The Kansas City Chiefs’ new rookie safety Chamarri Conner wasn’t anticipating the Chiefs would select him.
While Kansas City had shown moderate interest in the former Virginia Tech player, the team had given Conner no inclination that they were planning on taking him in the 2023 NFL Draft — much less that it would trade up 15 spots to take him with the 119th pick.
“They showed some interest — [but] not really, you know,” he told reporters before Kansas City’s first rookie minicamp session on Saturday. “I didn’t really know that they was that interested in me, so it was kind of surprising when it happened.