{"id":38249,"date":"2025-05-10T05:25:23","date_gmt":"2025-05-10T05:25:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/38249\/"},"modified":"2025-05-10T05:25:23","modified_gmt":"2025-05-10T05:25:23","slug":"chargers-sign-7-2025-draft-picks-18-undrafted-free-agents","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/38249\/","title":{"rendered":"Chargers sign 7 2025 draft picks, 18 undrafted free agents"},"content":{"rendered":"<p id=\"W62meV\">On Friday afternoon, just about two weeks since the end of the 2025 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.sbnation.com\/nfl-draft\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">NFL Draft<\/a>, the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.boltsfromtheblue.com\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Chargers<\/a> have announced the signing of seven of their nine draft picks. They were defensive tackle Jamaree Caldwell (third-rounder), edge rusher Kyle Kennard (fourth), wide receiver KeAndre Lambert-Smith (fifth), tight end Oronde Gadsden II (fifth), offensive lineman Branson Taylor (sixth), safety R.J. Mickens (sixth), and cornerback Trikweze Bridges (seventh).<\/p>\n<p id=\"5kuftJ\">So heading into the weekend, the lone players left to sign their rookie contracts with the Chargers are first-round running back Omarion Hampton and second-round wide receiver Tre Harris. Normally higher draft picks take a bit longer to sign their first contracts than lower ones and that seems to be the case here with the Bolts.<\/p>\n<p id=\"YzU4HN\">In other news, the Chargers are also releasing edge rusher Chris Collins to make room for 18 undrafted free agents.<\/p>\n<p>DT TeRah Edwards, Illinois<br \/>\nDT Josh Fuga, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.gobblercountry.com\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Virginia Tech<\/a><\/p>\n<p>WR Luke Grimm, Kansas<br \/>\nEDGE Kylan Guidry, Western Kentucky<br \/>\nS Jaylen Jones, Virginia Tech<br \/>\nOG Nash Jones, Texas State<br \/>\nC Josh Kaltenberger, Maryland<br \/>\nTE Stevo Klotz, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.widerightnattylite.com\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Iowa State<\/a><\/p>\n<p>CB Jordan Oladokun, Bowling Green<br \/>\nCB Myles Purchase, Iowa State<br \/>\nEDGE Garmon Randolph, Baylor<br \/>\nCB Nikko Reed, Oregon<br \/>\nCB Eric Rogers, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.onthebanks.com\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Rutgers<\/a><\/p>\n<p>RB Raheim Sanders, South Carolina<br \/>\nOT Corey Stewart, Purdue<br \/>\nQB DJ Uiagalelei, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tomahawknation.com\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Florida State<\/a><\/p>\n<p>OT Savion Washington, Syracuse<br \/>\nLB Marlowe Wax, Syracuse<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"On Friday afternoon, just about two weeks since the end of the 2025 NFL Draft, the Chargers have&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":38250,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2064],"tags":[2730,1205,2451,241,19,7,2420,1134,29,1014,262,2452,2453,2444,2443,6,22,3939,24,2419],"class_list":{"0":"post-38249","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-los-angeles-chargers","8":"tag-agents","9":"tag-blue","10":"tag-bolts","11":"tag-chargers","12":"tag-draft","13":"tag-football","14":"tag-free","15":"tag-from","16":"tag-front-page","17":"tag-los-angeles","18":"tag-los-angeles-chargers","19":"tag-los-angeles-chargers-draft","20":"tag-los-angeles-chargers-news","21":"tag-losangeles","22":"tag-losangeleschargers","23":"tag-nfl","24":"tag-picks","25":"tag-sign","26":"tag-the","27":"tag-undrafted"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/channels.im\/@nfl\/114481877981667704","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/38249","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=38249"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/38249\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/38250"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=38249"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=38249"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=38249"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}