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Josh Conerly Jr. Head Shot
PICK: 31 RND: 1 (KC)
Josh Conerly Jr.
OT Oregon
Alfred Collins Head Shot
PICK: 63 RND: 2 (KC)
Alfred Collins
DT Texas
Darien Porter Head Shot
PICK: 68 RND: 3 (KC)
Darien Porter
CB Iowa State
Jordan Burch Head Shot
PICK: 95 RND: 3 (KC)
Jordan Burch
DE-EDGE Oregon
Jacob Parrish Head Shot
PICK: 133 RND: 4 (KC)
Jacob Parrish
CB Kansas State
Logan Brown Head Shot
PICK: 143 RND: 5 (KC)
Logan Brown
OT Kansas
Dont'e Thornton Jr. Head Shot
PICK: 213 RND: 6 (KC)
Dont'e Thornton Jr.
WR Tennessee
Jaydon Blue Head Shot
PICK: 216 RND: 6 (KC)
Jaydon Blue
RB Texas
Hayden Conner Head Shot
PICK: 226 RND: 7 (KC)
Hayden Conner
OG Texas
Jalen Travis Head Shot
PICK: 251 RND: 7 (KC)
Jalen Travis
OT Iowa State
Craig Woodson Head Shot
PICK: 257 RND: 7 (KC)
Craig Woodson
S California
Draft Picks Received
Darien Porter Head Shot
PICK: 68 RND: 3 (LV)
Darien Porter
CB Iowa State
Logan Brown Head Shot
PICK: 143 RND: 5 (LV)
Logan Brown
OT Kansas
Dont'e Thornton Jr. Head Shot
PICK: 213 RND: 6 (LV)
Dont'e Thornton Jr.
WR Tennessee
Jaydon Blue Head Shot
PICK: 216 RND: 6 (CLE)
Jaydon Blue
RB Texas
No Pick Head Shot
PICK: RND: 4 (CLE)
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Draft Picks Traded
Demetrius Knight Jr. Head Shot
PICK: 66 RND: 3 (CLE)
Demetrius Knight Jr.
LB South Carolina
Draft Grade — Chiefs
Overall B-
ValueB- NeedB TradesB- FutureB-
No fireworks, just a tidy B- for the Chiefs.

The value of the weekend has a name and a slot: Jaydon Blue, No. 216, roughly 43 picks past where he belonged.

Reaching for Travis left real value on the table behind him. The Parrish pick reads as want over need, and the roster will feel it at tight end, quarterback and other spots. The tight end hole is the one line item this class does not answer.

All told, a solid class that does its job everywhere but tight end.

Pick Analysis
Pick31 Rnd1 Josh Conerly Jr.
In the Round 1 slot they get a building block for the line at fair value. Exactly the need they had to hit.
Pick63 Rnd2 Alfred Collins
Good price on Alfred Collins in pick No. 63, a hair ahead of his grade with no real quibbles. Another box on the needs board, quietly ticked.
Pick68 Rnd3 Darien Porter
By-the-book stuff, Darien Porter at No. 68 squarely in line with his ranking. It adds depth where they could use a little.
Pick95 Rnd3 Jordan Burch
A clean, defensible pick in pick No. 95 with a little surplus value in Jordan Burch. It plugs a real leak on the depth chart.
Pick133 Rnd4 Jacob Parrish
Hard to square with the roster. With positions of obvious need still on the board, Jacob Parrish adds a cornerback and leaves tight end, quarterback and other spots untouched.
Pick143 Rnd5 Logan Brown
No edge and no loss on Logan Brown in slot 143; it is a wash and a sensible one. The one spot they could not leave alone, and did not.
Pick213 Rnd6 Dont'e Thornton Jr.
Dont'e Thornton Jr. at the 213th overall pick is the steal of the weekend, a first-round talent at a bargain-bin price. A must-fix position, and they treated it like one.
Pick216 Rnd6 Jaydon Blue
The board fumbled Jaydon Blue all the way to the 216th pick, and they scooped it up. A need, and now a little less of one.
Pick226 Rnd7 Hayden Conner
Hayden Conner at the Round 7 slot is a steep price for a hunch, hard to square with any board. This was priority one on the needs board, and now it is handled.
Pick251 Rnd7 Jalen Travis
A real head-scratcher, Jalen Travis in pick 251 is miles ahead of his ranking. It answers the question that was keeping the coaches up at night.
Pick257 Rnd7 Craig Woodson
They robbed the room for Craig Woodson here, a fall nobody at the table saw coming. A minor need, but a need all the same.