CheeseBurger Man'S MOCK DRAFT
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CheeseBurger Man'S MOCK DRAFT
RUN ON MAY 27, 2026

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  • CheeseBurger Man DRAFTING FOR THE
    Chiefs
Draft Selections
Mansoor Delane Head Shot
PICK: 9 RND: 1 (KC)
Mansoor Delane
CB LSU
Omar Cooper Jr. Head Shot
PICK: 29 RND: 1 (KC)
Omar Cooper Jr.
WR Indiana
Lee Hunter Head Shot
PICK: 40 RND: 2 (KC)
Lee Hunter
DT Texas Tech
Treydan Stukes Head Shot
PICK: 74 RND: 3 (KC)
Treydan Stukes
CB Arizona
Bryce Lance Head Shot
PICK: 109 RND: 4 (KC)
Bryce Lance
WR North Dakota State
Cole Payton Head Shot
PICK: 148 RND: 5 (KC)
Cole Payton
QB North Dakota State
Kage Casey Head Shot
PICK: 169 RND: 5 (KC)
Kage Casey
OT Boise State
Tanner Koziol Head Shot
PICK: 176 RND: 5 (KC)
Tanner Koziol
TE Houston
Keagen Trost Head Shot
PICK: 210 RND: 6 (KC)
Keagen Trost
OT Missouri
Draft Grade — Chiefs
Overall B-
ValueB- NeedB TradesB- FutureB-
Nothing loud, just a tidy B- for the Chiefs.

The Chiefs went off the board in a big way for Cole Payton, 54 picks early. Conviction is one thing; this is another. The bottom line is a respectable B-.

The Trost pick is the one they will point to when this weekend is judged. It is not that Stukes is a bad player; it is that the Chiefs had louder needs to answer first. If this class has a fault line, it runs straight through running back.

Wide receiver is handled and the depth chart looks a good deal healthier for it.

Good work on the whole, with running back the one box left unchecked.

Pick Analysis
Pick9 Rnd1 Mansoor Delane
In slot 9 they get a sticky cover corner. Need was not the driver here.
Pick29 Rnd1 Omar Cooper Jr.
In Round 1, Pick 29 they get a go-to option on the outside at fair value. Exactly the need they had to hit.
Pick40 Rnd2 Lee Hunter
They liked Lee Hunter enough to skip the value, taking him in the 40th pick. It plugs a real leak on the depth chart.
Pick74 Rnd3 Treydan Stukes
They zigged when the board said zag, taking Treydan Stukes at cornerback with running back, edge rusher and other spots open.
Pick109 Rnd4 Bryce Lance
The board had Bryce Lance higher than No. 109, and the wide receiver fell to them anyway. That was the need underlined and circled, and now it is checked off.
Pick148 Rnd5 Cole Payton
Cole Payton at the 148th overall pick is the kind of overdraft that needs everything to break right. A sensible fit for a spot that needed help.
Pick169 Rnd5 Kage Casey
Kage Casey in the 169th overall pick lands just on the right side of the ledger. Top of the wish list, and they did not leave without it.
Pick176 Rnd5 Tanner Koziol
A slide stopped in pick No. 176, with Tanner Koziol worth more than the price. A must-fix position, and they treated it like one.
Pick210 Rnd6 Keagen Trost
Keagen Trost at slot 210 is a first-round grade at a bargain-bin price, no notes. The one spot they could not leave alone, and did not.