Chargers News: LA's WR Coach Details Transition From College to NFL World

A lot of factors to get used to!

Every single NFL season, we have become accustomed to hearing stories about how the rookies have to adapt to their new life after always balancing school and football during their time in high school and college. Most of these guys that do get drafted have been highly recruited for quite some time but many have to grind out multiple collegiate season to get on a serious radar for NFL scouts.

The transition usually is not easy. Football is played much different at every level and the talent pool obviously grows with each promotion. Luckily for the Los Angeles Chargers, they are bringing in a rookie group filled with seasoned prospects that already carry a winning mentality. Quentin Johnston, Derius Davis, and Max Duggan all played together on a highly successful TCU squad and Tuli Tuipulotu is coming off of a productive year at USC.

Most of them have already impressed in LA's rookie camp and OTA's and have already been able to connect with their veteran teammates. The Bolts made sure to get their group started early and by the time training camp rolls around, we'll have an even better idea as to what to expect from them this year.

Quentin Johnston had Asante Samuel Jr. LOST 😳

Keenan Allen said in a recent interview that he’s been impressed with Johnston so far and says his “athletic ability” is through the roof.

The Chargers WR core is looking LETHAL. pic.twitter.com/pO3lCLTr9b

— NFL Rookie Watch (@NFLRookieWatxh) June 6, 2023

A Leader That Understands The Process

Something that makes me really excited about the future development of specifically the offensive rookies that were drafted by LA this year is that they will be working closely with the Chargers' WR coach Chris Beatty.

Beatty previously coached at a number of colleges before joining the Bolts' staff ahead of the 2021 season and will now be entering his third year with the squad. He is well-aware of all of the challenges that come with moving into the NFL world and detailed some of them he faced in an interview with writer Eric Smith.

"It was interesting because you're coming off of COVID, everything was virtual so that was different. The football part was not really that hard. They are two completely different games, but the fundamentals of them are the same."

(Via Chargers.com)

"You don't really realize the differences between the college and the pro game until you've coaches at both levels. There is a difference in not having to recruit so the packages are bigger, the volume is bigger because you don't have to worry about flying to go see players or spending half of your time worrying about them going to class or stuff like that. Their only class is football and your only class to teach is football as opposed to the other parts of it."

(Via Chargers.com)

"I wouldn't trade it for any room in the league."#Chargers WR coach Chris Beatty on what he loves about his group, plus working with Keenan, Mike and Q.https://t.co/dSPqA3mNOu#BoltUp pic.twitter.com/dxSLpTQWY0

— Eric Smith (@Eric_L_Smith) June 9, 2023

This 2023 rookie group for the Chargers will be amazing.