The 2025 NFL Draft is inching closer by the day

A system called the “common draft” was implemented for the AFL and NFL in 1967, creating a joint draft between the two leagues while establishing the precursor for what has become the marquee event of the offseason.

The two leagues merged in 1970, and the rest is history.

Over the next several weeks leading up to the 2025 NFL Draft, we’re going to take a look back at who the Kansas City Chiefs have selected in each round since the event’s beginnings 58 years ago.

Let’s begin with the seventh round, where Kansas City currently owns three selections (No. 226, No. 251 and No. 257 overall).

As of now, these are the selections Kansas City currently has in the 2025 Draft:

Round 1: No. 31 overall

Round 2: No. 63 overall

Round 3: No. 66 overall (via Tennessee)

Round 3: No. 95 overall

Round 4: No. 133 overall

Round 7: No. 226 overall

Round 7: No. 251 overall (compensatory pick)

Round 7: No. 257 overall (compensatory pick)

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And here’s a look at who the Chiefs have drafted in the seventh round since 1967:

2024 | Pick No. 248 | C.J. Hanson | OL | Holy Cross

2023 | Pick No. 250 | Nic Jones | CB | Ball State

2022 | Pick No. 259 | Nazeeh Johnson | DB | Marshall

2022 | Pick No. 251 | Isiah Pacheco | RB | Rutgers

2022 | Pick No. 243 | Jaylen Watson | CB | Washington State

2020 | Pick No. 237 | BoPete Keyes | CB | Tulane

2019 | Pick No. 216 | Nick Allegretti | OL | Illinois

2015 | Pick No. 233 | Da’Ron Brown | WR | Northern Illinois

2013 | Pick No. 207 | Mike Catapano | DL | Princeton

2012 | Pick No. 238 | Junior Hemingway | WR | Michigan

2012 | Pick No. 218 | Jerome Long | DL | San Diego State

2011 | Pick No. 223 | Shane Bannon | RB | Yale

2009 | Pick No. 256 | Ryan Succop | K | South Carolina

2009 | Pick No. 237 | Jake O’Connell | TE | Miami (OH)

2009 | Pick No. 212 | Javarris Williams | RB | Tennessee State

2008 | Pick No. 210 | Brian Johnston | DL | Gardner-Webb

2008 | Pick No. 239 | Mike Merritt | TE | Central Florida

2007 | Pick No. 231 | Michael Allan | TE | Whitworth (WA)

2006 | Pick No. 228 | Jarrad Page | DB | UCLA

2005 | Pick No. 238 | Jeremy Parquet | OL | Southern Miss

2005 | Pick No. 229 | James Kilian | QB | Tulsa

2004 | Pick No. 231 | Kevin Sampson | OL | Syracuse

2003 | Pick No. 252 | Willie Pile | DB | Virginia Tech

2003 | Pick No. 230 | Montique Sharpe | DL | Wake Forest

2002 | Pick No. 221 | Maurice Rodriguez | LB | Fresno State

2001 | Pick No. 243 | Terdell Sands | DL | Tennessee – Chattanooga

2001 | Pick No. 212 | Shaunard Harts | DB | Boise State

2000 | Pick No. 208 | Desmond Kitchings | WR | Furman

1999 | Pick No. 220 | Eric King | OL | Richmond

1998 | Pick No. 224 | Ernest Blackwell | RB | Missouri

1998 | Pick No. 216 | Eric Warfield | DB | Nebraska

1997 | Pick No. 214 | Nathan Parks | OL | Stanford

1996 | Pick No. 245 | Darrell Williams | DB | Tennessee State

1996 | Pick No. 241 | Jeff Smith | OL | Tennessee

1996 | Pick No. 211 | Ben Lynch | OL | California

1994 | Pick No. 219 | Tracy Greene | TE | Grambling State

1994 | Pick No. 199 | Steve Matthews | QB | Memphis

1993 | Pick No. 186 | Danan Hughes | WR | Iowa

1992 | Pick No. 186 | Erick Anderson | LB | Michigan

1991 | Pick No. 189 | Bernard Ellison | DB | Nevada

1990 | Pick No. 180 | Dave Szott | OL | Penn State

1989 | Pick No. 171 | Ron Sancho | LB | LSU

1988 | Pick No. 170 | Troy Stedman | LB | Washburn

1987 | Pick No. 186 | Doug Hudson | QB | Nicholls State

1985 | Pick No. 183 | Dave Heffernan | OL | Miami (FL)

1985 | Pick No. 180 | Vince Thompson | DL | Missouri Western

1984 | Pick No. 173 | Kevin Ross | DB | Temple

1983 | Pick No. 179 | Daryl Posey | RB | Mississippi College

1983 | Pick No. 173 | Ken Thomas | RB | San Jose State

1982 | Pick No. 184 | Greg Smith | DL | Kansas

1981 | Pick No. 180 | Billy Jackson | RB | Alabama

1979 | Pick No. 167 | Ken Kremer | DL | Ball State

1978 | Pick No. 184 | Bill Kellar | WR | Stanford

1978 | Pick No. 168 | Ricky Odom | DB | USC

1977 | Pick No. 177 | Chris Golub | DB | Kansas

1976 | Pick No. 196 | Rod Wellington | RB | Iowa

1974 | Pick No. 172 | LeRoy Hegge | DL | South Dakota – Springfield

1973 | Pick No. 173 | Donn Smith | OL | Purdue

1972 | Pick No. 179 | Dean Carlson | QB | Iowa State

1970 | Pick No. 182 | Clyde Glosson | WR | Texas – El Paso

1969 | Pick No. 179 | Tom Nettles | WR | San Diego State

1968 | Pick No. 184 | Sammy Grezaffi | DB | LSU

1967 | Pick No. 183 | Dick Erickson | OL | Wisconsin – Stout

Notes:

– Thirty-four of Kansas City’s 63 seventh-round draft picks went on to appear in a game for the Chiefs.

– Tailback Isiah Pacheco, despite being the 22nd running back selected in 2022, went on to record the second-most rushing yards for any rookie seventh-round pick in league history. Only Philadelphia Eagles’ tailback Johnny Johnson (926 in 1990) tallied more during his rookie campaign. Overall, Pacheco has recorded 2,528 scrimmage yards during his three seasons with the Chiefs.

– Cornerback Jaylen Watson has appeared in 38 games (14 starts) for Kansas City over the last three seasons.

– 2019 seventh-round pick Nick Allegretti appeared in 74 games (13 starts) for the Chiefs during his five-year tenure with Kansas City from 2019-23. Notably, Allegretti stepped in for Joe Thuney at left guard during the AFC Championship Game and Super Bowl LVIII in the Chiefs march to a championship in 2023.

– The Chiefs have selected one future Pro Bowler in the seventh round since 1967: defensive back Kevin Ross, who was drafted in 1984. Ross made the Pro Bowl in 1989 and 1990. He was inducted into the Chiefs Hall of Fame in 2011.

– Kevin Ross wore a Chiefs’ uniform in the most games of any seventh-round pick in franchise history, taking the field 156 times. Offensive tackle Dave Szott (142) and defensive back Eric Warfield (115) are the only other seventh-round selections to appear in at least 100 games for Kansas City.

– Former wide receiver and current Chiefs Radio Network analyst Danan Hughes appeared in 85 games for Kansas City after being selected in the seventh round of the 1993 Draft.