KANSAS CITY, Mo. – When the Chiefs drafted a player convicted of felony domestic assault and battery in the fifth round of the NFL Draft, team officials asked fans to trust them and insisted they performed their due diligence during the vetting process. On Monday, The Topeka Capital-Journal and ChiefsDigest.com confirmed that part of the team’s vetting included contacting the …
KANSAS CITY, Mo. – Trades and a touch of controversy highlighted a wild three days of the NFL Draft for the Chiefs. With no third-round pick to start the draft, the Chiefs traded out of the first round and secured an additional second-round pick (37th overall) from the San Francisco 49ers. The Chiefs then traded the second (59th overall) of …
KANSAS CITY, Mo. – A fourth quarterback joined the Chiefs’ roster as one of the final picks on Day Three of the NFL Draft. Stanford quarterback Kevin Hogan arrived as the first (162nd overall) of two picks in the fifth round and he enjoyed an accomplished career in college, going 36-10 as a starter and leading Stanford to three Pac-12 …
KANSAS CITY, Mo. – Teams often utilize the later rounds of the NFL draft to take flyers on players and the Chiefs are no different. But the Chiefs’ second of two picks in the fifth round caused heads to turn. A day after Chiefs chairman and CEO Clark Hunt said character matters, the team sent mixed signals with the selection …
KANSAS CITY, Mo. – With three picks in the fourth round, the Chiefs addressed depth at key positions on both sides of the ball and took a chance on a player that comes with off-field concerns. The selections of Cincinnati offensive guard Parker Ehinger (105th overall) and Minnesota cornerback Eric Murray (106th overall) are safe selections. But the Chiefs took …
KANSAS CITY, Mo. – The Chiefs traded their second of two second-round picks (59th overall) to the Tampa Bay Buccaneers in exchange for Tampa Bay’s third-round pick (74th overall) and fourth-round pick (106th overall). With a move into the third round after starting the draft without a third-round pick, the Chiefs selected Notre Dame cornerback KeiVarae Russell, who became the …
Christopher Deshun Jones, Jr. Defensive tackle from Mississippi State University Selection No. 37, obtained from San Francisco in first-round trade. Personal Born: July 3, 1994 in Houston, Mississippi. Parents: Chris Jones Sr. and Mary Woodhouse. He has two sisters. Physical picture 6-foot, 5 7/8 inches 311 pounds 5.03 seconds in 40-yard dash. 86 seconds over 20 yards. 69 seconds over …
KANSAS CITY, Mo. – The NFL Draft is likely to move from Chicago, the city that has hosted the event the past two years. And Chiefs chairman and CEO Clark Hunt wouldn’t mind if Kansas City played host to the annual selection process. “Absolutely,” Hunt said Friday. “I think we’ve all seen the event that the draft has turned into …
KANSAS CITY, Mo. – After trading out of the first round Thursday night, the Chiefs entered the fray on Day Two of the NFL Draft and went defense with the selection (37th overall) of defensive lineman Chris Jones out of Mississippi State. “Right now I’m very excited, a lot of mixed emotions, man,” Jones said Friday in a conference call …
KANSAS CITY, Mo. – With the first round of the 2016 NFL Draft in the books, Chiefs general manager John Dorsey shifts focus Friday night to the second round. Dorsey has ammunition, of course, after trading out of the first round Thursday night to gain an extra second-round pick (37th overall) from the San Francisco 49ers to go along with …
