KANSAS CITY, Mo. — The Kansas City Chiefs added three compensatory draft picks, according to an NFL release on Thursday.
The highest of those is a third-rounder, resulting from personnel executive Ryan Poles leaving the Chiefs to become general manager of the Chicago Bears. Kansas City gained two third-round picks from Poles’ hiring. The first came in the 2022 draft and they packaged that with a sixth-round pick to acquire Kadarius Toney, whose punt return and touchdown catch were both key plays in the Chiefs recent Super Bowl win.
The additional compensatory picks were awarded as a result of the free agents lost (and gained) in 2022.
According to the NFL’s official press release, those picks were awarded after Kansas City lost Austin Blythe, Melvin Ingram, Byron Pringle, Jarran Reid and Charvarius Ward in free agency — and then signed Justin Reid, JuJu Smith-Schuster and Marquez Valdes-Scantling.
It had been estimated that Kansas City would have three comp picks for 2022’s free agency transactions — but once the league went through its calculations, only two were awarded.
Here is an updated rundown of draft picks for the Chiefs as of Friday.
Round 1, Pick 31
Round 2, Pick 63
Round 3, Pick 95
Round 3, Pick 100
Round 4, Pick 122 (from MIA)
Round 4, Pick 134
Round 5, Pick 168
Round 6, Pick 197 (from MIA)
Round 6, Pick 217
Round 6, Pick 219
Round 7, Pick 227
Round 7, Pick 250