The Kansas City Chiefs selected LSU running back Clyde Edwards-Helaire with their first-round draft pick at No. 32 on Thursday night, and it appears there was no other choice.
Wow — the #Chiefs were actually ‘Clyde Edwards-Helaire’ no matter what pic.twitter.com/c13NEfQWjQ
— Arrowhead Pride (@ArrowheadPride) April 24, 2020
“We asked Pat Mahomes, ‘Who do you want?’ and he picked you,” Chiefs head coach Andy Reid told Edwards-Helaire with a smile over a video call. “How great is that? You better be ready to go.”
“Clyde, I told Clark (Hunt) and coach Reid [Thursday] that about 4 o’ clock, Clyde was going to be our pick because coach and I were thinking your way, and then when we texted Pat and I asked Pat. I said, ‘Give me a name,’ and I said, ‘Don’t think about it.’ And he said, ‘Clyde.’ And I said, ‘Well, good. Good.’ We’re excited, man.”
...and that was later confirmed:
— Patrick Mahomes II (@PatrickMahomes) April 24, 2020