And here’s a look at who the Chiefs have drafted in the first round since 1967:<\/p>\n
2024 | Pick No. 28 | Xavier Worthy | WR | Texas<\/p>\n
2023 | Pick No. 31 | Felix Anudike-Uzomah | DE | Kansas State<\/p>\n
2022 | Pick No. 30 | George Karlaftis | DE | Purdue<\/p>\n
2022 | Pick No. 21 | Trent McDuffie | CB | Washington<\/p>\n
2020 | Pick No. 32 | Clyde Edwards-Helaire | RB | LSU<\/p>\n
2017 | Pick No. 10 | Patrick Mahomes | QB | Texas Tech<\/p>\n
2015 | Pick No. 18 | Marcus Peters | CB | Washington<\/p>\n
2014 | Pick No. 23 | Dee Ford | LB | Auburn<\/p>\n
2013 | Pick No. 1 | Eric Fisher | T | Central Michigan<\/p>\n
2012 | Pick No. 11 | Dontari Poe | DT | Memphis<\/p>\n
2011 | Pick No. 26 | Jonathan Baldwin | WR | Pittsburgh<\/p>\n
2010 | Pick No. 5 | Eric Berry | DB | Tennessee<\/p>\n
2009 | Pick No. 3 | Tyson Jackson | DE | LSU<\/p>\n
2008 | Pick No. 15 | Branden Albert | G | Virginia<\/p>\n
2008 | Pick No. 5 | Glenn Dorsey | DT | LSU<\/p>\n
2007 | Pick No. 23 | Dwayne Bowe | WR | LSU<\/p>\n
2006 | Pick No. 20 | Tamba Hali | DE | Penn State<\/p>\n
2005 | Pick No. 15 | Derrick Johnson | LB | Texas<\/p>\n
2003 | Pick No. 27 | Larry Johnson | RB | Penn State<\/p>\n
2002 | Pick No. 6 | Ryan Sims | DT | North Carolina<\/p>\n
2000 | Pick No. 21 | Sylvester Morris | WR | Jackson State<\/p>\n
1999 | Pick No. 14 | John Tait | T | BYU<\/p>\n
1998 | Pick No. 27 | Victor Riley | T | Auburn<\/p>\n
1997 | Pick No. 13 | Tony Gonzalez | TE | California<\/p>\n
1996 | Pick No. 28 | Jerome Woods | DB | Memphis<\/p>\n
1995 | Pick No. 31 | Trezelle Jenkins | T | Michigan<\/p>\n
1994 | Pick No. 25 | Greg Hill | RB | Texas A&M<\/p>\n
1992 | Pick No. 20 | Dale Carter | DB | Tennessee<\/p>\n
1991 | Pick No. 21 | Harvey Williams | RB | LSU<\/p>\n
1990 | Pick No. 13 | Percy Snow | LB | Michigan State<\/p>\n
1989 | Pick No. 4 | Derrick Thomas | LB | Alabama<\/p>\n
1988 | Pick No. 2 | Neil Smith | DE | Nebraska<\/p>\n
1987 | Pick No. 19 | Paul Palmer | RB | Temple<\/p>\n
1986 | Pick No. 7 | Brian Jozwiak | G | West Virginia<\/p>\n
1985 | Pick No. 15 | Ethan Horton | TE | North Carolina<\/p>\n
1984 | Pick No. 21 | John Alt | T | Iowa<\/p>\n
1984 | Pick No. 5 | Bill Maas | NT | Pittsburgh<\/p>\n
1983 | Pick No. 7 | Todd Blackledge | QB | Penn State<\/p>\n
1982 | Pick No. 11 | Anthony Hancock | WR | Tennessee<\/p>\n
1981 | Pick No. 14 | Willie Scott | TE | South Carolina<\/p>\n
1980 | Pick No. 11 | Brad Budde | G | USC<\/p>\n
1979 | Pick No. 23 | Steve Fuller | QB | Clemson<\/p>\n
1979 | Pick No. 2 | Mike Bell | DE | Colorado State<\/p>\n
1978 | Pick No. 2 | Art Still | DE | Kentucky<\/p>\n
1977 | Pick No. 10 | Gary Green | DB | Baylor<\/p>\n
1976 | Pick No. 14 | Rod Walters | G | Iowa<\/p>\n
1974 | Pick No. 16 | Woody Green | RB | Arizona State<\/p>\n
1972 | Pick No. 23 | Jeff Kinney | RB | Nebraska<\/p>\n
1971 | Pick No. 16 | Elmo Wright | WR | Houston<\/p>\n
1970 | Pick No. 26 | Sid Smith | C | USC<\/p>\n
1969 | Pick No. 23 | Jim Marsalis | DB | Tennessee State<\/p>\n
1968 | Pick No. 22 | George Daney | G | Texas – El Paso<\/p>\n
1968 | Pick No. 19 | Mo Moorman | G | Texas A&M<\/p>\n
1967 | Pick No. 24 | Gene Trosch | DE | Miami (FL)<\/p>\n
– All fifty-four of Kansas City’s first-round picks since 1967 have gone on to suit up for the Chiefs.<\/p>\n
