After making a heavy investment in the trenches with their first three picks in the 2025 NFL Draft, the Kansas City Chiefs have turned their attention to the secondary.
The Chiefs have officially selected Nohl Williams at No. 85 overall after trading up from No. 95 by shipping a 2026 fourth-round pick to the New England Patriots to get him. Yes, that’s the Joe Thuney pick.
Williams is an experienced corner out of Cal with a penchant for making game-altering plays. Last season he had 7 interceptions for the Golden Bears—a total which led the nation—and he had 14 in his career (along with 25 pass deflections). Williams was named an All-American in the process.
After stockpiling talent in the trenches, Kansas City lands a ball-hawking All-American corner to close out Day 2.
Corner is an underrated need for the Chiefs in terms of the future with a handful of defensive backs all scheduled to hit free agency at the same time. That’s a list that includes Trent McDuffie, Jaylon Watson, Nazeeh Johnson, Bryan Cook, and Joshua Williams—products of that celebrates 2022 NFL Draft class.
The Chiefs were able to bolster the secondary already with the free agent signing of Kristian Fulton this spring. They also have names like Chamarri Conner, Eric Scott, and Christian Roland-Wallace to turn to.
It’s not a surprise to see the Chiefs go after a corner after Veach singled out the position after the first round of the draft. He was asked about his views of Day 2 and the Chiefs general manager brought up both edge and corner, and the Chiefs took players at both positions.
The Chiefs used their first draft selection at No. 32 overall on offensive tackle Josh Simmons. They stayed along the lines but switched to defense with nearly consecutive picks at No. 63 and 66 overall on the second day with their choices of defensive tackle Omarr Norman-Lott of Tennessee and defensive end Ashton Gillotte of Louisville.
The Chiefs are scheduled to make five more selections on Day 3, including one fourth-round pick, one fifth-round choice, and three more in the seventh.
