List of Kansas City Chiefs first-round draft picks

List of Kansas City Chiefs first-round draft picks

was the initial first round selection by made by the franchise.

Background

From 1960 to 1962, the Chiefs were known as the Dallas Texans until their relocation to Kansas City, Missouri [http://www.kcchiefs.com/history/60s/] . 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 [http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/football/news/2001/01/22/afl_history_2/] . Since 1970, the team has participated in the National Football League's annual player draft.

The Chiefs have only had the first overall selection in the draft once in franchise history, coming in 1963 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 four different occasions, coming in 1963, 1968, 1979, and 1984. The team has also traded away their first pick five times, coming in 1973, 1975, 1993, 2001, and 2004.

By draft year

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 10 coming since 1960.

By university

Southern California, Iowa, and Penn. State have all contributed three players to the Chiefs in the first round of the draft, the most of any university.

ee also

List of Kansas City Chiefs players

References

* [http://www.kcchiefs.com/2006_draft_hq/ Kansas City Chiefs 2007 NFL Draft Headquarters] , "Retrieved 22 July 2007".


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