AFC West

Los Angeles Chargers NFL Draft Profile

How the Chargers draft: the front office running the board, the needs shaping the next class, and every draft class we cover.

Compiled by the NFL Mock Draft Simulator research desk · Front office: Joe Hortiz (GM), Jim Harbaugh (HC)

Front office and philosophy

General manager: Joe Hortiz  ·  Head coach: Jim Harbaugh

Harbaugh's relentless physicality doctrine: run the ball, stop the run, win the line of scrimmage. Hortiz provides Ravens-style analytical depth to complement Harbaugh's blue-collar culture. The Chargers need to build up front and add weapons to complement the QB.

Jim Harbaugh built Michigan into a powerhouse on offensive line dominance and physical running. His San Francisco teams ran the ball relentlessly. Joe Hortiz spent years in Baltimore's analytics-driven front office. Expect a Big Ten bias given Harbaugh's Michigan tenure and a premium on interior OL and physical WRs who block.

These tendencies are encoded directly into the simulator: when you run a mock and the Chargers are on the clock, the engine applies this regime's positional biases and its balance between best-player-available and need-based drafting. See how the simulator works for the full methodology.

Current draft needs

Our needs assessment for the Chargers entering the 2027 draft cycle, ordered by priority. These weightings are what the simulator uses when it evaluates this team's board.

Team needs were researched for this class from current rosters. They predate free agency and will be revised after March 2027.

Draft classes

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