These are the consensus first-round picks for the KC Chiefs from 30 NFL media members
When it comes to mock NFL drafts, there’s usually not 100% consensus. But national experts mostly agree that one player will be picked by the Kansas City Chiefs on Thursday.
Minnesota defensive end Boye Mafe.
I looked at 30 mock drafts from national NFL writers, and here is who they see the Chiefs selecting with the 29th and 30th picks in the first round.
The players most mentioned were Mafe at No. 29 and Penn State wide receiver Jahan Dotson at No. 30.
Here is the breakdown by pick, with the number of times a player was in that particular draft slot in the mock drafts.
Pick No. 29
Minnesota DE Boye Mafe, 9
Florida CB Kaiir Elam, 4
Michigan CB Daxton Hill, 4
Trade, 3
North Dakota State WR Christian Watson, 2
Penn State ED Arnold Ebiketie, 2
Clemson CB Andrew Booth, 1
Western Michigan WR Skyy Moore, 1
Arkansas WR Treylon Burks, 1
Georgia WR George Pickens, 1
Boston College G Zion Johnson, 1
Washington CB Kyler Gordon, 1
Pick No. 30
Penn State WR Jahan Dotson, 6
Mafe, 4
Pickens, 4
Moore, 2
Burks, 2
Ebiketie, 2
Gordon, 2
Hill, 2
Trade, 2
Purdue DE George Karlaftis, 1
Michigan DE David Ojabo, 1
Georgia S Lewis Cine, 1
Elam, 1
Bottom line
All told, Mafe was on 13 of the mock drafts, far and away the most. Hill and Dotson had second-most (6), followed by a trade (5).
Here are the mock drafts that were consulted for this compilation.
Yahoo Sports’ Eric Edholm
USA Today’s Michael Middlehurst-Schwartz
The NFL Network’s Daniel Jeremiah, Chad Reuter, Maurice Jones-Drew, Rhett Lewis, Bucky Brooks, Lance Zierelein, Peter Schrager and Charles Davis.
The Athletic’s Dane Brugler, Diante Lee, Nate Tice and Bruce Feldman.
ESPN’s Mel Kiper Jr., Todd McShay, Jordan Reid and Matt Miller.
CBS Sports’ Ryan Wilson, Chris Trapasso, Josh Edwards, Kyle Stackpole and Pete Prisco.
Pro Football Focus’ Cris Collinsworth, Trevor Sikkema and Ari Meirov.
Sporting News’ Vinnie Iyer.
NBC Sports’ Peter King and Mike Florio.
Pro Football Network’s Dalton Miller.
This story was originally published April 28, 2022 at 12:41 PM.
