2022 NFL draft: Chargers pick DB JT Woods with No. 79 overall selection

The Los Angeles Chargers added a piece to their secondary.

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The Chargers have taken former Baylor safety JT Woods with the No. 79 overall selection in the 2022 NFL draft.

Woods registered 57 tackles, 4.5 tackles for a loss, two passes defended, five interceptions, and a touchdown through 14 game appearances as a senior in 2021.

He recorded 157 tackles, eight tackles for a loss, two sacks, five passes defended, eight interceptions, and a touchdown through his four collegiate seasons.

At the NFL Scouting Combine, the 6-foot-2 and 195-pound Woods had an impressive 40-time of 4.36 seconds and vertical jump of 39.5 inches, some of the best among the defensive backs.

At Baylor, Woods did a little bit of everything, but he was at his best dropping and covering into the deep half of the field.