With the 22nd pick in the Pride of Detroit Community Mock Draft, the Los Angeles Chargers select…
Folks around these parts know Jim Harbaugh and all the antics surrounding him. In his first year with the Los Angeles Chargers, it was mostly positive shenanigans. Taking over a 5-12 squad, Harbaugh helped Los Angeles jump to 11-6 last year, including a playoff appearance. Still, there is a ton of work to do with a Chargers team that hasn’t made a conference championship since 2007.
If you haven’t guessed yet, the Chargers are next up in our 2025 Pride of Detroit Community Mock Draft. Commenter Lions4life1124 will act as Chargers general manager in this mock, and before we get into their pick, catch up on the previous 21 picks with our 2025 POD Community Mock Draft tracker.
With the 22nd pick in the Pride of Detroit Community Mock Draft, the Los Angeles Chargers select…
Mykel Williams, edge defender out of Georgia.
Here’s Lions4life1124 explaining the pick:
The Chargers are in need of more weapons for Justin Herbert and they would love to nab one here. Guys they may be looking for like Tyler Warren, Colston Loveland and the top receivers are off the board. The Chargers have plenty of picks in this year’s draft—10 total—to be aggressive with. Look for them to trade up in the middle rounds where they can possibly get that weapon needed for their quarterback. For now they stay pat and go with an edge out of Georgia, Mykel Williams.
Jim Harbaugh is known for hard nose football and loves to build the trenches. The big free agent signing for the Chargers this year was guard Mekhi Becton. Now they have three of their top six cap hits on the offensive line. With that and departure of the oft-injured Joey Bosa, they bring in a young replacement for their front seven in Williams.
The Georgia product who is 6-foot-5 and 260 pounds has all the tools to be successful in this league. Long arms, quick get off and strong push. Though his rush moves are a work in progress, he is stout against the run. At only 20 years old he is far from a finished product. That being said there is a lot of upside of getting what some say will be the next great defensive lineman coming out of Georgia in the last few years.
Lance Zierlein of NFL.com, who has Mykel going in the top 10, refers to Mykel as “an ascending product with a high floor.” Daniel Jeremiah currently has the young Bulldog ranked as the 22nd player on his top 50 and states “Williams is a talented edge rusher with rare physical traits.”
All in all this is a good pick for a team with Patrick Mahomes, Bo Nix and now Geno Smith within its division. They will need to be stout against the run and be able to get after the quarterback. In the immortal words of the Governator Arnold Schwarzenegger “GO CHARGERS.”
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