2007 KANSAS CITY CHIEFS DRAFT

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1 2007 KANSAS CITY CHIEFS DRAFT 1. (23) WR DWAYNE BOWE LSU 2. (54) DE TURK MCBRIDE TENNESSEE 3. (82) DT TANK TYLER NC STATE 4. (123) RB MICHAEL BENNETT TRADE - NEW ORLEANS 5a. (148) RB KOLBY SMITH LOUISVILLE 5b. (160) K JUSTIN MEDLOCK UCLA 6. (196) T HERB TAYLOR TCU 7. (231) TE MICHAEL ALLAN WHITWORTH NOTES - Sent original third-round pick (84th overall) to St. Louis in the 2007 WR Dante Hall trade and obtained St. Louis third-round selection (Tyler) and fifth-round selection (Smith). That fifth-round pick (148th overall) was originally acquired by St. Louis from Buffalo. - Sent a fourth-round pick (123rd overall) to New Orleans in the 2006 RB Michael Bennett trade. New Orleans subsequently traded that selection to Houston. POSITION BREAKDOWN (2) DL McBride, Tyler (2) RB Bennett, Smith (1) WR Bowe (1) K Medlock (1) OL Taylor (1) TE Allen

2 PRESIDENT CARL PETERSON/HEAD COACH HERM EDWARDS AND VP OF PLAYER PERSONNEL BILL KUHARICH 2007 NFL DRAFT WRAP-UP PRESS CONFERENCE APRIL 29, 2007 CARL PETERSON: Ultimately at the end of the day, one person has to make the decision on draft picks and it s yours truly and it hasn t changed in a long time 18 years. But what I always try to do with Bill and Herm is determine who has the highest grade? What s the next highest rated player? Yes, there are positions of need. You say where s the next corner? Is it too far, is it too far a reach? If it is then you stay with your board. Once again, we stayed even in the second day with Kolby Smith and Justin Medlock. After this week and after the mini-camps there are going to be some changes again in the National Football League. We ll see what happens. This is not the roster you ll see when we go to training camp. HERM EDWARDS: You have some needs you d like to fill when you go into the draft; there are always certain positions more than others. I think the thing that we ve done the last two years in putting together our draft is we haven t cheated the board. We haven t thrown away a year and a half and sometimes two years of preparation on these players. When certain players were left off the board when we were ready to pick there maybe were some guys on the board who weren t the value to go down and pick them. We stayed with the value of our board. That s what you have to do when you understand the process of building and starting with some youth. You have to get the best players. You don t want to reach all over the board and say we need this guy. We re going to stick to the board and let the board weigh out. We ve got some good players here and there are still a lot of things that are going to happen between now and training camp as usual. Last year it happened to us. We talked about corner last year a little bit. We ended up getting Ty Law and went out and signed some corners. There are a lot of different ways you can get these players. Our team at this point is not the team you will see on opening day. A lot of things will happen between now and training camp. What we wanted to do this draft was stick to the players we evaluated as we did last year and that you know and can come in here and play. Our first three players I know one thing: they re going to make an impact on this football team right away. The game s not too big for them. They played in big games. They will compete for positions on this football team. All of a sudden the Michael Bennett trade makes sense. We traded this year s fourth-round pick for him last year. He s a fourth-round running back along with Kolby Smith. We ve got another running back to add to the mix. We went down the list and filled some needs.

