The first-round order of the NFL Draft is official. The Chiefs will select No. 29 in the April 25-27 draft in Nashville.
Draft order is based on record — the better the finish, the lower the draft position. As teams that lost in conference championship games, the Chiefs and New Orleans Saints pick ahead of only the Super Bowl participants, the L.A. Rams and New England Patriots. The Saints have already traded their pick to the Green Bay Packers.
Trades have taken the Chiefs out of the first round in two of the previous three years. The only first-round selection the Chiefs have made since 2015 is quarterback Patrick Mahomes in 2017, and the Chiefs traded up from No.