Chiefs to Pick 28th in the 2016 NFL Draft

Kansas City draws 28th after making it to the Divisional Round

Jan 18, 2016 at 03:30 AM

As teams begin to have more and more success in the NFL, their draft pick will drop lower and lower. That has begun to happen over the past few years to the Kansas City Chiefs, who will pick 28th in the 2016 NFL Draft after selecting 18th overall last season.

Here is a historical look at all the 28th overall picks since 1970 (1970 was the first year of the combined NFL Draft; an AFL-NFL common draft was held from 1967-1969):

28th Overall Picks Since 1970
YEAR	TEAM	POSITION	PLAYER
2015	DET	OG	Laken Tomlinson
2014	CAR	WR	Kelvin Benjamin
2013	DEN	DT	Sylvester Williams
2012	GB	LB	Nick Perry
2011	NO	RB	Mark Ingram Jr.
2010	MIA	DE	Jared Odrick
2009	BUF	C	Eric Wood
2008	SEA	DE	Lawrence Jackson
2007	SF	OT	Joe Staley
2006	JAC	TE	Marcedes Lewis
2005	SD	DE	Luis Castillo
2004	CAR	CB	Chris Gamble
2003	TEN	CB	Andre Woolfolk
2002	SEA	TE	Jerramy Stevens
2001	OAK	DB	Derrick Gibson
2000	IND	LB	Rob Morris
1999	NE	MLB	Andy Katzenmoyer
1998	SF	CB	R.W. McQuarters
1997	DEN	DT	Trevor Pryce
*1996*	KC	DB	*Jerome Woods*
1995	TB	OLB	Derrick Brooks
1994	SF	FB	William Floyd
1993	BUF	CB	Thomas Smith
1992	CIN	FS	Darryl Williams
1991	HOU	DB	Mike Dumas
1990	NYJ	WR	Reggie Rembert
1989	SF	LB	Keith DeLong
1988	ATL	LB	Marcus Cotton
1987	NYG	WR	Mark Ingram
1986	TB	LB	Jackie Walker
1985	NE	C	Trevor Matich
1984	CIN	T	Brian Blados
1983	WAS	DB	Darrell Green
1982	BAL	NT	Leo Wisniewski
1981	BUF	RB	Booker Moore
1980	PIT	QB	Mark Malone
1979	PIT	RB	Greg Hawthorne
1978	DAL	DT	Larry Bethea
1977	GB	DE	Ezra Johnson
1976	PIT	TE	Bennie Cunningham
1975	LA	DB	Monte Jackson
1974	NYG	G	Tom Mullen
1973	PHI	C	Guy Morriss
1972	SF	DB	Ralph McGill
1971	CHI	RB	Jim Harrison
1970	PIT	WR	Ron Shanklin

There have been 11 defensive backs drafted at No. 28 since 1970.
The Chiefs have only selected at No. 28 overall once since 1970 – 1996, when they selected defensive back Jerome Woods.
A different position was selected at the No. 28 spot in each of the last 10 NFL Drafts.

As the Chiefs have now entered the offseason, general manager John Dorsey is expected to address the media later this week.

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