Chargers go local by drafting USC’s Tuli Tuipulotu, Crenshaw’s Daiyan Henley on Day 2
The Los Angeles Chargers want to go a long way in 2023, and their effort to get there continued Friday by staying home. The team drafted two defenders from Los Angeles, taking USC edge rusher Tuli Tuipulotu in the second round (No. 54 overall) and Washington State linebacker Daiyan Henley in the third (No. 85). Tuipulotu played at Lawndale High and Henley at Crenshaw, where he once even served ...
by Jeff Miller, Los Angeles Times
Apr 29, 2023
4 minutes
The Los Angeles Chargers want to go a long way in 2023, and their effort to get there continued Friday by staying home.
The team drafted two defenders from Los Angeles, taking USC edge rusher Tuli Tuipulotu in the second round (No. 54 overall) and Washington State linebacker Daiyan Henley in the third (No. 85).
Tuipulotu played at Lawndale High and Henley at Crenshaw, where he once even served as a ball boy. Both players recently spent time with the Chargers during the team’s local pro day in Costa Mesa.
“Los Angeles?” general manager Tom Telesco said when asked about the talent available in the area. “You kidding me? It’s great.”
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