Chargers Offensive Tackle Joe Alt Notre Dame Pick No. 5

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Joe Alt was just too good to move up.

The Chargers actually had selections once they got here on the clock at No. 5 on Thursday night time in Spherical 1 of the 2024 NFL Draft.

Maybe the Bolts may have taken a large receiver and even facilitated a commerce again to amass extra picks.

However the probability to get a top-tier offensive lineman to guard Justin Herbert and assist the run recreation?

That was a no brainer and the very best of each worlds on offense.

Alt, the unquestioned No. 1 sort out within the draft, seems ready-made for the NFL.

His bloodlines absolutely do not harm, as his father, John, is a former first-round choose who’s a member of the Chiefs Ring of Honor.

The Chargers mentioned earlier than the draft that they seen the fifth choose because the No. 1 choose because of the assortment of quarterbacks going excessive.

They then backed that up by taking among the finest non-quarterbacks accessible in Alt, who’s a unanimous top-10 prospect.

Alt is ESPN draft analyst Jordan Reid’s No. 5 total participant whereas Dane Brugler of The Athletic additionally has him in that spot.

NFL Community’s Daniel Jeremiah and ESPN’s Mel Kiper, Jr., ranked Alt at No. 8 total.

Brugler supplied the next breakdown of Alt:

Alt stays mild on his ft with the big-man agility, physique management and instinctive restoration expertise to develop into a high-level run blocker and above-average move protector very early on this NFL profession. He initiatives as a first-year, scheme-versatile starter with the pedigree to be a cornerstone participant for an NFL franchise.

There is not one other prospect I used to be extra impressed with whereas out on the street reside scouting this previous 12 months. Alt got here to the Irish as a good finish, however his transition to offensive sort out over the previous three seasons has been seamless. He is probably the most versatile blocker on this loaded OT class.

The 21-year-old Alt is listed at 6-foot-9 and 321 kilos. He now provides the Chargers a possible long-term sort out to pair with Rashawn Slater.