtney Hall Rice Pos. Player Drafted School No. 2007 2 S Eric Weddle*† Utah LB Junior Seau 1-5 ('90) Southern California 12 QB Dan Fouts 3-64 ('73) Oregon 6 71st OVERALL SELECTIONS, CHARGERS, SINCE 1967 DE Leslie O'Neal 1-8 ('86) Oklahoma State 6 Year Round Pos. Player School RB LaDainian Tomlinson 1-5 ('01) Texas Christian 5 1978 3 RB Rickey Anderson South Carolina State T Russ Washington 1-4 ('68) Missouri 5 2002 3 LB Ben Leber Kansas State TE Kellen Winslow 1-13 ('79) Missouri 5 2017 3 G Dan Feeney Indiana RB Gary Johnson 1-8 ('75) Grambling State 4 WR Anthony Miller 1-15 ('88) San Diego State 4 112th OVERALL SELECTIONS, CHARGERS, SINCE 1967 WR Keenan Allen 3-76 ('13) California 3 Year Round Pos. Player School DE Fred Dean 2-33 ('75) Louisiana Tech 3 2001 4 LB Carlos Polk Nebraska DE Melvin Ingram III 1-18 ('12) South Carolina 3 2003 4 LB Matt Wilhelm Ohio State WR John Jefferson 1-14 ('78) Arizona State 3 DT Louie Kelcher 2-30 ('75) Southern Methodist 3 151st OVERALL SELECTIONS, CHARGERS, SINCE 1967 LB Shawne Merriman 1-12 ('05) Maryland 3 Year Round Pos.