With the 28th-overall pick in the 2019 NFL Draft, the Los Angeles Chargers selected Notre Dame defensive tackle Jerry Tillery.
The pick may be quite frustrating to some fans given that two of the top four offensive tackles were still on the board. After all, Oklahoma’s Cody Ford and Florida’s Jawaan Taylor were seen as potential top-10 picks in the months prior to the draft and would have filled a giant need for the team.
However, Tom Telesco must have seen the lack of interior defenders on the current roster as a much larger need in the present day and went with the monolithic Tillery who measures in at 6-foot-7 and 305 pounds.