It’s never too early for a 2021 mock draft, right?
Maybe it is considering we are only a week out from the 2020 NFL Draft. Regardless, Draft Wire’s Luke Easterling put together a way-too-early first-round mock draft. The draft order is determined by 2020 Super Bowl odds.
In Easterling’s mock draft, he sees the Chargers drafting Alabama offensive tackle Alex Leatherwood with the No. 10 overall selection.
The left tackle position was seen as a glaring hole heading into this year’s draft, but Los Angeles elected to not pick a single offensive lineman.
At the moment, Trey Pipkins, Sam Tevi, Forrest Lamp and Storm Norton are the options at the position and while they will have the opportunity to prove their worths this season, there’s a great chance it will be the biggest need next offseason if they don’t pan out.
Leatherwood, the 6-foot-6 and 310 pounder, has made 28 starts so far for the Crimson Tide with 13 of them coming at right guard in 2018. He missed only seven assignments on 752 snaps this past season while holding down a line that allowed only 12 sacks.
Leatherwood is an excellent pass protector who possesses great size, length and movement skills to grow into a very reliable blindside blocker at the next level.