Chargers selected Auburn WR Keandre Lambert-Smith with the No. 158 overall pick in the 2025 NFL Draft.

Lambert-Smith (6’1/190) spent four seasons at Penn State (2020-2023) before transferring to Auburn for his final season. At Auburn, Lambert-Smith led the Tigers with a line of 50-981-8 (all career-highs) while averaging an impressive 19.8 YPR, which ranked eighth amongst all FBS receivers (min. 50 targets), per PFF. Lambert-Smith put four 100-yard games on his resumé last season, which included three-straight 100-plus-yard performances to close out the year, and his ability to create yards after the catch may prove to be an underrated part of his game. In three of his five seasons, Lambert-Smith averaged over seven yards of YAC/RAC, and leaves the college game with a career YAC/REC of 7.0. For comparison, Tet McMillian and Travis Hunter averaged 5.5 YAC/REC and 4.4 YAC/REC for their careers, respectively. Despite these plus elements to his game, Lambert-Smith struggled with drops (8.8 percent drop rate) and route running, and has an underwhelming 36.6 contested catch rate for a player who spent 80.6 percent of his time playing on the outside.