{"id":860285,"date":"2026-04-08T05:15:17","date_gmt":"2026-04-08T05:15:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/860285\/"},"modified":"2026-04-08T05:15:17","modified_gmt":"2026-04-08T05:15:17","slug":"2026-nfl-draft-10-year-history-of-the-no-22-overall-pick","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/860285\/","title":{"rendered":"2026 NFL Draft: 10 year history of the No. 22 overall pick"},"content":{"rendered":"

The Chargers are currently slated to pick 22nd overall in the 2026 NFL Draft.<\/p>\n

As the Bolts prepare for their next No. 22 selection, here is a look back at the players taken in this slot over the past ten years.<\/p>\n

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2024: CB Quinyon Mitchell – Philadelphia Eagles<\/p>\n

2023: WR Zay Flowers – Baltimore Ravens<\/p>\n

2022: LB Quay Walker – Green Bay Packers<\/p>\n

2021: CB Caleb Farley – Tennessee Titans<\/p>\n

2020: WR Justin Jefferson – Minnesota Vikings<\/p>\n

2019: OT Andre Dillard – Philadelphia Eagles<\/p>\n

2018: LB Rashaan Evans – Tennessee Titans<\/p>\n

2017: EDGE Charles Harris – Miami Dolphins<\/p>\n

2016: WR Josh Doctson – Washington Commanders<\/p>\n

This article originally appeared on Chargers Wire: Every NFL player drafted No. 22 overall since 2016<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The Chargers are currently slated to pick 22nd overall in the 2026 NFL Draft. As the Bolts prepare…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":860286,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[4955,5842,117,10133,16572,7,345,44495,2780,262,251,259,6,15,288,109,468,2024,72702,394,5340,111,4648],"class_list":{"0":"post-860285","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-nfl-draft","8":"tag-2026-nfl-draft","9":"tag-andre-dillard","10":"tag-baltimore-ravens","11":"tag-caleb-farley","12":"tag-charles-harris","13":"tag-football","14":"tag-green-bay-packers","15":"tag-josh-doctson","16":"tag-justin-jefferson","17":"tag-los-angeles-chargers","18":"tag-miami-dolphins","19":"tag-minnesota-vikings","20":"tag-nfl","21":"tag-nfl-draft","22":"tag-omarion-hampton","23":"tag-philadelphia-eagles","24":"tag-quay-walker","25":"tag-quinyon-mitchell","26":"tag-rashaan-evans","27":"tag-tennessee-titans","28":"tag-the-chargers","29":"tag-washington-commanders","30":"tag-zay-flowers"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/channels.im\/@nfl\/116367388463687376","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/860285","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=860285"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/860285\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/860286"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=860285"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=860285"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=860285"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}