The Kansas City Chiefs have drafted and developed good centers in their storied history. In the 1960s, E.J. Holub was named to the AFL All-Star team five times and was twice an AFL All-Pro. In the 1990s, Tim Grunhard went from being a second-round pick to an 11-year starter. More recently, Mitch Morse and Rodney Hudson earned themselves big paydays for other teams after starting their careers in Kansas City.
But none of those players excelled as quickly as the team’s second-round pick in 2021: Oklahoma’s Creed Humphrey.
Humphrey started every game of his rookie season.