Round 4 | EDGE Alex Highsmith, Charlotte
This position hasn’t been thrown around the much in the majority of the mock drafts for the Chargers, but it’s a bigger need than most people realize. Defensive ends Joey Bosa and Melvin Ingram enter the final seasons of their contracts, and while you can speculate they will both be back, they might not be the case.
Highsmith, the 6-foot-3 and 248 pounder isn’t the most filled out player and that lack of strength can show up at times, but he is a twitched-up athletic rusher who possesses bend and flexibility to beat blockers around the corner. He would serve as primarily a threat off the edge to get to the quarterback.