Kansas City Chiefs NFL Draft Grade - Report Card and Jalen Royals Fantasy Value

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Who Did the Kansas City Chiefs Draft?

In the 2025 NFL Draft, the Kansas City Chiefs drafted …

• Josh Simmons | OT
• Omarr Norman-Lott | DL
• Ashton Gillotte | EDGE
• Nohl Williams | CB
• Jalen Royals | WR
• Jeffrey Bassa | LB
• Brashard Smith | RB

Grading the Chiefs NFL Draft

Kansas City Chiefs | Draft Grade: C-

Kansas City was the perfect team to take OT Josh Simmons. Simmons, coming off a season-ending knee injury suffered against Oregon in October, would have gone higher had he finished the season healthy.

He’s a smooth operator with quick feet. Simmons allowed only one sack over 601 pass-blocking reps during his time at OSU. He has a good feel for angles and winning the space game in pass-pro. Simmons has the athleticism for second-level blocking, but he lacks violence and pop in the run game.

DT Omarr Norman-Lott had a sect of maniacal fans in the draft community this spring—and it turned out the Chiefs front office was amongst their ranks. If he could translate his per-snap numbers in 2024 over a full workload, why didn’t Tennessee give him one? I also wasn’t high on the picks of EDGE Ashton Gillotte and CB Nohl Williams in the slots they were made. 

I did like what the Chiefs did on Saturday, getting strong value on WR Jalen Royals and LB Jeffrey Bassa.

Royals is sleek, with easy acceleration and speed. He’s a strong route-runner with good feet—he slams on the breaks, cuts clean angles, and accelerates back to top speed in a few steps.

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