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A brief history of Kansas City Chiefs pre-draft visits

NFL teams bring players in for visits for the NFL Draft each year. They are allowed 30 prospect visits. We have a brief history of the Chiefs pre-draft interests below.

By Joel Thorman
Jeff Zelevansky

Do pre-draft visits mean anything?

It's hard to draw any definitive conclusions from them but we have tracked the KC Chiefs draft visits since 2009 so we have some data available. The list of prospects visits are not made public so what we have to go on are media reports. There may not be much you can definitively draw from it but I still find it interesting, which is why we continue to track them.

The MMQB's Greg Bedard said this today:

To which Chris said:

You guys won't believe this but Chris was WRONG. There are a few more players than that who we have tracked in our Chiefs draft interests table that have made it to Kansas City over the years.

Take from this what you will but here are the players who were reported to have visited the Chiefs before the draft that the Chiefs eventually drafted. Remember, the Chiefs probably visited with other draft picks in these years but we don't have the reports to prove it. Click on the link in the year for the full draft interests table that year.

2013

  • Eric Fisher

2012

  • Dontari Poe
  • Donald Stephenson
  • Cyrus Gray
  • Junior Hemingway (Combine interview, no visit)

2011

  • Jon Baldwin (found out after the fact he visited)
  • Justin Houston
  • Jerrell Powe
  • David Mims (UDFA)

2010

  • Eric Berry

2009

  • Javarris Williams
  • Taurus Johnson (UDFA)
And our current Chiefs draft interest table....

Pos. Name School Rd. Pro day/Visit Sr. Bowl Combine Rumors
S Ha Ha Clinton-Dix Alabama 1 X
X
S Calvin Pryor Louisville 1 X
X
WR Mike Evans Texas A&M 1 X
X
WR Marqise Lee USC 1 X
X
T / G Billy Turner N. Dakota State 2-3
X X
WR Josh Huff Oregon 5
X
CB Stanley Jean-Baptiste Nebraska 3
X
CB Keith McGill Utah 4 X X
OLB Jeremiah Attaochu Georgia Tech 3
X
OLB Kyle Van Noy BYU 1-2 X X
S Terrence Brooks Florida State 3-4 X X
OT Ja'Wuan James Tennessee 3-4
X
QB David Fales San Jose St. 3-4
X
CB Pierre Desir Lindenwood 3-4 X X

RB Charles Sims West Virginia 3-4
X

WR Jalen Saunders Oklahoma 4-5 X X

WR Ryan Grant Tulane 4
X

WR Solomon Patton Florida ? X X

S Craig Loston LSU 3-4
X

CB Darqueze Dennard Michigan St. 1 X
X
DE Kony Ealy Missouri 1 X
X
WR Odell Beckham Jr. LSU 1


X
CB Brandon Dixon NW Missouri St. 7 / UDFA


X
S Ahmad Dixon Baylor 4 X
X
CB EJ Gaines Missouri 3-4 X

X
CB Jason Verrett TCU 1 X

X
DE Stephon Tuitt Notre Dame 1-2 X
X
DT Louis Nix Notre Dame 1-2 X
X
LB Chris Borland Wisconsin 3

X
S Kenny Ladler Vanderbilt 4-5
X

CB / S Marqueston Huff Wyoming 5-6 X
X
OLB Telvin Smith Florida State 2 X
X
DT Will Sutton Arizona 2-3 X
X
DT RaShede Hageman Minnesota 1-2 X
X
DE Zach Moore Concordia ?

X
DE Tevin Mims S. Florida UDFA X
X
DE James Gayle Virginia Tech 5 X X

CB Sammy Seamster Mid.Tenn. St. 7 / UDFA X


OT Laurent Duvernay-Tardif McGill (Canada) 3-4 X


CB Walt Aikens Liberty 7 / UDFA X


S Lonnie Ballentine Memphis 7 / UDFA X


CB Shaquille Richardson Arizona 7 / UDFA X


CB Keith Lewis Virginia (Lynchburg) 7 / UDFA X


OT/G Wesley Johnson Vanderbilt 7 X


QB Aaron Murray Georgia 4-5


X
QB Connor Shaw South Carolina 6-7


X
CB Ryan White Auburn UDFA X

X
S Jimmie Ward Northern Illinois 1-2 X

X
WR Brandin Cooks Oregon St. 1-2 X

X

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