During NFL Draft season, you hear a lot about what type of player Kansas City Chiefs’ defensive coordinator Steve Spagnuolo prefers at the defensive end position. Tall and heavy with long arms are the general guidelines — but sometimes a player is just flat out good at the sport, without having those physical traits.
In the 2020 draft, the Chiefs used a fifth-round pick on Michigan defensive lineman Mike Danna — who was 6’2, 257 pounds with shorter arms than the typical defensive end that Spagnuolo has used.
Yet, Danna excelled in his role as a rookie.