Trading up with the Arizona Cardinals, the Chargers selected one of the most high scrutinized players coming out this year.
After a Heisman-runner up season where inspired his entire Notre Dame team and proudly wore the captain’s “C” on his jersey, Te’o suffered a very public fall from grace.
In a media firestorm, news broke of his being catfished by an online girlfriend.
An inspirational story of resiliance, Te’o announced that he had one of his best performances of his senior season after learning that both his Grandmother and girlfriend had died just before the game. Only to find out later that it was an online girlfriend whom he had never met. Then reports later surfaced that it was a fake girlfriend, impersonated by Ronaiah Tuiasosopo.
The Chargers land one of the strongest linebacking prospects and a proven later but a player who has been the victim of much media scrutiny.
