The NFL Combine is here and the Chargers will be one of the teams watching the offensive line group as closely as possible.<\/p>\n
With a new center and potentially both guards needing to be replaced before next season, the Bolts will have to do a lot of work on this draft class in hopes of building a better unit to protect Justin Herbert in 2026.<\/p>\n
Below are five offensive lineman all Chargers fans should watch closely this week.<\/p>\n
OG Chase Bisontis, Texas A&M<\/p>\n
One of the more recent new names paired with the Chargers, Bisontis was taken by the Bolts in a prior two-round mock that had them trading back to the 28th pick with the Texans. If the top guard (Vega Ioane) is not there at 22, I could easily see the Bolts moving back to gain a pick and still grab an immediate starter.<\/p>\n
Bisontis is built very well at 6\u20195 and 315 pounds with heavy hands and great functional strength. Scouts may ding him a bit for having shorter arms, but that may be the only notable shortcoming for him. He\u2019s as solid as they come and he could very well push Ioane for being the best player at his position in this class.<\/p>\n
C Sam Hecht, Kansas State<\/p>\n
Hecht impressed at this year\u2019s Senior Bowl and that very well could see his draft stock rise all the same. He\u2019s been stellar as the Wildcats\u2019 starting center the past two seasons and hasn\u2019t allowed a single sack in that span.<\/p>\n
At 6\u20194 and 297 pounds, he\u2019s a very mobile pivot with the ability to get out into space and be a difference-maker. He is a very easy mover and always looks under control of his body. Sure, he could stand to add a few more pounds, but his skillset fits the modern pro game. Centers that can move and block in space are not grown on trees and Hecht looks to be the next guy in the mold.<\/p>\n
OG Vega Ioane, Penn State<\/p>\n
Ioane has probably been the most common named paired with the Chargers in first-round mock drafts thus far into the offseason. He\u2019s basically built in a lab for a Jim Harbaugh-led team at 6\u20194 and 330 pounds while being physically dominant in both the run game and in pass protection.<\/p>\n
Due to positional value, even as the top guard in the draft class, there\u2019s a real chance Ioane can fall all the way to the Chargers at No. 22. If that happens, I believe this pick is sprinted up to the podium.<\/p>\n
Jones is an undersized center prospect (by modern NFL standards) but that didn\u2019t stop him from bringing home the 2025 Rimington Award (nation\u2019s top center) and being part of the 2025 Joe Moore Award winners (nation\u2019s top offensive line unit).<\/p>\n
The multi-year starter for the Hawkeyes was Bruce Feldman\u2019s No. 7-ranked player on his annual Freaks List, highlighting the biggest freak athletes in all of college football. Jones left Iowa with the program record for centers in the short shuttle (4.09), vertical jump (36.5 inches), 10-yard split (1.53) and the hang clean (470 pounds).<\/p>\n
He may surprise this week in Indy.<\/p>\n
OT Kadyn Proctor, Alabama<\/p>\n
Similar to Jones above, Proctor was on Bruce Feldman\u2019s Freak List, but he ranked No. 2 only behind Ohio State wide receiver Jeremiah Smith.<\/p>\n
Proctor is a monolithic offensive lineman standing at 6\u20197 and 366 pounds. He can reportedly squat over 800 pounds bench press 535 pounds. That\u2019s insane, even by NFL offensive lineman standards. The Chargers don\u2019t need a tackle, but there\u2019s a lot of speculation that Proctor will ultimately transition to guard at the next level where his skillset is better suited.<\/p>\n
He\u2019s not super nimble on his feet, but it\u2019s impressive nonetheless given his size. He held his own at left tackle for multiple years in the SEC, so teams will certainly give him a look on the edge, but there is a real shot he moves to guard which would lead him to be much more coveted by the Chargers.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The NFL Combine is here and the Chargers will be one of the teams watching the offensive line…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":774183,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","_share_on_mastodon":"0"},"categories":[2064],"tags":[241,7,1014,262,2453,2444,2443,6],"class_list":{"0":"post-774182","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-los-angeles-chargers","8":"tag-chargers","9":"tag-football","10":"tag-los-angeles","11":"tag-los-angeles-chargers","12":"tag-los-angeles-chargers-news","13":"tag-losangeles","14":"tag-losangeleschargers","15":"tag-nfl"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/channels.im\/@nfl\/116127923481935504","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/774182","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=774182"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/774182\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/774183"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=774182"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=774182"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=774182"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}