Last year at this time, 96 of the NFL's 256 draft picks were signed. This year that number is up 17% to 112 of 255 total draft picks.
Why the increase?
Probably no reason in particular. As we've said before, getting the late round picks usually isn't a big deal. The way the NFL slotting works, the contract pretty much makes itself.
It's the first round picks -- particularly the top 12 -- that you've gotta worry about.
Meanwhile, the Chiefs are not one of the teams ahead of last year's pace. By this time last year, the Chiefs had three draft picks signed. This year they've only got one (Kendrick Lewis).
It's Friday and the Chiefs seem to release a lot of news on Friday afternoon so make sure you check back later today.
A full list of all the players that have signed is after the jump.
| Club | Player | Pos | College | Round |
| ATL | Johnson, Mike | G | Alabama | 3 |
| ATL | Peters, Corey | DT | Kentucky | 3 |
| ATL | Hawley, Joe | C | Nevada-Las Vegas | 4 |
| ATL | Franks, Dominique | DB | Oklahoma | 5 |
| ATL | Schillinger, Shann | DB | Montana | 6 |
| BLT | Pitta, Dennis | TE | Brigham Young | 4 |
| BLT | Reed, David | WR | Utah | 5 |
| BUF | Easley, Marcus | WR | Connecticut | 4 |
| BUF | Wang, Ed | T | Virginia Tech | 5 |
| BUF | Batten, Danny | LB | South Dakota State | 6 |
| BUF | Moats, Arthur | LB | James Madison | 6 |
| BUF | Brown, Levi | QB | Troy | 7 |
| BUF | Calloway, Kyle | G | Iowa | 7 |
| CAR | Norwood, Eric | LB | South Carolina | 4 |
| CAR | Gettis, David | WR | Baylor | 6 |
| CAR | Hardy, Greg | DE | Mississippi | 6 |
| CAR | Pike, Tony | QB | Cincinnati | 6 |
| CAR | Pugh, Jordan | DB | Texas A&M | 6 |
| CAR | McClain, Robert | DB | Connecticut | 7 |
| CAR | Stanford, R.J. | DB | Utah | 7 |
| CHI | Wright, Major | DB | Florida | 3 |
| CHI | Wootton, Corey | DE | Northwestern | 4 |
| CHI | Moore, Joshua | DB | Kansas State | 5 |
| CHI | Lefevour, Dan | QB | Central Michigan | 6 |
| CHI | Webb, J’Marcus | T | West Texas A&M | 7 |
| CIN | Briscoe, Dezmon | WR | Kansas | 6 |
| CLV | Geathers, Clifton | DE | South Carolina | 6 |
| DEN | Walton, J.D. | C | Baylor | 3 |
| DEN | Cox, Perrish | DB | Oklahoma State | 5 |
| DEN | Kirlew, Jammie | LB | Indiana | 7 |
| DEN | Thompson, Syd’Quan | DB | California | 7 |
| DET | Fox, Jason | T | Miami | 4 |
| GB | Newhouse, Marshall | T | Texas Christian | 5 |
| GB | Starks, James | RB | Buffalo | 6 |
| GB | Wilson, C.J. | DE | East Carolina | 7 |
| HST | Mitchell, Earl | DT | Arizona | 3 |
| HST | Sharpton, Darryl | LB | Miami | 4 |
| HST | McManis, Sherrick | DB | Northwestern | 5 |
| HST | Holliday, Trindon | KR | Louisiana State | 6 |
| HST | Smith, Shelley | G | Colorado State | 6 |
| KC | Lewis, Kendrick | DB | Mississippi | 5 |
| MIA | Edds, A.J. | LB | Iowa | 4 |
| MIA | Carroll, Nolan | DB | Maryland | 5 |
| MIA | McCoy, Chris | LB | Middle Tennessee | 7 |
| MIA | Spitler, Austin | LB | Ohio State | 7 |
| MIN | Triplett, Nate | LB | Minnesota | 5 |
| MIN | D’Imperio, Ryan | RB | Rutgers | 7 |
| NE | Price, Taylor | WR | Ohio | 3 |
