Chargers trade up, select Georgia wide receiver Ladd McConkey with No. 34 pick in 2024 NFL Draft

The Los Angeles Chargers made a transfer so as to add a playmaker to their wideout room.

The Chargers pulled off a commerce with the New England Patriots to pick out Georgia broad receiver Ladd McConkey with the No. 34 general collection of the 2024 NFL Draft on Friday evening.

L.A. traded the No. 37 decide and the No. 110 choice (fourth spherical) to New England in alternate for Nos. 34 and 137 (fifth spherical). The Patriots later used their first choice from that commerce, the thirty seventh decide, so as to add Washington broad receiver Ja’Lynn Polk, New England’s latest weapon for rookie quarterback Drake Maye.

The Chargers had a gap of their broad receiver room after the offseason commerce of Keenan Allen to Chicago and the discharge of Mike Williams.

McConkey brings versatility as an inside-outside wideout. His flexibility, coupled with wonderful route-running means and 4.39 40-yard-dash pace, makes him a menace for defensive backs. The 6-foot wideout won’t have superb dimension, however his fast launch, easy route working, means to separate and stellar arms permit him to win all around the discipline.

After being named second-team All-SEC in 2022, McConkey missed 5 video games in 2023 with again and ankle accidents that curtailed his manufacturing to 30 catches for 478 yards and two touchdowns.

The Chargers desperately wanted our bodies within the wideout room after the offseason turnover. McConkey joins Josh Palmer, 2023 first-rounder Quentin Johnston, Derius Davis and Simi Fehoko within the wideout room. The rookie ought to instantly see the sector as a do-it-all weapon who can line up throughout the formation. With Johnston and Palmer being primarily outdoors wideouts, McConkey ought to tackle the majority of the snaps inside.

The previous Bulldog profiles as a right away distinction maker for Justin Herbert in 2024.

The Chargers may look so as to add further cross catchers to the corps because the draft continues.