With the 54th pick, the Chargers selected Tuli Tuipulotu. With his first two selections, Tom Telesco has prioritized backfilling the two position groups that saw two restructured contracts each.
Like the Johnston selection, the Chargers had attrition issues at edge rusher in 2022, witnessing Joey Bosa miss most of the season and lacked additional depth after Kyle Van Noy was flexed from his middle linebacker role. With Van Noy gone, and questions about the likelihood of Bosa and Khalil Mack holding up through heavy workloads in 2023, edge rusher was a position Charger fans wanted to see prioritized in this draft.