List of Kansas City Chiefs first-round draft picks

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Patrick Mahomes, the Chiefs' 10th overall pick in the first round of the 2017 NFL Draft.

The Kansas City Chiefs are a professional American football team based in Kansas City, Missouri. Center E. J. Holub was the initial first-round selection by made by the franchise. From 1960 to 1962, the Chiefs were known as the Dallas Texans until their relocation to Kansas City, Missouri.[1] The team participated in the American Football League's annual player draft from 1960 to 1966 until the beginning of the common draft in 1967 and the AFL's subsequent merger with the National Football League in 1970.[2]

The Chiefs have only had the first overall selection in the draft twice in franchise history, once in 2013 (Eric Fisher), the other in 1963 (Hall of Famer Buck Buchanan) when the team traded quarterback Cotton Davidson to the Oakland Raiders for the selection. The franchise has selected two players in the first round in the same year on five occasions, coming in 1963, 1968, 1979, 1984, and 2008. The team has also traded away their first pick eight times, in 1973, 1975, 1993, 2001, 2004, 2016, 2018, 2019, and 2021. The Chiefs have never drafted a Heisman Trophy winner with their first round pick. Two first round picks never played for the Chiefs, Ronnie Bull (1962) and Gale Sayers (1965), who both elected to play for the Chicago Bears of the NFL instead of the AFL.

Only two of the Chiefs first-round picks are still on their roster, quarterback Patrick Mahomes and running back Clyde Edwards-Helaire.

Player selections[]

Kansas City Chiefs first-round draft picks
Year Pick Player name College Position Notes
1960 — Abner Haynes North Texas State RB
1961 6 E.J. Holub Texas Tech C
1962 3 Ronnie Bull[3] Baylor RB Never played for the Chiefs
1963 1 Buck Buchanan[4] Grambling DT
1963 8 Ed Budde Michigan State OT
1964 2 Pete Beathard USC QB
1965 5 Gale Sayers[3] Kansas RB Never played for the Chiefs
1966 6 Aaron Brown Minnesota DE
1967 24 Gene Trosch Miami (FL) DT
1968 19 Mo Moorman Texas A&M G
1968 22 George Daney UTEP G
1969 23 Jim Marsalis Tennessee State CB
1970 26 Sid Smith USC OT
1971 16 Elmo Wright Houston WR
1972 23 Jeff Kinney Nebraska RB
1973 No pick
1974 16 Woody Green Arizona State RB
1975 No pick
1976 14 Rod Walters Iowa G
1977 10 Gary Green Baylor CB
1978 2 Art Still Kentucky DE
1979 2 Mike Bell Colorado State DE
1979 23 Steve Fuller Clemson QB
1980 11 Brad Budde USC G
1981 14 Willie Scott South Carolina TE
1982 11 Anthony Hancock Tennessee WR
1983 7 Todd Blackledge Penn State QB
1984 5 Bill Maas Pittsburgh DT
1984 21 John Alt Iowa OT
1985 15 Ethan Horton North Carolina RB
1986 7 Brian Jozwiak West Virginia OT
1987 19 Paul Palmer Temple RB
1988 2 Neil Smith Nebraska DE
1989 4 Derrick Thomas Alabama LB
1990 13 Percy Snow Michigan State LB
1991 21 Harvey Williams LSU RB
1992 20 Dale Carter Tennessee CB
1993 No pick [5]
1994 25 Greg Hill Texas A&M RB
1995 31 Trezelle Jenkins Michigan OT [6]
1996 28 Jerome Woods Memphis S
1997 13 Tony Gonzalez California TE [7]
1998 27 Victor Riley Auburn OT
1999 14 John Tait BYU OT
2000 21 Sylvester Morris Jackson State WR
2001 No pick [8]
2002 6 Ryan Sims North Carolina DT [9]
2003 27 Larry Johnson Penn State RB [10]
2004 No pick [11]
2005 15 Derrick Johnson Texas LB
2006 20 Tamba Hali Penn State DE
2007 23 Dwayne Bowe LSU WR
2008 5 Glenn Dorsey LSU DT
2008 15 Branden Albert Virginia G
2009 3 Tyson Jackson LSU DE
2010 5 Eric Berry Tennessee S
2011 26 Jon Baldwin Pittsburgh WR
2012 11 Dontari Poe Memphis NT
2013 1 Eric Fisher Central Michigan OT [12]
2014 23 Dee Ford Auburn DE
2015 18 Marcus Peters Washington CB
2016 No pick
2017 10 Patrick Mahomes Texas Tech QB [13]
2018 No pick
2019 [14]
2020 32 Clyde Edwards-Helaire LSU RB
2021 No pick [15]

By position[]

Like most teams in the NFL, the Chiefs have never drafted a fullback, placekicker, or punter in the first round of the NFL Draft. Running backs are the most commonly selected by the Chiefs in the first round, with 11 coming since 1960. Before selecting Patrick Mahomes in 2017, the Chiefs had gone 34 years in between selecting quarterbacks in the first round. Nine times the Chiefs have not had a first-round draft pick due to trades.

