Los Angeles Chargers 2025 NFL Draft Big Board: Top 100 Prospects
With the 2025 NFL Draft right around the corner, PFF put together its first-ever set of top 100 big boards tailored specifically to each of the NFL’s 32 teams. For the Chargers, this list was built off the main PFF Big Board and tweaked using info from the PFF Draft Guide basically focusing on players who fit the team’s current needs and long-term plans.
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Chargers Offensive Style:
– Head Coach Jim Harbaugh loves mixing it up, using shotgun formations about 59% of the time, while still going under center or in pistol sets too.
– Play action? Yep they ran it a lot, ranking 3rd in the league.
– Their personnel groupings feature a mix of two tight end looks and some heavy sets.
– The run game leans a little more toward man-blocking schemes but also mixes in plenty of zone.
Defense Setup:
– Jesse Minter runs the Chargers’ defense.
– They use a mix of single-high and two-high safety looks.
– Most of their coverages are zone-based, with corners playing off coverage.
– They stick to nickel and dime packages most of the time with a 3-4 front up front.
Team Needs:
– Primary: They badly need a pass-rushing outside linebacker (3-4 EDGE), an X and Z wide receiver, a starting running back, a nose tackle, and an athletic, pass-catching tight end.
– Secondary:Help on the D-line, more cover safeties, corners, and a few offensive line spots.
– Ancillary: Depth pieces for spots like slot receiver, linebacker roles, and backup linemen.
Top 100 Big Board for the Chargers:
1. Abdul Carter (3-4 EDGE)
2. Travis Hunter (Cornerback)
3. Tyler Warren (Blocking Tight End)
4. Mason Graham (Defensive Tackle)
5. Ashton Jeanty (Running Back)
6. Will Campbell (Offensive Tackle)
7. Kenneth Grant (Nose Tackle)
8. Tetairoa McMillan (X Receiver)
9. Walter Nolen (Defensive Tackle)
10. Will Johnson (Cornerback)
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(and so on through 100 all ranked by how well they fit and what kind of role they’d fill.)
At the top of the list are immediate starters and impact players like Abdul Carter off the edge and Emeka Egbuka at wide receiver. The Chargers clearly need a WR1 badly, and adding someone like Stefon Diggs already made a splash this offseason, but they’ll want more young talent too.
The full list rounds out with a balance of players across offense and defense, including running backs like TreVeyon Henderson, Quinshon Judkins, and Cameron Skattebo, tight ends like Colston Loveland and Elijah Arroyo, and linemen to add depth to both sides of the ball.
In Short:
This board gives a solid look at who makes sense for the Chargers in this draft whether they’re looking to land immediate starters, reliable backups, or developmental guys who can step up in the next couple of years.
