Chargers second-round pick Tre Harris and third-round pick Jamaree Caldwell met virtually with members of the media after being selected on Day 2 of the 2025 NFL Draft.

Below are three takeaways from Harris and Caldwell's media availability Friday night:

Bringing the juice at WR

Tre Harris remembers walking into Indianapolis for the Scouting Combine to kickstart the pre-draft process.

His first formal interview that kicked everything off? None other than with the team that just drafted him No. 55 overall.

"It's surreal to be completely honest with you… I couldn't even contain my smile whenever Coach Harbaugh called," Harris said. "I'm blessed, that's all I can say."

The Bolts took the big 6-foot-2 wide receiver out of Mississippi in the second round on Friday night, adding another weapon to a young offensive group.

And he brings with him both the intangibles and the production.

The numbers are there — 60 receptions for 1,030 receiving yards to go along with seven touchdowns in just eight games this past season.

He was also an explosive play machine, leading the SEC with 12 receptions of at least 30 yards and tied for the SEC lead in 40-yard catches with seven.

In other words, Harris believes he's exactly what the team is looking for.

"They're definitely looking for a guy who's going to run downfield, make plays downfield," Harris said. "A guy who's sure-handed, a guy who's going to make the big plays, especially those vertical plays with Justin Herbert.

"He's one of the best passers in the league, he's always constantly looking to stretch the field," Harris added. "They were looking for a guy and I definitely feel like I fit that mold."

He can go to the deep part of the field, but he can also go up and get it when needed.

The wide out made 45 contested catches from 2021 to 2024, including 61.5 percent contested catch rate last season, according to Pro Football Focus.

"The thing that makes me different is my ability to make those contested catches, whether it's over the shoulder, whether I got to go on top of DBs head or whether I'm just making a strong, sure-handed catch," Harris said. "But also my ability to be savvy in between my routes and really pair different releases together.

"I'm able to compare a slant route to a stop route and the go route all really well," Harris added.

Going up to get the ball is something Harris prides himself on, but he also produced more yards after the catch (462) last year than any other year of his college career and is one of the aspects he continues to work on.

"I'm also able to make plays after the catch," Harris said. "That's one thing I really worked on this past season and that's something I'm going to continue to work on."

Harris has his sights set on making an impact right away — and he wants Charger fans to know they're going to get his best.

"One thing I want to show them is that I'm going to be able to make an impact right away," Harris said. "I want to go out there and show you that I can be a big play receiver and I can make those tough and contested catches whenever people may not think I'm open.

"At the end of the day you're going to get a hard worker out of me," Harris added. "You get a competitor out of me and you can get the best out of me, for sure."

From the SEC to the NFL

The Chargers selection of Harris made it two straight years of picking a wide receiver from an SEC school in the second round.

Last year's pick, of course, was Ladd McConkey, who put together a historic rookie season for the Bolts.

But don't worry, Harris needs no introduction to him.

"Oh, I know him," Harris said with a laugh.

Harris saw McConkey ball out against SEC defenses firsthand, even being on the opposing sideline of one of the Georgia product's stellar games in college.

McConkey led the Bulldogs in receiving with four receptions for 81 yards and a touchdown in a big win over Harris' Rebels during the 2023 season.

And the Ole Miss receiver was brutally honest about what he remembered about his now-teammate.

"We played against them in 2023 and I ain't going to lie, they beat the crap out of us," Harris said. "He had a phenomenal route against one of our DBs.

"Yeah, I know about his game," Harris added.

McConkey then entered the draft the following year and went on to break Chargers rookie records for receptions and yards in a season in 2024.

Harris will now try to find success on the Bolts just like McConkey did — and who better to try and learn from than a fellow SEC receiver who just did the same.

"He had an incredible rookie year," Harris said of McConkey. "I'm definitely going looking to pick his brain, see what he did his rookie year so I can get into routine and possibly duplicate that."

From JuCo to Los Angeles

Over half a decade ago, the new Chargers defensive lineman had stepped away from football after a year at Hutchinson Community College in Kansas, opting to head home after the pandemic began.

Fast forward to Friday night, Caldwell added his name to the list of former junior college players to complete their journey of making it to the NFL.

"Been a long journey, JuCo guy," Caldwell said on Friday. "It's all been a blessing. I'm quite humble, but I'm real geek right now."

Caldwell later added: "You got a lot of JuCo guys in the league as well. It was either football or nothing for us."

It's been quite the ride for Caldwell in his football career, who worked his way through a long journey to get in this position.

Not heavily pursued out of high school, Caldwell chose to attend Hutchinson and take the junior college route.

However, he was later taken off of scholarship at the school due to the pandemic, leading the defensive lineman to walk away from football, unsure of what the future held for him.

With the junior college football season up in the air in 2020, Caldwell stayed home to help his mother with her food business because as a walk on, he couldn't pay for classes at the time.

But after almost a year away, he decided to give it another shot, walking onto the Independence Community College team in hopes of one more chance to make it.

And it all seemingly clicked from there.

"During that time, 2019, it was just humbling for me, just made me appreciate more things," Caldwell said. "And the opportunity I had even going to JuCo, they say [it's] Last Chance U and it really was."

He was able to attract the attention of schools, ultimately signing on and joining the Houston Cougars, where he used a breakout year in 2023 to land with Oregon last season.

The defensive lineman never looked back, posting a career-high 29 total tackles, 4.5 tackles for loss, a forced fumble and three pass breakups.

It was quite the journey, as Caldwell was able to take advantage of every opportunity, and it led him to becoming an NFL draft pick.

Now, it's the start of a new journey in Los Angeles.

"It's been a blessing in disguise," Caldwell said. "Going to JuCo made me appreciate a lot of things, especially when it comes down to football. So it's just been a blessing. It taught me a lot of things."

He later added: "It just taught me how to appreciate more things and right now I'm very appreciative."