A system called the “common draft” was implemented for the AFL and NFL in 1967, creating a joint draft between the two leagues while establishing the precursor for what has become the marquee event of the offseason.<\/p>\n
The two leagues merged in 1970, and the rest is history.<\/p>\n
Over the next several weeks leading up to the 2026 NFL Draft, we’re going to take a look back at who the Kansas City Chiefs have selected in each round since the event’s beginnings 59 years ago.<\/p>\n
Let’s begin with the seventh round, where Kansas City does not currently own a selection in the 2026 NFL Draft.<\/p>\n
As of now, these are the selections Kansas City currently possesses this year:<\/p>\n
Round 1: No. 29 overall (via Los Angeles)<\/p>\n
Round 5: No. 169 overall (via Los Angeles)<\/p>\n
Round 5: No. 176 overall (Compensatory)<\/p>\n
Round 6: No. 210 overall (via Los Angeles)<\/p>\n
And here’s a look at who the Chiefs have drafted in the seventh round since 1967:<\/p>\n
2025 | Pick No. 228 | Brashard Smith | RB | SMU<\/p>\n
2024 | Pick No. 248 | C.J. Hanson | OL | Holy Cross<\/p>\n
2023 | Pick No. 250 | Nic Jones | CB | Ball State<\/p>\n
2022 | Pick No. 259 | Nazeeh Johnson | DB | Marshall<\/p>\n
2022 | Pick No. 251 | Isiah Pacheco | RB | Rutgers<\/p>\n
2022 | Pick No. 243 | Jaylen Watson | CB | Washington State<\/p>\n
2020 | Pick No. 237 | BoPete Keyes | CB | Tulane<\/p>\n
2019 | Pick No. 216 | Nick Allegretti | OL | Illinois<\/p>\n
2015 | Pick No. 233 | Da’Ron Brown | WR | Northern Illinois<\/p>\n
2013 | Pick No. 207 | Mike Catapano | DL | Princeton<\/p>\n
2012 | Pick No. 238 | Junior Hemingway | WR | Michigan<\/p>\n
2012 | Pick No. 218 | Jerome Long | DL | San Diego State<\/p>\n
2011 | Pick No. 223 | Shane Bannon | RB | Yale<\/p>\n
2009 | Pick No. 256 | Ryan Succop | K | South Carolina<\/p>\n
2009 | Pick No. 237 | Jake O’Connell | TE | Miami (OH)<\/p>\n
2009 | Pick No. 212 | Javarris Williams | RB | Tennessee State<\/p>\n
2008 | Pick No. 210 | Brian Johnston | DL | Gardner-Webb<\/p>\n
2008 | Pick No. 239 | Mike Merritt | TE | Central Florida<\/p>\n
2007 | Pick No. 231 | Michael Allan | TE | Whitworth (WA)<\/p>\n
2006 | Pick No. 228 | Jarrad Page | DB | UCLA<\/p>\n
2005 | Pick No. 238 | Jeremy Parquet | OL | Southern Miss<\/p>\n
2005 | Pick No. 229 | James Kilian | QB | Tulsa<\/p>\n
2004 | Pick No. 231 | Kevin Sampson | OL | Syracuse<\/p>\n
2003 | Pick No. 252 | Willie Pile | DB | Virginia Tech<\/p>\n
2003 | Pick No. 230 | Montique Sharpe | DL | Wake Forest<\/p>\n
2002 | Pick No. 221 | Maurice Rodriguez | LB | Fresno State<\/p>\n
2001 | Pick No. 243 | Terdell Sands | DL | Tennessee – Chattanooga<\/p>\n
2001 | Pick No. 212 | Shaunard Harts | DB | Boise State<\/p>\n
2000 | Pick No. 208 | Desmond Kitchings | WR | Furman<\/p>\n
1999 | Pick No. 220 | Eric King | OL | Richmond<\/p>\n
1998 | Pick No. 224 | Ernest Blackwell | RB | Missouri<\/p>\n
1998 | Pick No. 216 | Eric Warfield | DB | Nebraska<\/p>\n
1997 | Pick No. 214 | Nathan Parks | OL | Stanford<\/p>\n
1996 | Pick No. 245 | Darrell Williams | DB | Tennessee State<\/p>\n
1996 | Pick No. 241 | Jeff Smith | OL | Tennessee<\/p>\n
1996 | Pick No. 211 | Ben Lynch | OL | California<\/p>\n
1994 | Pick No. 219 | Tracy Greene | TE | Grambling State<\/p>\n
1994 | Pick No. 199 | Steve Matthews | QB | Memphis<\/p>\n
1993 | Pick No. 186 | Danan Hughes | WR | Iowa<\/p>\n
1992 | Pick No. 186 | Erick Anderson | LB | Michigan<\/p>\n
1991 | Pick No. 189 | Bernard Ellison | DB | Nevada<\/p>\n
1990 | Pick No. 180 | Dave Szott | OL | Penn State<\/p>\n
1989 | Pick No. 171 | Ron Sancho | LB | LSU<\/p>\n
1988 | Pick No. 170 | Troy Stedman | LB | Washburn<\/p>\n
1987 | Pick No. 186 | Doug Hudson | QB | Nicholls State<\/p>\n
1985 | Pick No. 183 | Dave Heffernan | OL | Miami (FL)<\/p>\n
1985 | Pick No. 180 | Vince Thompson | DL | Missouri Western<\/p>\n
1984 | Pick No. 173 | Kevin Ross | DB | Temple<\/p>\n
1983 | Pick No. 179 | Daryl Posey | RB | Mississippi College<\/p>\n
