New Los Angeles Chargers star Joe Alt’s girlfriend looked to be awkwardly stunned when her boyfriend was selected in the draft on Thursday night.
With his first selection, new Chargers coach Jim Harbaugh took the imposing Notre Dame offensive tackle with the fifth pick in Detroit.
But it was impossible to tell how his girlfriend Emilie Meyer, who went to the same high school, felt about the move to Los Angeles.
She seemed somewhat glazed over when the TV camera showed Alt’s home as it was announced that he had been selected by the Chargers.
However, awkwardly, Alt’s viewing party was on a delay and they had yet to find out where he was going. That would explain the deadpan look on Meyer’s face.
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Joe Alt’s girlfriend looked to be awkwardly stunned when he was selected by the Chargers
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There was a delay on the TV broadcast, which led to Emilie Meyer’s painfully awkward moment
It led to fans watching on TV to joke that it appeared she was ‘being held hostage’ and told her to ‘blink twice if she’s being held captive.’
Others joked that she had just realized Alt’s game checks ‘will be taxed at 65 per cent because he’ll be in California’.
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The Chargers elected to go with the offensive line in the first round for the third time in four years despite having a need at wide receiver after they released Mike Williams and traded Keenan Allen to Chicago for a fourth-round pick.
LSU’s Malik Nabers and Washington’s Rome Odunze were among the receivers available when the Chargers went on the clock, but Los Angeles went with the consensus top offensive line prospect in the draft.
‘I know the question is going to come up and you’re going to say, “What about a weapon?” Offensive linemen, we look at as weapons,’ Harbaugh said. ‘That group, when we talk about attacking, offensive line is the tip of the spear.’
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New Chargers coach Jim Harbaugh took the Notre Dame offensive tackle with the fifth pick
Alt played 38 games at Notre Dame and started 33 at left tackle. He is also the first player from the Fighting Irish to go in the top five since quarterback Rick Mirer went second overall to the Seattle Seahawks in 1993.
Alt said he thought it was possible the Chargers would pick him.
‘I thought I had a great interview during the combine and had a good time with coach Harbaugh and the staff and talk about offensive line play,’ Ault said.
Alt joins fellow first-round picks left tackle Rashaun Slater and left guard Zion Johnson in the offensive line room.
Bradley Bozeman is projected to be the starting center after signing as a free agent while right tackle Trey Pipkins and right guard Jamaree Salyer were starters last season.
