List of Los Angeles Chargers first-round draft picks
Year Pick Player name Position College
1960 N/A Monty Stickles End Notre Dame
1961 7 Earl Faison DE Indiana
1962 8 Bob Ferguson FB Ohio State
1963 2 Walt Sweeney † G Syracuse
1964 8 Ted Davis LB Georgia Tech
1965 6 Steve DeLong DE Tennessee
1966 7 Don Davis DT Los Angeles State
1967 14 Ron Billingsley DT Wyoming
1968 4 Russ Washington † T Missouri
1968 18 Jim Hill DB Texas A & M-Kingsville
1969 9 Marty Domres QB Columbia
1969 18 Bob Babich LB Miami ( OH )
1970 15 Walker Gillette WR Richmond
1971 13 Leon Burns RB Long Beach State
1972 - - No pick - -
1973 25 Johnny Rodgers WR Nebraska
1974 2 Bo Matthews RB Colorado
1974 15 Don Goode LB Kansas
1975 8 Gary Johnson † DT Grambling State
1975 22 Mike Williams DB LSU
Player selections
LaDainian Tomlinson was the Chargers ' 2001 first round pick Quentin Jammer was the Chargers ' first round pick in 2002 Shawne Merriman was one of the Chargers ' first round picks in 2005 Melvin Ingram was the Chargers ' first round pick in 2012
The Los Angeles Chargers are a National Football League (NFL) franchise. They began play in 1960, a charter member of the American Football League. The Chargers moved to San Diego, California in 1961, changing their name to the San Diego Chargers. In 2017, the Chargers relocated back to Los Angeles. The Chargers' first draft selection was Monty Stickles, an end from the University of Notre Dame. The team's most recent first round selection was Jason Verrett, a cornerback from Texas Christian University. The Chargers have selected the number one overall pick in the draft once. They have also selected the second overall pick three times. The University of Tennessee and the University of Texas are tied for the most players chosen by the Chargers from one university, with three selections each. Every year during April, each NFL franchise seeks to add new players to its roster through a collegiate draft known as the NFL Annual Player Selection Meeting, which is more commonly known as the NFL Draft. Teams are ranked in inverse order based on the previous season's record, with the worst record picking first, and the second worst picking second and so on. The two exceptions to this order are made for teams that appeared in the previous Super Bowl; the Super Bowl champion always picks 32nd, and the Super Bowl loser always picks 31st.