| NE | Hernandez, Aaron | TE | Florida | 4 |
| NE | Mesko, Zoltan | P | Michigan | 5 |
| NE | Larsen, Ted | C | North Carolina State | 6 |
| NE | Welch, Thomas | T | Vanderbilt | 7 |
| NYG | Jones, Chad | DB | Louisiana State | 3 |
| NYG | Dillard, Phillip | LB | Nebraska | 4 |
| NYG | Petrus, Mitch | G | Arkansas | 5 |
| NYG | Tracy, Adrian | LB | William & Mary | 6 |
| NYG | Dodge, Matt | P | East Carolina | 7 |
| NYJ | McKnight, Joe | RB | Southern California | 4 |
| NYJ | Conner, John | RB | Kentucky | 5 |
| PHI | Te’o-Nesheim, Daniel | DE | Washington | 3 |
| PHI | Clayton, Keenan | LB | Oklahoma | 4 |
| PHI | Harbor, Clay | TE | Missouri State | 4 |
| PHI | Kafka, Mike | QB | Northwestern | 4 |
| PHI | Lindley, Trevard | DB | Kentucky | 4 |
| PHI | Sapp, Ricky | DE | Clemson | 5 |
| PHI | Scott, Charles | RB | Louisiana State | 6 |
| PHI | Chaney, Jamar | LB | Mississippi State | 7 |
| PHI | Coleman, Kurt | DB | Ohio State | 7 |
| PHI | Owens, Jeff | DT | Georgia | 7 |
| PIT | Sanders, Emmanuel | WR | Southern Methodist | 3 |
| PIT | Gibson, Thaddeus | LB | Ohio State | 4 |
| PIT | Butler, Crezdon | DB | Clemson | 5 |
| PIT | Scott, Chris | T | Tennessee | 5 |
| PIT | Sylvester, Stevenson | LB | Utah | 5 |
| PIT | Brown, Antonio | WR | Central Michigan | 6 |
| PIT | Dwyer, Jonathan | RB | Georgia Tech | 6 |
| PIT | Worthington, Doug | DE | Ohio State | 7 |
| SD | Stuckey, Darrell | DB | Kansas | 4 |
| SD | Crompton, Jonathan | QB | Tennessee | 5 |
| SD | Epps, Dedrick | TE | Miami | 7 |
| SEA | Thurmond, Walter | DB | Oregon | 4 |
| SEA | Wilson, E.J. | DE | North Carolina | 4 |
| SEA | Chancellor, Kam | DB | Virginia Tech | 5 |
| SEA | McCoy, Anthony | TE | Southern California | 6 |
| SEA | Davis, Dexter | LB | Arizona State | 7 |
| SEA | Konz, Jameson | WR | Kent State | 7 |
| SF | Dixon, Anthony | RB | Mississippi State | 6 |
| SF | Williams, Kyle | WR | Arizona State | 6 |
| SF | Adams, Phillip | DB | South Carolina State | 7 |
| SL | Murphy, Jerome | DB | South Florida | 3 |
| SL | Gilyard, Mardy | WR | Cincinnati | 4 |
| SL | Davis, Hall | DE | Louisiana-Lafayette | 5 |
| SL | Hoomanawanui, Michael | TE | Illinois | 5 |
| SL | Sims, Eugene | DE | West Texas A&M | 6 |
| SL | Hull, Josh | LB | Penn State | 7 |
| SL | Johnson, Marquis | DB | Alabama | 7 |
| SL | Selvie, George | DE | South Florida | 7 |
| TB | Lewis, Myron | DB | Vanderbilt | 3 |
| TB | Williams, Mike | WR | Syracuse | 4 |
| TB | Bowden, Brent | P | Virginia Tech | 6 |
| TB | Lorig, Erik | DE | Stanford | 7 |
| TB | Watson, Dekoda | LB | Florida State | 7 |
| TEN | Verner, Alterraun | DB | UCLA | 4 |
| TEN | Rolle, Myron | DB | Florida State | 6 |
| TEN | Smith, Rusty | QB | Florida Atlantic | 6 |
| TEN | Howard, David | DT | Brown | 7 |
| TEN | Mariani, Marc | WR | Montana | 7 |
| WAS | Riley, Perry | LB | Louisiana State | 4 |
| WAS | Morris, Dennis | TE | Louisiana Tech | 6 |
| WAS | Austin, Terrence | WR | UCLA | 7 |
| WAS | Capers, Selvish | T | West Virginia | 7 |
| WAS | Cook, Erik | C | New Mexico | 7 |