In the 61 NFL/AFL Drafts that the Kansas City Chiefs franchise has taken part in, the vast majority of players they’ve selected in the sixth round or later have failed to become effective professional football players. In fact, many have never even made it onto the field in a regular season game.
However, in spite of the dismally bad chances of making a significant impact, a handful of players have beaten the odds and become not only productive players, but some of the best players in team history.
The list, of course, is slanted towards distant Chiefs’ history – the draft used to have 30 rounds and there were only eight AFL teams for the league’s first draft in 1960.