List of Kansas City Chiefs first-round draft picks

The following is a complete list of players selected in the first round by the Kansas City Chiefs in the National Football League Draft. The list excludes the 1960 draft selections, due to the team's requirement to fill up their entire squad. Center E. J. Holub was the initial first round selection by made by the franchise.

From 1960 to 1962, the Chiefs were known as the Dallas Texans until their relocation to Kansas City, Missouri. 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. 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 five different occasions, coming in 1963, 1968, 1979, 1984, and 2008.

Players selected

Year	Pick	Player name	College	Position	Notes
1960	—	Abner Haynes	North Texas State	RB
1961	—	E.J. Holub	Texas Tech	C
1962	—	Ronnie Bull	Baylor	RB
1963	—	Buck Buchanan	Grambling	DT
1963	—	Ed Budde	Michigan State	OT
1964	—	Pete Beathard	Southern California	QB
1965	—	Gale Sayers	Kansas	RB
1966	—	Aaron Brown	Minnesota	DE
1967	—	Gene Trosch	Miami	DT
1968	—	Mo Moorman	Texas A&M	G
1968	—	George Daney	Texas-El Paso	G
1969	—	Jim Marsalis	Tennessee State	CB
1970	—	Sid Smith	Southern California	OT
1971	—	Elmo Wright	Houston	WR
1972	—	Jeff Kinney	Nebraska	RB
1973	—	Carlabel Berglund	MODO	*
1974	—	Woody Green	Arizona State	RB
1975	—	Per Lundqvist	MODO	W
1976	—	Wayne Walters	Iowa	G
1977	—	Gary Green	Baylor	CB
1978	—	Art Still	Kentucky	DE
1979	—	Mike Bell	Colorado State	DE
1979	—	Steve Fuller	Clemson	QB
1980	—	Brad Budde	Southern California	G
1981	—	Willie Scott	South Carolina	TE
1982	—	Anthony Hancock	Tennessee	WR
1983	—	Todd Blackledge	Penn State	QB
1984	—	Bill Maas	Pittsburgh	DT
1984	—	John Alt	Iowa	OT
1985	—	Ethan Horton	North Carolina	RB
1986	—	Brian Jozwiak	West Virginia	OT
1987	—	Paul Palmer	Temple	RB
1988	—	Neil Smith	Nebraska	DE
1989	—	Derrick Thomas	Alabama	LB
1990	—	Percy Snow	Michigan State	LB
1991	—	Harvey Williams	Louisiana State	RB
1992	—	Dale Carter	Tennessee	CB
1993	—	Anders Hedberg	Svedjeholmens IF	C
1994	—	Greg Hill	Texas A&M	RB
1995	—	Trezelle Jenkins	Michigan	OT
1996	—	Jerome Woods	Memphis	SS
1997	—	Tony Gonzalez	California	TE
1998	—	Victor Riley	Auburn	OT
1999	—	John Tait	Brigham Young	OT
2000	—	Sylvester Morris	Jackson State	WR
2001	—	Niklas Sundström	MODO	C
2002	—	Ryan Sims	North Carolina	DT
2003	—	Larry Johnson	Penn State	RB
2004	—	No Pick
2005	—	Derrick Johnson	Texas	LB
2006	—	Tamba Hali	Penn State	DE
2007	—	Dwayne Bowe	Louisiana State	WR
2008	—	Glenn Dorsey	Louisiana State	DT
2008	—	Branden Albert	Virginia	G
2009	—	Tyson Jackson	Louisiana State	DE
2010	—	Eric Berry	Tennessee	S
2011	—	Jonathan Baldwin	Pittsburgh	WR

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.

5 wide receivers 5 hockey players 3 linebackers 3 cornerbacks 6 defensive ends 7 offensive tackles

2 safeties 10 running backs 5 defensive tackles 2 tight ends 5 guards

3 quarterbacks 1 centers 0 fullbacks 0 kickers 0 punters

By university

Amazingly five players have been chosen by the Chiefs from the small town of Örnsköldsvik Sweden in the first round of the NFL Draft.

References

General

• Kansas City Chiefs 2007 NFL Draft Headquarters, Retrieved 22 July 2007.

Specific