– Fourteen of those 50 picks played in at least 100 games with Kansas City: tight end Tony Gonzalez (190), linebacker Derrick Johnson (182), offensive tackle John Alt (179), defensive end Tamba Hali (177), linebacker Derrick Thomas (169), defensive end Neil Smith (138), defensive end Art Still (136), defensive end Mike Bell (135), defensive back Jerome Woods (128), wide receiver Dwayne Bowe (118), offensive tackle Eric Fisher (117), defensive lineman Bill Maas (116), defensive back Dale Carter (104) and defensive back Gary Green (100).<\/p>\n
– Quarterback Patrick Mahomes – who Kansas City selected in the first round of the 2017 NFL Draft – is off to the greatest start for any quarterback in NFL history by several statistical measures. For example, Mahomes has the most passing touchdowns (245) and passing yards (32,352) for any player through 112 career starts in NFL history. Additionally, Mahomes has never finished shy of the AFC Championship Game in his seven years as a starting quarterback, leading Kansas City to five conference titles and three Super Bowl championships.<\/p>\n
– Kansas City drafted wide receiver Xavier Worthy with the No. 28 overall pick in the 2024 NFL Draft. Worthy went on to tally 742 scrimmage yards and nine total touchdowns as a rookie.<\/p>\n
– The Chiefs selected cornerback Trent McDuffie with the No. 21 overall pick in the 2022 NFL Draft. McDuffie has appeared in 43 games for Kansas City over the last three years, earning All-Pro nods in each of the last two seasons.<\/p>\n
– Kansas City acquired defensive end George Karlaftis with the No. 30 overall selection in the 2022 NFL Draft. Karlaftis has appeared in 49 games for the Chiefs over the last three seasons, tallying 24.5 sacks.<\/p>\n
– The Chiefs have a knack for drafting prolific pass rushers in the first round, as Derrick Thomas (126.5), Tamba Hali (89.5), Neil Smith (85.5) and Art Still (73.0) are four of the top six sack artists in franchise history. Thomas was enshrined in the Pro Football Hall of Fame in 2009.<\/p>\n
– Tony Gonzalez, who has the most career catches (1,325) and receiving yards (15,127) by a tight end in NFL history, was enshrined in the Pro Football Hall of Fame in 2019. He was the Chiefs’ first-round selection in 1997.<\/p>\n
– Linebacker Derrick Johnson – the Chiefs’ first-round pick in 2005 – owns the franchise mark for the most tackles (1,262) in team history.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"And here’s a look at who the Chiefs have drafted in the first round since 1967: 2024 |…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":89962,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[501,346,7,497,118,110,6,15,498,499,505,503,502,504,500],"class_list":{"0":"post-89961","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-nfl-draft","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-nfl","15":"tag-nfl-draft","16":"tag-nfl-football","17":"tag-patrick-mahomes","18":"tag-super-bowl","19":"tag-super-bowl-iv","20":"tag-super-bowl-liv","21":"tag-super-bowl-lvii","22":"tag-travis-kelce"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/channels.im\/@nfl\/114595395358198009","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/89961","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=89961"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/89961\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/89962"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=89961"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=89961"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=89961"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}