{"id":856545,"date":"2026-04-06T07:56:10","date_gmt":"2026-04-06T07:56:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/856545\/"},"modified":"2026-04-06T07:56:10","modified_gmt":"2026-04-06T07:56:10","slug":"chargers-hosted-potential-edge-target-on-pre-draft-visit","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/856545\/","title":{"rendered":"Chargers hosted potential EDGE target on pre-draft visit"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>April 5, 2026, 11:25 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> hosted\u00a0former Illinois\u00a0edge rusher\u00a0Gabe Jacas\u00a0on a\u00a0top-30 visit\u00a0as the 2026 NFL Draft approaches, <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/BoltsDraftTalk\/status\/2040963948439298537?s=20\" data-t-l=\":b|z|k|\u2691u\" class=\"gnt_ar_b_a\" rel=\"nofollow\">per his personal Instagram account<\/a>. Jacas, a 6-foot-3, 260-pounder, is considered a top-50 prospect and a potential second-round fit for the Bolts.<\/p>\n<p class=\"gnt_ar_b_p\">Jacas finished his collegiate career with\u00a028 sacks, the second-most in Illinois history. His 2025 season was dominant, as he led the Big Ten with\u00a011 sacks. On the field, he shows the ability to convert speed to power and win with his hands, given his background as a state champion wrestler.<\/p>\n<p class=\"gnt_ar_b_p\">Jacas could serve as a successor to veteran\u00a0Khalil Mack\u00a0and play alongside\u00a0Tuli Tuipulotu for the long haul.<\/p>\n<p>Expert NFL picks: <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\" data-t-l=\":body nav (nfl)|e|auto spike click:3|\u2691u\" class=\"gnt_ar_b_sp_a\" href=\"https:\/\/sportsdata.usatoday.com\/football\/nfl\/picks\">Exclusive betting insights only at USA TODAY.<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"April 5, 2026, 11:25 p.m. PT The Chargers hosted\u00a0former Illinois\u00a0edge rusher\u00a0Gabe Jacas\u00a0on a\u00a0top-30 visit\u00a0as the 2026 NFL Draft&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":856546,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[95878,7,6,97083,97084,97116,95882,96324,100767,97085,95896,95888,96683,95906,95883,100768,95881],"class_list":{"0":"post-856545","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-tag2026-nfl-draft","14":"tag-tagamerican-football","15":"tag-taginstagram","16":"tag-tagkhalil-mack","17":"tag-taglos-angeles-chargers","18":"tag-tagnational-sports","19":"tag-tagnfl","20":"tag-tagnfl-draft","21":"tag-tagoverall-positive","22":"tag-tagsports-news","23":"tag-tagtuli-tuipulotu","24":"tag-typestory"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/channels.im\/@nfl\/116356695986732818","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/856545","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=856545"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/856545\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/856546"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=856545"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=856545"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=856545"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}