Chargers News: Top Draft Prospect Alludes To Desire To Play In LA

Alex Kirschenbaum | Apr 4, 2024

Oct 16, 2023; Inglewood, California, USA; The Los Angeles Chargers bolt logo at midfield at SoFi Stadium. / Kirby Lee-USA TODAY Sports

LSU wide receiver Malik Nabers, who along with Ohio State's Marvin Harrison Jr. and Washington's Rome Odunze numbers among the class of this year's draft at their position, appeared to allude to an interest in playing in Los Angeles in 2024 during a recent live stream.

Ryan DePaul of FanDuel captured the moment via X. Nabers says, "It would be nice to walk outside my house to this," while wandering around LA.

“It would be nice to walk outside my house to this.”

“I’ll show you some other houses. We can make it happen.”

Malik ➡️ Los Angeles pic.twitter.com/I4z9cvgaoY

— Ryan DePaul (@RyanDePaul) April 3, 2024

He's not wrong.

Now that the Chargers have offloaded their top two wide receivers from the 2023 season in Keenan Allen and Mike Williams, the team really needs to target some talented replacements to bring in around star quarterback Justin Herbert.

They could do far worse than selecting Nabers with the fifth pick in this month's impending draft. Nabers finished with the top overall yards among NCAA wideouts (1,569), the most first downs and deep catches, the second-most touchdowns in college (14) and receptions (89), and a better contested-catch percentage than Harrison. The six-footer averaged a robust 17.6 average yards per reception, to boot.

The junior wideout was a unanimous All-American in 2023 and an All-SEC First-Team pick. He was the MVP of the 2023 Citrus Bowl. He also is finishing his NCAA career as the Tigers' all-time receiving yards leader with 3,003.