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Eight draft picks, 15 college free agents, five first-year veterans and 10 tryout players make up the 38-man roster for this weekend’s Chiefs Rookie Minicamp.

Practices begin Friday at the team’s training facility and run through Sunday afternoon. Helmets will be worn and the offense will line up against the defense, but no contact is permitted.

Minicamp is not open to the public, but media will be allowed to cover practice sessions on Friday and Sunday. Rookies may stay in Kansas City and join veterans in the offseason workout program beginning on Monday as long as their college semester has concluded.

Under center this weekend will be former Hampton QB David LeGree, who is one of the 10 players invited to camp on a tryout basis.

The Chiefs currently have seven roster spots open before reaching their 90-man training camp limit, making it possible some of the tryout players will be offered contracts following camp.

Also in town on a tryout is former University of Missouri TE Martin Rucker.

Rucker, a St. Joseph native, is one of two tryout players owning previous NFL game experience. He is a former fourth-round pick of the Browns and has appeared in 12 career games with Cleveland (2008), Dallas (2010) and Jacksonville (2011). Rucker owns two career receptions for 17 yards.

Veteran free agent LB Leon Williams, a former fourth-round pick of the Browns when Romeo Crennel was serving as Cleveland’s head coach, was also invited to camp on a tryout basis. Williams has seen action in 57 games (12 starts), recording 154 career tackles and 5.0 career sacks.

Williams was out of football last season, but played in 11 games with the Cowboys in 2010.

Rookie minicamp also permits first-year veterans with no pension credits (less than three games on the 53-man roster or injured reserve in a single season) to participate.

First-year players practicing this weekend include RB Shaun Draughn, FB Shane Bannon, WR Jamar Newsome, OL Rob Bruggeman and OL Luke Patterson. Draughn was active for the 2011 season finale at Denver.

Chiefs 2012 Rookie Minicamp Roster

QUARTERBACKS (1)
NO.	NAME	POS.	HT.	WT.	AGE	COLLEGE	ACQ.
4	David LeGree	QB	6-5	230	22	Hampton	Tryout
RUNNING BACKS (5)
NO.	NAME	POS.	HT.	WT.	AGE	COLLEGE	ACQ.
38	Shane Bannon	FB	6-3	245	23	Yale	FA-12
32	Shaun Draughn	RB	6-0	225	24	UNC	FA-11
45	Nate Eachus	RB	5-10	212	21	Colgate	CFA-12
49	Taylor Gentry	FB	6-2	250	22	NC State	CFA-12
42	Cyrus Gray	RB	5-10	206	24	Texas A&M	D6-12
WIDE RECEIVERS (6)
NO.	NAME	POS.	HT.	WT.	AGE	COLLEGE	ACQ.
8	Josh Bellamy	WR	6-0	206	22	Louisville	CFA-12
88	Junior Hemingway	WR	6-1	225	23	Michigan	D7b-12
17	Brandon Kinnie	WR	6-3	220	23	Nebraska	CFA-12
84	Jamar Newsome	WR	6-1	201	24	UCF	FA-12
83	Devon Wylie	WR	5-9	187	23	Fresno State	D4-12
19	James Winchester	WR/LS	6-3	200	23	Oklahoma	Tryout
TIGHT ENDS (2)
NO.	NAME	POS.	HT.	WT.	AGE	COLLEGE	ACQ.
48	Tim Biere	TE	6-4	260	22	Kansas	CFA-12
44	Martin Rucker	TE	6-6	255	26	Missouri	Tryout
OFFENSIVE LINE (7)
NO.	NAME	POS.	HT.	WT.	AGE	COLLEGE	ACQ.
71	Jeff Allen	OL	6-4	307	22	Illinois	D2-12
60	Rob Bruggeman	OL	6-4	286	26	Iowa	FA-12
75	Justin Cheadle	OL	6-2	290	23	California	CFA-12
68	Cam Holland	OL	6-2	320	23	UNC	CFA-12
77	Luke Patterson	OL	6-4	295	24	Texas A&M	FA-12
79	Donald Stephenson	OL	6-6	312	23	Oklahoma	D3-12
67	Jacob Phillips	OL	6-6	297	24	Belhaven	Tryout
DEFENSIVE LINE (3)
NO.	NAME	POS.	HT.	WT.	AGE	COLLEGE	ACQ.
70	Ethan Johnson	DE	6-4	300	22	Notre Dame	CFA-12
60	Jerome Long	DL	6-5	285	22	San Diego St.	D7-12
92	Dontari Poe	DT	6-3	346	21	Memphis	D1-12
LINEBACKERS (2)
NO.	NAME	POS.	HT.	WT.	AGE	COLLEGE	ACQ.
53	Dexter Heyman	LB	6-3	238	22	Louisville	CFA-12
66	Leon Williams	LB	6-4	237	28	Miami	Tryout
DEFENSIVE BACKS (7)
NO.	NAME	POS.	HT.	WT.	AGE	COLLEGE	ACQ.
45	Dominique Ellis	DB	5-11	195	22	S. Carolina St.	Tryout
42	Jean Fanor	DB	6-1	200	22	Bethune-Cookman	CFA-12
48	Chandler Fenner	DB	6-1	189	21	Holy Cross	CFA-12
46	Tysyn Hartman	DB	6-3	206	22	Kansas State	CFA-12
49	DeQuan Menzie	DB	5-11	202	22	Alabama	D5-12
31	Terrance Parks	DB	6-2	218	22	Florida State	CFA-12
38	Neiko Thorpe	DB	6-2	185	22	Auburn	CFA-12
SPECIALISTS (5)
NO.	NAME	POS.	HT.	WT.	AGE	COLLEGE	ACQ.
20	Jason Cunningham	K	6-1	180	22	Montana St.	Tryout
26	Tom DeTemple	LS	6-2	232	23	Cincinnati	Tryout
1	Paul Hershey	P	6-3	198	23	Ohio	Tryout
41	Clint Mower	LS	6-3	215	24	Utah	Tryout
14	Matt Szymanski	K	6-1	196	23	SMU	CFA-12