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Two former Chargers make list of ‘Best 5th-overall picks ever’

Over the past few weeks, CBS Sports has been running a series of articles aimed at ranking the top-five draft selection at each spot in the first round, starting at No. 32 and working their way up to No. 1.

On Friday, NFL writer Patrik Walker ranked the top-five players who were selected with the fifth-overall pick and a pair of Hall-of-Fame Chargers were included at No. 2 and No. 3.

First up, coming at as the third-best fifth-overall selection of all time is running back LaDainian Tomlinson.

During the 2006 NFL season, Tomlinson helped lead the Chargers to an NFL-best 14-2 record en route to also taking home league MVP honors after setting the single-season rushing and total touchdown record with 28 and 31, respectively.