The NFL Draft process is ramping up, and Jordan Reid is right in the middle of it.
The ESPN draft analyst held a post-Combine conference call Wednesday coming off of last week's activities in Indianapolis.
Here are five takeaways from Reid's call:
1. Attacking the trenches at No. 22
With the 2026 NFL Combine wrapped up, Reid gathered his intel from the week to produce his first two-round mock draft earlier this week.
For the Bolts, that meant selecting an offensive lineman at No. 22 overall.
Reid projected the Bolts to select Alabama offensive lineman Kadyn Proctor in Round 1 to fortify the trenches, a player who was a talking point around Indianapolis last week.
"Just talking to some scouts at the Combine, either you love him or you're going to let him be good somewhere else," Reid said about Proctor. "That's the overwhelming opinion on him."
The 20-year-old put together a strong performance last week at the Combine that surely helped strengthen his case.
Proctor, a 6-foot-7 and 352-pound tackle, played in 40 total games for the Crimson Tide over three seasons.
The big offensive lineman was a consensus All-American and First-Team All-SEC selection in 2025, playing his entire collegiate career at left tackle.
Although Proctor played strictly protecting the blindside at Alabama, Reid believes he is a player who could slot in at guard in the NFL and would be a great fit with the current Chargers team.
"They have a need at guard and at center," Reid said. "Proctor is not going to be a center, but they need somebody that is going to be a plug and play guard."
He later added: "Kadyn just seems like a Jim Harbaugh guy. He's physical, he's tough, 6'7, 352 pounds. [Harbaugh] loves those big offensive linemen like that. That was my thinking behind that."
The team recently released guard Mekhi Becton on Wednesday and with Zion Johnson and a number of other depth linemen slated to hit free agency in under a week, Reid believes attacking the line is a need.
Proctor said just last week at the Combine that he would have 'no problem' moving inside to guard if a team asked him to after getting drafted.
There's no question the Chargers are set at offensive tackle with Rashawn Slater and Joe Alt, one of the best duos in the league.
However, adding someone like Proctor is something Reid thinks could also help the depth of the team if injuries were to strike again.
"They were decimated last year with Alt and also Slater went down," Reid said. "Kadyn is one of the few that can play guard as well as tackle.
"If a disaster situation, like what happened last year, happens again, they have that flexibility at guard or tackle," he added.
2. Potential need at edge
Speaking of Reid's mock draft, his second selection for the Chargers also caught some eyes.
The draft analyst had the Bolts taking Michigan edge rusher Derrick Moore at No. 55, reuniting him with Chargers Head Coach Jim Harbaugh.
Moore was recruited by Harbaugh when he was the head coach of the Wolverines and played under him during the 2022 and 2023 seasons.
The big edge rusher, listed at 6-foot-4 and 255 pounds, put together a stellar final season at Michigan where he had 10 sacks and two forced fumbles in addition to 41 total pressures in 12 games.
"He's strong, he's physical," Reid said about Moore. "Has sufficient bend but he plays very violent, really strong hands, sets a firm edge.
"It got a lot better this past season as a pass rusher," Reid added. "You can tell he went from experimenting to really playing with a plan, which is why he had a big spike up in his pass rush pressures and pass rush production as well."
Aside from the clear connection with the coaching staff, the edge position is one Reid believes could be high on the Chargers board heading into the draft.
Of course, a lot remains to be seen on what happens with Khalil Mack and Odafe Oweh next week, both of whom are slated to hit free agency.
Depending on how things shake out when the New League Year kicks off, Moore is someone Reid has tabbed for around the area the Bolts pick in the second round.
"With edge rusher, they have a big need off the edge," Reid said. "That's why I had them going defensive end there."
He later added: "I have a second-round grade on him right now, I think he's firmly going to go in that area."
3. A look at center prospects
Reid also touched a position group that is another to monitor for the Chargers over the next couple of months — center.
Bradley Bozeman, who started almost every game for the Bolts over the last two seasons, announced his retirement early last week.
That leaves a big hole open along the offensive line that Reid has his eye on.
"I think that's another position they can address early as well," Reid said. "I think they have a huge need there as well."
