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SMC'S MOCK DRAFT
RUN ON FEB 25, 2026

Love/McDuffie Trade

  • SMC DRAFTING FOR THE
    Chiefs
Draft Selections
Jeremiyah Love Head Shot
PICK: 9 RND: 1 (KC)
Jeremiyah Love
RB Notre Dame
Colton Hood Head Shot
PICK: 29 RND: 1 (KC)
Colton Hood
CB Tennessee
Gabe Jacas Head Shot
PICK: 40 RND: 2 (KC)
Gabe Jacas
LB-EDGE Illinois
Eli Stowers Head Shot
PICK: 74 RND: 3 (KC)
Eli Stowers
TE Vanderbilt
Bishop Fitzgerald Head Shot
PICK: 109 RND: 4 (KC)
Bishop Fitzgerald
S USC
Ted Hurst Head Shot
PICK: 146 RND: 5 (KC)
Ted Hurst
WR Georgia State
Kaleb Proctor Head Shot
PICK: 176 RND: 5 (KC)
Kaleb Proctor
DL SE Louisiana
Draft Picks Received
Colton Hood Head Shot
PICK: 29 RND: 1 (LAR)
Colton Hood
CB Tennessee
Draft Picks Traded
No Pick Head Shot
PICK: RND: 3 (ARI)
NEXT YEAR (2027)
 
Players traded away
Head Shot
Trent McDuffie
CB
Draft Grade — Chiefs
Overall D-
ValueB- NeedB TradesF FutureC+
A costly weekend of dealing drags the Chiefs to a D-.

There is reaching, and then there is Gabe Jacas at pick 40. The Chiefs jumped the board by 57 and dared it to prove them wrong. Put together, it is a D-.

The trades bled value they could not afford to lose. A whole weekend of picks and offensive lineman is somehow still a want.

Whatever else happened, they won the night they took Stowers.

Bottom line, they will need several of these picks to beat their grades just to break even, and offensive lineman is still a hole.

Pick Analysis
Pick9 Rnd1 Jeremiyah Love
In pick 9 they get an every-down engine for the run game. A real need, handled.
Pick29 Rnd1 Colton Hood
In the 29th overall pick they get a lockdown presence outside at fair value. Need was not the driver here.
Pick40 Rnd2 Gabe Jacas
They talked themselves into Gabe Jacas at No. 40, and the board did not agree. A real hole, addressed with a reasonable pick.
Pick74 Rnd3 Eli Stowers
A slide stopped in pick No. 74, with Eli Stowers worth more than the price. Better still, it is exactly the hole they had to fill.
Pick109 Rnd4 Bishop Fitzgerald
Bishop Fitzgerald in the Round 4 slot is fair value, right on his grade. Useful body for a position without much behind the starter.
Pick146 Rnd5 Ted Hurst
They liked Ted Hurst enough to skip the value, taking him in slot 146. That was the need underlined and circled, and now it is checked off.
Pick176 Rnd5 Kaleb Proctor
Kaleb Proctor at No. 176 is a sensible buy, a touch better than market for the interior defensive lineman. It shores up a spot that genuinely needed the help.