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Jake Slaughter was a three-year starter and two-time All-American for the Gators. Stacy Revere \/ Getty Images<\/p>\n
April 24, 2026Updated 9:37 pm EDT<\/p>\n
The Athletic has live coverage<\/a> of the 2026 NFL Draft.<\/p>\n The Los Angeles Chargers selected Florida\u2019s Jake Slaughter in the second round with the 63rd pick in the 2026 NFL Draft<\/a>. Slaughter, a three-year starter for the Gators and a two-time All-American, was a finalist for the 2025 Rimington Trophy, which goes to college football\u2019s top center. He was announced by the Chargers as a guard at the draft.<\/p>\n \u2018The Beast\u2019 breakdown<\/p>\n Slaughter ranked No. 89 in Dane Brugler\u2019s top 300 big board<\/a>. Here\u2019s what Brugler had to say about him in his annual NFL Draft guide<\/a>:<\/p>\n \u201cSlaughter has a passion for football \u2014 and it shows in his on-field execution. He drives his feet in the run game to wall off lanes and keep defenders busy. In pass protection, he struggles to sink and adjust in space but has functional lateral movements and strains to finish base blocks. His ability to reset and stay attached combats longer, more powerful opponents.<\/p>\n \u201cSlaughter doesn\u2019t have overwhelming traits, but he consistently does his job using controlled movements, stout strength and veteran processing skills. With his makeup, he should compete for starting center snaps as a rookie.\u201d<\/p>\n Come back later for more analysis of Slaughter.\u00a0<\/p>\n Apr 25, 2026<\/p>\n Connections: Sports Edition<\/p>\n Spot the pattern. Connect the terms<\/p>\n Find the hidden link between sports terms<\/p>\n Play today’s puzzle<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Jake Slaughter was a three-year starter and two-time All-American for the Gators. Stacy Revere \/ Getty Images April…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":284791,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[27],"tags":[13685,48,52,51,47,1333,50,49],"class_list":["post-284790","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-los-angeles","tag-florida-gators","tag-la","tag-la-headlines","tag-la-news","tag-los-angeles","tag-los-angeles-chargers","tag-los-angeles-headlines","tag-los-angeles-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/284790","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=284790"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/284790\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/284791"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=284790"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=284790"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=284790"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}<\/p>\n