Stat of the Week

Jul 01, 2008, 9:12:06 AM by Brad Kuhbander

30 DRAFT PICKS

Kansas City has started to build its team through the draft with players who are “Chiefs” rather than acquire “mercenaries” via free agency. The Chiefs currently have 30 players on their 2008 roster who they selected in the NFL Draft. Since Herm Edwards arrived in 2006, Kansas City has drafted 24 players who are still on the roster, including nine starters. In the 2008 NFL Draft, the Chiefs selected 12 players, tying Chicago for the most picks this year.

The opinions offered in this column do not necessarily reflect those of the Kansas City Chiefs.

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A eight-year veteran of the Chiefs, Kuhbander is Kansas City's Manager of Football Information. As the club's in-house "stats guru," he coordinates statistical research for the club's coaching staff and executives, in addition to performing a variety of other functions for the Public Relations Department. Every week he contributes a "Stat of the Week" and a "This Week in Chiefs History" segment for kcchiefs.com.