It's been hard to miss Nikko Reed so far during the first portion of training camp, especially as he came in as a lesser known name.

But nobody on the Bolts defense is surprised what the rookie undrafted free agent did in his first opportunity during last Thursday's Hall of Fame Game.

Reed notched an interception in the game and also showed up in run support, had a pressure on a blitz and tallied multiple tackles on special teams.

"Whatever you do at practice comes to the game," Reed said on Sunday. "Because you practice how you play."

Chargers Defensive Coordinator Jesse Minter added: "He's definitely got a knack for making those type of plays."

Reed, who played collegiately for Oregon and Colorado, has been a revelation so far for the Chargers and has made his mark with splash plays seemingly almost every day in practice.

The rookie corner tallied two pass breakups to go along with his interception in the preseason opener, as he translated the practice field to live action.

Minter said it was what he was just what he was expecting from the rookie.

"It's a good step for him. He went into the game trusting himself and what he had done in practice," Minter said about Reed. "I think like anything, the first preseason game it's great to make those plays, show that you can do it.

"Now to really, really take that next step, it's can you repetitively be that player. Doing that in practice, doing that in a couple more games," Minter added. "Great to see, he played the way I thought he would play, hoped he would play."

It's been an eventful first couple of weeks of camp so far for Reed, and he feels like he's shown a lot to everyone.

But he also understands that this is just the beginning and he's trying to stay present.

"Just be where your feet are and give the most effort," Reed said. "Even if you mess up, still go 100 percent. That's what I've been sticking around, showing the most effort and showing I can do anything they ask me to do and not thinking about anything in the past, not getting too in front of myself. Just being where my feet are."

"You're on a short leash an undrafted guy, so you have to be damn near perfect out there," Reed added. "Every play got to show it."

Reed said he's sought out the help of almost everybody he could so fire during his time with the team, including veteran Tony Jefferson.

Jefferson, who was an undrafted rookie himself, said he was fired up to see the rookie play the way he did and is something that will continue to build confidence.

"In this league, it's about the next game because that's just how this league works," Jefferson said. "You get your praise for that game then you got that 24-hour rule, sometimes 48 hours, but it's onto the next one.

"I'm happy for Nikko, undrafted guy, I was undrafted I know how it is," Jefferson added. "You have to make plays in order to stick. That was good for him."

It's something Reed fully agrees with as well.

While obviously his goal is eventually to make the 53-man roster by the end of camp, he's staying where his feet are and determined to continue taking strides each day with a level head.

"I like living in the moment, just living day by day," Reed said. "That's the only way you can do it because if you try to do too much, you might get too ahead of yourself, might not meet the expectations you thought. I like just being where my feet are. Obviously, I want to make the 53 so I'm trying to my job every play. Do whatever it takes to do that."

He later added: "I feel like I showed them that I can do it, so now I have to keep doing it, keep stacking. I can't think of it like, 'I have a shot,' or, 'I can make the team.' I still got to prove that every day."

Plus, it helps to get a little more opportunity to show what he can do.

With an extra preseason game on the docket for the Bolts, Reed is fired up to continue to have a chance to show everyone, including himself, what he can do and build on the momentum.

"It's very exciting because you have another opportunity, an extra opportunity more than any other team," Reed said. "A lot of guys have three preseason games, we got four. That fourth game is the last time to put it out there instead of your third one."

He later added: I got to prove it to myself, the team and all the coaches too, all the players. But just proving it to myself, I feel like I do have to prove a little bit more."