Chargers Select Omarion Hampton With 22nd Pick in 2025 NFL Draft

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00:00and the pick officially in we know jim harbaugh believes one thing above all else

00:05that's establishing the run and at 22nd overall the la chargers have drafted a running back out

00:11of north carolina omarion hampton the 22nd overall pick of the 2025 nfl draft going to la to join

00:20the bolts in year number two under jim harbaugh we know it is the philosophy joe of harbaugh and his

00:27oc in greg roman the chargers also did sign naji harris earlier this offseason let's start with

00:34the prospect himself and omarion hampton out of unc what do you like that he does best on the

00:40football field i like his vision i love his comeback ability yards after contact as well

00:45is he as explosive as like a travion henderson or a nation genti no not in my opinion but you give

00:52him a seam he could take it to the house and that's what you need when you think about naji harris think

00:56about what they had last year in terms of journeymen pedestrian running backs jk dobbins right

01:02gus edwards they had a hack askins there from michigan they want to pound the rock that is

01:07their offense even though they have justin herbert is predicated on the success of the rushing attack

01:13which opens up everything else now you have a bell cow that have that you could feed 20 to 25 times a

01:19game and maybe that offense will get into rhythm especially when they make a playoff run you know

01:24i had a fun little back and forth before we got going yeah and i was like they signed naji harris and

01:29he understand it was like he's not that good they're the ones who signed him i didn't sign him

01:33did they have buyer's remorse before the guy hit the practice field marion hampton's the better

01:40player i actually think of marion hampton assuming they give him the full work but actually really

01:46challenge the caliber of season chenty has in vegas with how much harbaugh likes to run the football so

01:53i think hampton will be productive a running back here a 20 second overall for the bolts our second

02:00tailback going tonight of course following the heisman runner up in ashton jenty at sixth overall to the

02:06las vegas raiders blue and cap we just had this conversation projecting what harbaugh might do

02:12with this 22nd overall pick knowing the creed in la are you surprised at the chargers pick well you

02:18have to say cap it's is very obvious as ben was talking about greg roman they are built a certain

02:24way in harbaugh's image and greg roman's image joe alt rashaun slater zion johnson and put a stable of

02:32running backs behind them yes there were some veteran moves last year and even naji harris comes in as a

02:37veteran but it's a one-year five million dollar deal amari and hampton clearly going to be the

02:42running back of the future or somebody they want to be the running back of the future exactly the

02:45draft is never about this year it's about the future that's how you build the successful teams

02:49always think future future future a rookie's contract right 25 of it's only year one okay

02:54two through four 75 of it about the future naji harris is on a one-year deal he's a plotting

03:01power back okay it's why the sewers didn't want him back hampton and i know what the charges are

03:06joe ortiz the gm is going to say we never thought he'd be here that's true we didn't i thought he'd

03:10go to denver like everybody else out there this is just a great value pick for a team you're right

03:14everyone's wants to run the football and hampton is so explosive the reason why genti went earlier

03:21is because he's a power possession back who could handle a lot of volume there is a question on hampton

03:26why he dropped how many carries could he handle at the next level yeah so i think my concern really for

03:32the chargers is yes they're built in this way and the eagles won the super bowl by running the

03:39football but are the chargers that good overall to play have that style of play win them a division

03:45win them the conference i have a lot of doubts about the way that they're building us and whether

03:50or not they can take out the best teams in the afc ben