  • 11 running backs
  • 9 no selection
  • 8 offensive tackles
  • 7 defensive ends
  • 1 centers
  • 0 fullbacks
  • 0 kickers
  • 0 punters

By college[]

Five players have been chosen by the Chiefs from LSU in the first round of the NFL Draft, with three consecutive from 2007 to 2009, the most from any school. USC, Iowa, Tennessee and Penn State have all contributed three players to the Chiefs in the first round of the draft, all tied for second-most from one school.
Schools with multiple selections

  • 5 LSU
  • 3 Penn State
  • 3 Tennessee
  • 3 USC
  • 2 Auburn
  • 2 Baylor
  • 2 Iowa
  • 2 Memphis
  • 2 Michigan State
  • 2 Nebraska
  • 2 North Carolina
  • 2 Pittsburgh
  • 2 Texas A&M
  • 2 Texas Tech

References[]

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  1. ^ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2008-06-09. Retrieved 2008-12-31.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  2. ^ http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/football/news/2001/01/22/afl_history_2/[dead link]
  3. ^ a b Elected to play in the National Football League instead of the American Football League.
  4. ^ Selection acquired in a trade from the Oakland Raiders.
  5. ^ Obtained QB Joe Montana, S David Whitmore and San Francisco’s 1994 third-round pick in exchange for the Chiefs' first-round pick (18th overall).
  6. ^ Obtained Jacksonville’s first-round pick (31st overall, Trezelle Jenkins), third-round pick (97th overall, LB Troy Dumas), fourth-round pick (134th overall, QB Steve Stenstrom) and a 1996 fourth-round pick for the Chiefs' first-round pick (19th overall).
  7. ^ Obtained Houston’s first-round pick (13th overall, TE Tony Gonzalez) and fourth-round pick (110th overall, QB Pat Barnes) in exchange for the Chiefs' first-round (18th overall), third-round (81st overall), fourth-round (116th overall) and sixth-round (181st overall) picks.
  8. ^ Obtained QB Trent Green and St. Louis’ fifth-round pick (150th overall, RB Derrick Blaylock) in exchange for the Chiefs' first-round pick (12th overall).
  9. ^ Obtained Dallas’ first-round pick (sixth overall, DT Ryan Sims) in exchange for the Chiefs' first-round pick (8th overall), third-round pick (75th overall) and a sixth-round pick in 2003.
  10. ^ Obtained Pittsburgh’s first-round pick (27th overall, RB Larry Johnson), third-round pick (92nd overall, CB Julian Battle) and sixth-round pick (200th overall, subsequently traded to the New York Jets) in exchange for the Chiefs' first-round pick (16th overall).
  11. ^ Obtained Detroit’s 2004 second-round pick (DT Junior Siavii), fourth-round pick (WR Samie Parker) and a fifth-round pick in 2005 in exchange for the Chiefs' first-round pick (30th overall).
  12. ^ Rosenthal, Gregg (April 25, 2013). "Eric Fisher goes No. 1 to Kansas City Chiefs in NFL draft". National Football League. Retrieved April 25, 2013.
  13. ^ Obtained the Buffalo Bills first round selection by trading their 1st round selection (27th overall), 3rd round selection (91st overall), and their 2018 first round selection (22nd overall).
  14. ^ The Chiefs traded their 1st and 3rd round picks in 2019 NFL Draft and a 2nd round pick in the 2020 NFL Draft to the Seattle Seahawks in exchange for defensive end Frank Clark and the Seahawks 3rd round pick.
  15. ^ The Chiefs traded their first-round pick (31st overall) in the 2021 NFL Draft, a third-round selection (94th overall), fourth-round pick (136th overall) and a fifth-round selection in the 2022 NFL Draft in exchange for Orlando Brown Jr. and a second-round pick in 2021 (58th overall) and a sixth-round pick in 2022.
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