1983 | Pick No. 173 | Ken Thomas | RB | San Jose State<\/p>\n
1982 | Pick No. 184 | Greg Smith | DL | Kansas<\/p>\n
1981 | Pick No. 180 | Billy Jackson | RB | Alabama<\/p>\n
1979 | Pick No. 167 | Ken Kremer | DL | Ball State<\/p>\n
1978 | Pick No. 184 | Bill Kellar | WR | Stanford<\/p>\n
1978 | Pick No. 168 | Ricky Odom | DB | USC<\/p>\n
1977 | Pick No. 177 | Chris Golub | DB | Kansas<\/p>\n
1976 | Pick No. 196 | Rod Wellington | RB | Iowa<\/p>\n
1974 | Pick No. 172 | LeRoy Hegge | DL | South Dakota – Springfield<\/p>\n
1973 | Pick No. 173 | Donn Smith | OL | Purdue<\/p>\n
1972 | Pick No. 179 | Dean Carlson | QB | Iowa State<\/p>\n
1970 | Pick No. 182 | Clyde Glosson | WR | Texas – El Paso<\/p>\n
1969 | Pick No. 179 | Tom Nettles | WR | San Diego State<\/p>\n
1968 | Pick No. 184 | Sammy Grezaffi | DB | LSU<\/p>\n
1967 | Pick No. 183 | Dick Erickson | OL | Wisconsin \u2013 Stout<\/p>\n
– Thirty-five of Kansas City’s 64 seventh-round draft picks went on to appear in a game for the Chiefs.<\/p>\n
– 2025 seventh-round pick Brashard Smith recorded 323 yards from scrimmage last year, rushing for 56 yards in the season finale.<\/p>\n
– Tailback Isiah Pacheco, despite being the 22nd running back selected in 2022, went on to record the second-most rushing yards for any rookie seventh-round pick in league history. Only Philadelphia Eagles’ tailback Johnny Johnson (926 in 1990) tallied more during his rookie campaign.<\/p>\n
– Cornerback Jaylen Watson appeared in 53 games (29 starts) during his four years in Kansas City.<\/p>\n
– 2019 seventh-round pick Nick Allegretti appeared in 74 games (13 starts) for the Chiefs during his five-year tenure with Kansas City from 2019-23. Notably, Allegretti stepped in for Joe Thuney at left guard during the AFC Championship Game and Super Bowl LVIII in the Chiefs march to a championship in 2023.<\/p>\n
– The Chiefs have selected one future Pro Bowler in the seventh round since 1967: defensive back Kevin Ross, who was drafted in 1984. Ross made the Pro Bowl in 1989 and 1990. He was inducted into the Chiefs Hall of Fame in 2011.<\/p>\n
– Kevin Ross wore a Chiefs’ uniform in the most games of any seventh-round pick in franchise history, taking the field 156 times. Offensive tackle Dave Szott (142) and defensive back Eric Warfield (115) are the only other seventh-round selections to appear in at least 100 games for Kansas City.<\/p>\n
– Former wide receiver and current Chiefs Radio Network analyst Danan Hughes appeared in 85 games for Kansas City after being selected in the seventh round of the 1993 Draft.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"A system called the “common draft” was implemented for the AFL and NFL in 1967, creating a joint…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":812142,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2063],"tags":[501,346,7,497,118,110,2438,2437,6,498,499,505,503,502,504,500],"class_list":{"0":"post-812141","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-kansas-city-chiefs","8":"tag-andy-reid","9":"tag-chiefs","10":"tag-football","11":"tag-geha-field-at-arrowhead-stadium","12":"tag-kansas-city","13":"tag-kansas-city-chiefs","14":"tag-kansascity","15":"tag-kansascitychiefs","16":"tag-nfl","17":"tag-nfl-football","18":"tag-patrick-mahomes","19":"tag-super-bowl","20":"tag-super-bowl-iv","21":"tag-super-bowl-liv","22":"tag-super-bowl-lvii","23":"tag-travis-kelce"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/channels.im\/@nfl\/116228441505003718","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/812141","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=812141"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/812141\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/812142"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=812141"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=812141"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=812141"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}