{"id":25002,"date":"2025-05-05T06:11:11","date_gmt":"2025-05-05T06:11:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/25002\/"},"modified":"2025-05-05T06:11:11","modified_gmt":"2025-05-05T06:11:11","slug":"jim-harbaugh-clears-the-air-on-viral-photograph-with-first-round-pick-omarion-hampton","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/25002\/","title":{"rendered":"Jim Harbaugh Clears the Air on Viral Photograph With First Round Pick Omarion Hampton"},"content":{"rendered":"

The Los Angeles Chargers continued their blueprint for building a strong rushing attack on the 2025 NFL draft last month as they selected former North Carolina Tar Heels running back Omarion Hampton with the 22nd pick in the first round.<\/p>\n

The selection of Hampton gave the Chargers a second strong, well built running back to pair with Najee Harris who came over from the Pittsburgh Steelers on a one-year, $9.25 million deal this offseason.<\/p>\n

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Hampton is expected to team with Harris to form one of the most powerful running back duos in the AFC next season, a development that could change fortunes in the City of Angels going forward.<\/p>\n

On Sunday, Chargers coach Jim Harbaugh joined YouTube show host Rich Eisen and was given an opportunity to clear the air on a viral photo of himself and Hampton that turned heads on social media for its unbelievable nature.<\/p>\n

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Omarion Hampton at the 2025 NFL draft combine. \u00a9 Stephanie Amador Blondet-Imagn Images<\/p>\n

“There’s a photograph that’s out there of you shaking his hand…And I don’t know if this is the angle or not or whatever but he looks like a giant in this photograph and you’re not a small man…That’s a real photograph right?” Eisen asked the Chargers coach.<\/p>\n

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The viral photo of Harbaugh and Hampton. Rich Eisen Show&sol;YouTube<\/p>\n

“That’s a real photograph…I’m a little bit taller but he’s definitely…Here’s the interesting thing, he’s about 222…224 pounds. I bet if I got on the scale right now I’d be 220…maybe 222…maybe 224.<\/p>\n

“His 224 is chiseled out of granite,” Harbaugh said<\/a>, eliciting laughs from others at the Rich Eisen Show studio.<\/p>\n

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