The Los Angeles Chargers should consider drafting UCLA OT Kolton Miller

The Los Angeles Chargers had a very improved offensive line in 2017. That improvement should continue with UCLA offensive tackle Kolton Miller.

The Los Angeles Chargers do not have many holes heading into next season. The main concern for Philip Rivers and company is going to be bringing back key players such as Tre Boston and Tyrell Williams. Aside from that, any talent the Los Angeles Chargers bring in is gravy.

Defensive tackle, safety, heck even a kicker are all pieces the Los Angeles Chargers could add. Mel Kiper has the Chargers picking up defensive tackle Da’Ron Payne from Alabama. In our latest mock draft, we have the Chargers taking offensive tackle Mike McGlinchey out of Notre Dame.

However, instead of Payne or McGlinchey, the Los Angeles Chargers should consider a different offensive lineman in the first round of the draft. That offensive lineman is hometown UCLA Bruin, Kolton Miller.

Miller stands at six-foot-eight, weighing over 300 pounds. His size does not hinder his athleticism and he is set to be a perennial first rounder. Kiper has Miller going 30th to the Philadelphia Eagles, 13 spots lower than the Los Angeles Chargers.

Miller did a fantastic job of protecting quarterback Josh Rosen at UCLA and has all the makings of being a Pro Bowl left tackle. For the Chargers, though, adding him as the team’s right tackle could give them the best offensive line in football.

With Russell Okung at left tackle, the only opening on the line is on the right side. However, Miller should have no problem transitioning to the other side of the line. UCLA actually moved Miller from the right side of the line to the left side last season.

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Miller has the perfect blend of pass and run blocking that will not only give Philip Rivers even more time but will help Melvin Gordon and Austin Ekeler. There have been some bad offensive lines in Chargers history, bringing in Miller may cement this as the best line the Chargers have had since the LT era.

With Forrest Lamp returning from injury, all the Chargers really need to add is a solid center, something they can do in the second or third round. Then, the Chargers would have Okung at left tackle, Lamp at left guard, Dan Feeney/Kenny Wiggins at right guard, Miller at right tackle and either Spencer Pulley or a rookie at center.

That is a great line if I say so myself; although some have MIller falling later in the draft, the UCLA product very well may end up back in Los Angeles with the Chargers.

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Kolton Miller. Remember the name on draft day, Charger fans.

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