{"id":51354,"date":"2025-04-10T07:19:24","date_gmt":"2025-04-10T07:19:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/new365.azontree.com\/?p=51354"},"modified":"2025-04-10T07:19:24","modified_gmt":"2025-04-10T07:19:24","slug":"chiefs-report-5-homegrown-talents-who-could-make-a-new-home-at-arrowhead-with-the-chiefs","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/new365.azontree.com\/?p=51354","title":{"rendered":"CHIEFS REPORT: 5 homegrown talents who could make a new home at Arrowhead with the Chiefs"},"content":{"rendered":"

Kansas, Kansas State and Missouri University all offer promising football players in this year’s NFL draft so which homegrown talents should Brett Veach, Andy Reid and the Chiefs front office be looking at with some of their picks?<\/em><\/p>\n

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The Kansas City Chiefs are lucky enough to reside within close distance of three major universities with differing types of football teams and talents.<\/p>\n

With that comes a great opportunity for Kansas City coaches and front office members to get a closer look at some possible future Chiefs.<\/p>\n

This year’s NFL Draft offers quite a few different local “homegrown” players from Kansas University, Kansas State University, and Missouri, including a few first-round talents that the Chiefs would be blessed to have if they were to fall to #31.<\/p>\n

Let’s look at some local products who should be on the Chiefs’ radar this offseason (with a surprise at the end).<\/p>\n

Cobee Bryant – CB, Kansas Jayhawks<\/h2>\n

The Chiefs have worked wonders with their recent draft picks in the secondary.<\/p>\n

Just look at L’Jarius Sneed, who fell to the 4th round in 2020, or focus your attention on Trent McDuffie,\u00a0who will likely be the highest-paid defensive back\u00a0in the league soon.<\/p>\n

Other selections under Veach have shown glimpses of greatness, but bringing Bryant into the mix would give Steve Spagnuolo a fun new toy to torment quarterbacks with all over the field.<\/p>\n

Bryant’s size (6’0″, 175 lbs) isn’t anything to write home about, but the 3x First-Team All-Big 12 corner has plenty of attributes that Spagnuolo would utilize in a heartbeat.<\/p>\n

For starters, Bryant’s durability through four years (10+ games every season) has shown he can stay healthy and on the field, which is a huge plus. He’s good-to-great in man coverage and was heavily reliable against number-one receivers.<\/p>\n

He has shown he knows how to tackle\u2014and, more importantly,\u00a0wrap up<\/em>\u2014which will hopefully help reduce the number of missed tackles that Kansas City racked up last season (15th-most in the league). It’s also nice to see a DB that isn’t afraid to make a big hit nowadays (below).<\/p>\n

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