Chargers General Manager Joe Hortiz said last week in Indianapolis 'there was an opportunity' to attack the offensive line in both free agency and in the draft.
When looking at the draft specifically for center, Reid believes it breaks in the Bolts favor.
There's a number of intriguing prospects at the position, but mainly in the middle rounds.
"We don't have that marquee center in this year's draft class, which does work out for the Chargers," Reid said. "They could take somebody in the third, fourth round. I think that's where the sweet spot is, a lot of good names."
Reid named a number of players who could be fits on late Day 2, early Day 3.
"Sam Hecht from Kansas State is somebody I like quite a bit," Reid said. "Connor Lew out of Auburn is another name I like coming off the ACL [injury]."
"Then Logan Jones out of Iowa, I think he's another name teams will like quite a bit as well," he added.
4. Ioane and the guards
When talking about offensive line prospects, the topic of Penn State's Vega Ioane came up accordingly.
Reid had Ioane going fairly high at No. 14 overall in his most recent mock draft after a really good performance at the Combine and is the consensus top interior line prospect.
The 6-foot-4, 323-pound guard is a commonly mocked player to the Chargers in recent mock drafts.
And when asked about potential scheme fits for Ioane, Reid explained why the offensive lineman is as versatile as they come.
"I think that's the biggest misconception about him," Reid said. "He's totally fine in a wide zone scheme.
"I think he's a very good athlete, he does a good job of playing in a phone booth and in tight spaces, that's where he likes to win," Reid added. "When Penn State did do wide zone stuff or he had to get out and run on screens, I thought he did a good job."
"You see [former Penn State offensive coordinator Andy] Kotelnicki all the time motion him in from outside, out wide, doing all this split zone stuff with him," Reid added.
Reid has no doubts Ioane can fit in any scheme wherever he gets drafted.
"I think he's a really good weapon as far as the outside zone game, he can do zone scheme stuff as well," Reid said. "I don't think he has limitations as far as scheme, I think he's very scheme versatile."
Ioane is Reid's No. 1 rated guard prospect by a margin, but for any other teams looking for guards in this upcoming class, there are a couple of names he said to keep in mind.
"As far the tiers, I think he's far and away the best guard in this year's draft class," Reid said. "I have a firm first-round grade on him.
"Then after that, you get into players like Emmanuel Pregnon from Oregon and Chase Bisontis from Texas A&M that are second-round players," Reid added.
5. Combine recap
Reid had a number of takeaways now a handful of days removed from the Combine.
The speed was on display throughout the week in Indianapolis, with seven of the eight position groups setting records for average 40-yard dash times.
However, Reid saw the depth of some units, and the class overall, really shine on the big stage.
"I think it showed the depth of it," Reid said. "Wide receiver, safety, linebacker and edge rusher, those are the positions you really saw the depth of the class really shine."
With wide receivers in particular, Reid had 10 going in the first two rounds of the draft.
The depth of the class really showed over the week and his early thoughts are Day 2 will be the day a number of them go in bunches.
"I think these receivers are going to fly off the board in the second and the third round," Reid said. "We're going to see a record number go on Day 2.
"If you want a receiver or a corner, that's really the area you want to take these guys because they're going to fly the board on Day 2," Reid added.
Same could be said about the cornerbacks in this draft, who were also a big winner of the week for Reid.
He particularly mentioned Indiana's D'Angelo Ponds and San Diego State's Chris Johnson, who each had very strong performances in the workouts.
"Ponds, he's a dog. That's the best way to describe him," Reid said. "He's undersized, 5'9, 180 pounds, but it doesn't really matter. He plays like he's 6'1, 6'2, 200 pounds. He's so good. He could play press, he could play off, he plays way above his weight class is how I describe him."
He also added on Johnson: "The best kept secret throughout the year but he just kept rising and rising and rising. The big question with him was how fast he was going to run, that was the big box he needed to check then he goes out and ran 4.43 at the Combine, which is a phenomenal time for him."
For any teams looking to add to the secondary, those middle rounds have a lot of good options according to Reid.
"The cornerback class, there's a huge bucket of round two, round three, round four players," Reid said.
