{"id":830397,"date":"2026-03-24T04:13:14","date_gmt":"2026-03-24T04:13:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/830397\/"},"modified":"2026-03-24T04:13:14","modified_gmt":"2026-03-24T04:13:14","slug":"chargers-hosting-lsu-lb-harold-perkins-on-pre-draft-visit","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/830397\/","title":{"rendered":"Chargers hosting LSU LB Harold Perkins on pre-draft visit"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>March 23, 2026, 8:52 p.m. PT<\/p>\n<p class=\"gnt_ar_b_p\">The <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/sportsdata.usatoday.com\/football\/nfl\/teams\/los-angeles-chargers\/357\" data-autotag=\"a419627d-6dfd-46c4-8ebe-6ca8a0506ea7\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\" data-t-l=\":b|e|k|\u2691u\" class=\"gnt_ar_b_a\">Chargers<\/a> are hosting LSU linebacker Harold Perkins Jr, <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/_RyanFowler_\/status\/2036082257862009188?s=20\" data-t-l=\":b|z|k|\u2691u\" class=\"gnt_ar_b_a\" rel=\"nofollow\">according to NFL insider Ryan Fowler<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p class=\"gnt_ar_b_p\">Perkins also has a visit scheduled with the Steelers.<\/p>\n<p class=\"gnt_ar_b_p\">Perkins entered the 2025 campaign coming off a torn ACL, which he sustained the previous season. He was a versatile playmaker for LSU&#8217;s STAR position, a hybrid linebacker, before electing to enter the 2026 NFL Draft.<\/p>\n<p class=\"gnt_ar_b_p\">In 2025, Perkins posted 56 tackles, 8.0 tackles for loss, 4.5 sacks, and tied for the team lead with three interceptions in 12 games.<\/p>\n<p class=\"gnt_ar_b_p\">In four seasons at LSU, he recorded 35 tackles for loss and eight forced fumbles. Fowler believes Perkins remains one of the more interesting evals in this year&#8217;s draft class. A unique chess piece for the defense, he can blitz, play the run, and spy opposing quarterbacks.<\/p>\n<p>Expert NFL picks: <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\" data-t-l=\":body nav (nfl)|e|auto spike click:4|\u2691u\" class=\"gnt_ar_b_sp_a\" href=\"https:\/\/sportsdata.usatoday.com\/football\/nfl\/picks\">Exclusive betting insights only at USA TODAY.<\/a>Who is Featured in Chargers Linebacker Room?<\/p>\n<p class=\"gnt_ar_b_p\">The Chargers linebacker room is headlined by Daiyan Henley and Denzel Perryman. Henley recorded 54 solo tackles and 3.5 sacks in 2025.<\/p>\n<p class=\"gnt_ar_b_p\">Perryman posted 30 solo tackles, five tackles for loss and three quarterback hits last season. Earlier this month, the Chargers re-signed the Pro Bowler to a one-year deal.<\/p>\n<p class=\"gnt_ar_b_p\">Behind Henley and Perryman, the Chargers&#8217; depth at linebacker includes Del&#8217;Shawn Phillips, Marlowe Wax and Troy Dye.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"March 23, 2026, 8:52 p.m. PT The Chargers are hosting LSU linebacker Harold Perkins Jr, according to NFL&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":830398,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[95878,7,6,97083,97084,95882,97517,97089,112147,97085,95896,95888,95906,96099,95883,114683,95881],"class_list":{"0":"post-830397","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-nfl","8":"tag-accessfree","9":"tag-football","10":"tag-nfl","11":"tag-sstssportsnflchargers","12":"tag-sstsnchargers","13":"tag-tagamerican-football","14":"tag-tagdaiyan-henley","15":"tag-tagdelshawn-phillips","16":"tag-tagdenzel-perryman","17":"tag-taglos-angeles-chargers","18":"tag-tagnational-sports","19":"tag-tagnfl","20":"tag-tagoverall-positive","21":"tag-tagsec-conference-football","22":"tag-tagsports-news","23":"tag-tagtroy-dye","24":"tag-typestory"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/channels.im\/@nfl\/116282209664479365","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/830397","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=830397"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/830397\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/830398"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=830397"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=830397"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=830397"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}