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2024 Recap

Spoiler!

The Chiefs fell just shy of the first 3-peat in NFL history, yet still made it further than any other team in its' attempt at it, getting back to the big game. Unfortunately, the Super Bowl was a complete dud, and the blowout loss put a cloud over the insane accomplishments that were achieved.

The 15-2 regular season record, the best in franchise history, was a wild ride. There were a bunch of games that were won very late, with walk-off FG's, walk-off blocked FG's, walk-off doinks with back-up kickers, OT wins, fumble recoveries preventing walk-off FG's.... just a truly insane year... and while the playoffs were fun (see ya, Bills!), sadly the magic ran out at the worst time.

Mahomes had arguably his worst season, which likely stemmed from a handful of things that rattled him: 1- The LT situation fell apart, and really never got solved despite some desperate efforts. 2- The WR room was shredded, leaving him with a talented, yet-developing rookie, where chemistry needed time to develop.

It will be interesting to see what sort of mentality he approaches the offseason and training camp with. If he's the GOAT we believe he is, he will have a the rage of a thousand suns burning within him and the league will be sorry.

The run game was salvaged after Pacheco's injury by a reunion with Kareem Hunt. This position seemed to stall as year went on, as it was clear the group lacked acceleration and dynamism.

The defense had a mostly great year, but took a dip when their #2 CB went down with a broken ankle. The pass rush picked up late when Omenihu returned and Karlaftis shined, but seemed to fizzle against a large Philly O-Line.

There are again some big decisions looming this offseason: Who returns - Kelce? Bolton? Smith? Reid? Brown? How does Veach fix the LT/OL problem? How does Veach reconstruct the WR room with Rice's injury + probable suspension? What support do we give Chris Jones on the line?

Thread Overview
This is the 14th year in a row that we will be tracking the college players the Chiefs have publicly or privately expressed interest in leading up to the NFL Draft.

Last year, we had 2 early hits: Xavier Worthy & Kingsley Suamataia. Let's see if we can get more this year.

For those who are new: the way this operates is that we collectively monitor various social media sources, blogs, articles and reports for news of the Chiefs' interest in a certain player. When posted in this thread, I will update the OP to include the player. *Please provide the link to the article, the players name, position and team.

I am going to try to link to player profiles when they exist, courtesy of The Draft Network, NFL.com, or their team's website.

Let's meet some of our future Chiefs:

2025 Draft - Chiefs Prospect Tracker

Offense
QB
Brady Cook, Missouri
Zach Zebrowski, Central Missouri
Graham Mertz, Florida


RB
Micah Bernard, Utah
Ollie Gordon II, Oklahoma State
Quinshon Judkins, Ohio State
Cam Skattebo, Arizona State
Damien Martinez, Miami
Jacory Croskey-Merritt, Arizona
Devin Neal, Kansas
Shunderrick Powell, Central Arkansas
Jared Casey, Kansas
Jaylin Richardson, Concordia St. Paul
Keyon Mozee, Miami (Ohio)
Marcus Carroll, Missouri
Nate Noel, Missouri
Shane Watts, Fort Hays State
Andrew Henry, New Mexico
TreVeyon Henderson, Ohio State


WR
Ali Jennings, Virginia Tech
Jalen Royals, Utah
Kyle Williams, Washington State
Isaiah Bond, Texas
Isaiah Neyor, Nebraska
Jaylin Lane, Virginia Tech
Quentin Skinner, Kansas
Trevor Watts, Fort Hays State
Dante Cephas, K-State
Jadon Jackson, K-State
Jonas Bennett, Missouri Western State
Lawrence Arnold, Kansas
Luke Grimm, Kansas
Theo Wease, Missouri
Trevor Wilson, Kansas
Zach Patterson, Central Missouri
Will Shepard, Colorado


TE
Kole Taylor, West Virginia
Elijah Arroyo, Miami
Oronde Gadsden II, Syracuse
Harold Fannin, Jr., Bowling Green


OT
Anthony Belton, NC State
Josh Simmons, Ohio State
Caleb Etienne, BYU
Cameron Williams, Texas
Josh Conerly, Jr., Oregon
Logan Brown, Kansas
Gerad Christian-Lichtenhan, Oregon State
Easton Kilty, Kansas State
Bryce Cabeldue, Kansas
Aireontae Ersery, Minnesota
Mason Richman, Iowa
Marcus Bryant, Missouri
Dalton Cooper, Oklahoma State


IOL
Aiden Williams, University of Minnesota-Duluth
Carson Vinson, Alabama A&M
Miles Frazier, LSU
Mose Vavao, Fresno State
Bryce Cabeldue, Kansas
Michael Ford, Kansas
Cam'Ron Johnson, Missouri
Gabe Clark, Central Missouri
Joe Michalski, Oklahoma State
Steven Losoya, Vanderbilt


Defense
CB
Jacob Parrish, K-State
Trey Amos, Ole Miss
Darien Porter, Iowa State
Nohl Williams, California
Melvin Smith, Jr., Southern Arkansas
Dontae Manning, Oregon
Cahleel Smith, Northwest Missouri State
Keenan Garber, K-State
Mello Dotson, Kansas
Tre Johnson, Missouri


S
Donovan McMillon, Pitt
JJ Roberts, Marshall
Jordan Riley, K-State
Joseph Charleston, Missouri
Marvin Grant Jr., Kansas
O.J. Burroughs, Kansas


DE / Edge
Ahmed Hassanein, Boise State
BJ Green II, Colorado
Princely Umanmielen, Ole Miss
Kyle Kennard, South Carolina
Elijah Roberts, SMU
Nic Scourton, Texas A&M
Que Robinson, Alabama
Barryn Sorrell, Texas
Brendan Mott, K-State
Dylan Wudke, Kansas
Jerome Robinson, Kansas
Johnny Walker, Missouri


LB
Chris Paul, Jr., Ole Miss
Shemar James, Florida
Brandon George, Pitt
Austin Moore, K-State
Corey Flagg, Missouri
Cornell Wheeler, Kansas
J.B. Brown, Kansas
Taiwan Berryhill, Kansas


DL
Darius Alexander, Toledo
Joshua Farmer, Florida State
Derrick Harmon, Oregon
Shemar Turner, Texas A&M
Adin Huntington, Tulane
Philip Blidi, Auburn
Tyrion Ingram-Dawkins, Georgia
Warren Brinson, Georgia
Nathan Kapongo, Akron


DT
Ty Hamilton, Ohio State
Kyonte Hamilton, Rutgers
Coziah Izzard, Penn State
Omarr Norman-Lott, Tennessee
Kristian Williams, Missouri


Special Teams
P


K
Chris Tennant, K-State
Tabor Allen, Kansas


LS
Luke Hosford, Kansas
Trey Flint, Missouri


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