The Los Angeles Chargers needed more wide receivers coming into this draft and added Ladd McConkey in the second round. In the final round, with their second-to-last pick of the process, they selected USC wide receiver and the son of the greatest wide receiver of all-time, Jerry Rice, Brenden Rice.
Rice began his college career at Colorado before transferring to Southern Cal. Now he stays in the state of California, the same state his father put up a career that led to the Pro Football Hall of Fame.
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Rice will join a Chargers team coached by Jim Harbaugh where he will work closely with wide receivers coach Sanjay Lal. Of course, if the team gets even one-fourth of the player his father was, he will be great.
#Chargers select WR Brenden Rice from USC. He is the son of Hall of Famer Jerry Rice. He was projected to be a 4th rounder.
— Fernando Ramirez (@RealFRamirez) April 27, 2024
Rice fell down the board in this draft for whatever reason, as most analysts had a fourth-round grade on him, but for a seventh-round pick, there's more than enough upside in this choice.
Grade: A
