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WR · LAC · Los Angeles Chargers · Bye 7 · Georgia

Ladd McConkey

ADP 3.10 · 33.7 · Underdog / consensus 2026-08-18

12-team, half PPR, redraft, 1QB

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Last three years

Georgia · Regular season. College years are labeled NCAA.

YearTeamGRecYdsTDTgtTgt %
2025NFLLAC1666789610620.9%
2024NFLLAC16821,149711224.2%
2023NCAAGeorgia7304782——

NFL from nflverse regular-season totals. College from ESPN. Target share is of team targets in the games the player played (NFL WR/TE only).

Earlier+6 picksConviction mediumData highAfter ADP

Projected Chargers WR1 with Justin Herbert.

Short-area target share should rise. The Pro Bowl tackles missed most/all of 2025 and are back. That is the pass-block story — not McDaniel.

This hit after the 8/18 ADP pull.

  • 2026-08-19 · Tyler Biadasz ACL vs SF — out indefinitely
ADP
3.10 (33.7)
Target
3.04
Move
+6
As of
2026-08-25

What changed

7 real changes. The rest held.

Pass blocking

upgradehigh

Was Slater 0 snaps (torn patellar); Alt 6 games then ankle

Now LT Rashawn Slater and RT Joe Alt both medically cleared. Slater is being managed for Week 1 after a knee flare-up. LG Kayode Awosika leading a camp battle. RG Cole Strange.

The Pro Bowl tackles missed most/all of 2025 and are back. That is the pass-block story — not McDaniel.

Play caller

upgradehigh

Was Greg Roman (fired)

Now Mike McDaniel (hired as OC)

McDaniel's quick game and motion is a stylistic 180 from Roman.

Scheme & pace

upgradehigh

Was Roman 2025 ~63% pass, heavier play-action/under center

Now McDaniel catch-and-run, quicker footwork, ~57% pass

Ladd McConkey's short-area usage is the WR fit.

Run blocking

upgrademedium

Was Same depleted tackles; interior was the weak spot

Now Tackles back — the zone-run upgrade. Center Tyler Biadasz (signed this spring) tore his ACL Aug 18 vs SF. Harbaugh: doesn't look promising as season-ending. Rookie Jake Slaughter is in.

Alt/Slater healthy is a real upgrade for Hampton. Biadasz was the interior they signed and is likely done. Both things are true.

Pass catchers

upgrademedium

Was McConkey plus the room

Now McDaniel loves YAC WRs

Short-area target share should rise.

Tight end

neutralmedium

Was 2025 TE room

Now David Njoku signed; McDaniel TEs are complementary

Njoku is a name, not a 12-personnel shop by default.

Backfield

neutralmedium

Was Omarion Hampton featured as a rookie behind a wrecked tackle pair

Now Hampton still the lead; Keaton Mitchell and Kimani Vidal the change package

Role is intact. The line in front of him is what moved.

Continuity

Quarterback

neutralnone

Was Justin Herbert

Now Justin Herbert

Locked starter.

Head coach

neutrallow

Was Jim Harbaugh

Now Jim Harbaugh

HC stays; the offense does not.

Team environment

neutrallow

Was Harbaugh year two

Now AFC West slog

Competitive scripts.

Vacated volume

Targets
—
Carries
—
Red zone
—
Air yards
—

No high-confidence vacated-volume number published. Role change matters more than a target count.

Competition added

No meaningful new competition sourced.

This player

Projected role
Projected Chargers WR1 with Justin Herbert.
Usage
Primary receiver. Justin Herbert is the quarterback.
Injury
No Week 1 absence reported as of August 20, 2026.
Contract
Not flagged as a 2026 hold-in.
Camp
Training camp underway as of August 2026. Week 1 is September.

Upside

Short-area target share should rise. The Pro Bowl tackles missed most/all of 2025 and are back. That is the pass-block story — not McDaniel. McDaniel's quick game and motion is a stylistic 180 from Roman. Ladd McConkey's short-area usage is the WR fit.

Downside

Camp could still change the job before Week 1.

Risks

  • Most of this looks like last year. Watch for a quiet camp role change.low

Sources

No source URLs were returned with this brief.

Notes come from the 2026 coaching and roster board (team sites, NFL.com, ESPN, The Athletic). Hold is the default when ADP already has the news.