With the 69th-overall pick in the 2024 NFL Draft, the Chargers selected Michigan linebacker Junior Colson. After months of assuming that the Bolts would select at least one Michigan player, Harbaugh gets one of his former team leaders and it fortunately comes at a position that the defense was truly hurting for.
Jim Harbaugh gets his (first?) Wolverine: The #Chargers have selected LB Junior Colson as No. 69. pic.twitter.com/lMWye40RKe
— Tom Pelissero (@TomPelissero) April 27, 2024
Entering this week’s draft, the Chargers had only four linebackers signed to the roster in Denzel Perryman, Daiyan Henley, Nick Niemann, and Troy Dye.