Mike Badgley could not have picked a better time to show up last season, solving the often joked about kicking woes the Chargers had been suffering. But the punter position was still a bit shaky after the team cut Drew Kaser, largely in part of the fact that the kickers on the team kept missing kicks and he was the holder.
Donnie Jones was brought off the street to punt for the rest of the year, but the Chargers clearly needed a younger, fresher option. Though there were draftable punters coming out of college, the Chargers didn’t select one.