3 Did we fill all of them? No, unless you ve got 20 picks you can t in the draft. You have to dictate what the board lets you and you have to lucky. But we feel good about the players we drafted. Q: As you put together your board and went through the mock drafts did you see any scenarios where you wouldn t get any corner at all? There wasn t a guy there you liked? BILL KUHARICH: The corners went early as we expected. Then by the time we got into the second round there were a couple of corners that went early in the second and it seemed like we were always trying to play catch-up. When we got into the second day we didn t have a fourth (round pick) and so we had to watch all those players come off. We had some corners targeted at five, six and seven, but once again when it came time for us to pick some of the guys we targeted were gone. That happens some time and you don t get an opportunity to get one. Q: In the third you had a corner close to where you were picking, would it have been a reach to pick him at that point? EDWARDS: Yeah, because of the grade we had on (Tank) Tyler. It would have been. We needed to stick to the board because we felt we were getting a football player. I know one thing: if you want to help your secondary you have to put pressure on the quarterback. Period. Now we ve done a pretty good job of stacking this defensive line where we ve got a great rotation and got some guys who can get to the cornerback. Q: How much better are you in that phase of the game than you were a couple of days ago? EDWARDS: Not only that but the acquisition of some free agents. You can t forget about that. We brought in two new linebackers and all of a sudden we ve got three new defensive linemen we didn t have last year. All these guys are good players: Boone, who we got from Chicago, and these two guys we drafted. All of a sudden at once we have depth. We can play very fast and very physical. Our linebacker acquisitions are very athletic all of a sudden. Our front seven is upgraded no doubt. We ve got some youth back in the secondary as far as the safeties and some veteran corners. But we ve improved our front seven. Q: The fact that you can do some things with your linebackers with Derrick Johnson and Donnie Edwards in coverage, and have an improved pass rush, does it make corner less than a major item? PETERSON: I sure hope so.

4 EDWARDS: You re going to do some things differently. But when you can put pressure on the quarterback and that s the whole key and don t let the quarterback step up in the pocket or feel comfortable you do it by having athletic guys up front. We ve upgraded that. There s no question. Now, we ve got to continue to build our football team. Q: The NFL has cracked down on the behavior issue. How much did that play into your decision on some picks as far as their off-the-field issues? Did you consider them small issues? PETERSON: They re major issues and that s why we research it thoroughly. We have our security people look into it; we have our director of player development look into it. If we feel it s necessary we have these individuals meet with our psychologists and we discuss it in great depth. We go back and talk to their coaches, their academic people at the universities and try to get the true and full story and then make a decision if we should or should not go with this player. I would tell you that we had three or four players that we took off the board completely because we were concerned with the character issue. KUHARICH: And those players were drafted by other teams. PETERSON: We spent time with them, some of them visited, we knew about their backgrounds. As I said earlier, we have in place one of the best player development departments in the NFL and these people know when they walk in they re going to be scrutinized. Q: Was Tank Tyler a first round pick on your board? PETERSON: No, but he was a very strong second round guy. When we saw that in the third round we had to go with our grades. And, Bill, how many guys evaluated him? KUHARICH: I think eight. PETERSON: Some of these scouts have seen Tank for three years. Q: How much conversation has there been with Miami on Trent Green? Has there not been much the last couple of days? PETERSON: There s been communication.

5 Q: But it didn t look like either Miami or Kansas City made a great effort to get this trade done. Is that s a fair characterization? PETERSON: I don t know if that s fair. We presented to them what we thought was appropriate compensation for the value of a starting quarterback in the National Football League, a two-time Pro Bowler, and what we know and believe he could do if he went there. On the other side of that, we have to take into account the risk if we say good-bye to this player and what are we going to give up to do that. Obviously, they presented what they thought was appropriate and we didn t think it was near enough. It didn t work out. Sometimes trades don t work out. There s an old saying in our business that sometimes the best trade you make is the one that doesn t happen. Q: Did you get closer? PETERSON: No, they never changed from their very first offer.

6 1ST ROUND DRAFT SELECTION (23RD OVERALL) DWAYNE BOWE WIDE RECEIVER LSU MIAMI, FLORIDA OVERVIEW With the departure of tailback Joseph Addai, the Tigers put more emphasis on the passing game in The combination of quarterback JaMarcus Russell and Dwayne, along with fellow receiver, Craig Davis, has seen Louisiana State have tremendous success with this new philosophy. The tandem of Russell-to-Bowe produced 24 touchdowns during their careers, making them the best scoring duo in school history, topping the old mark of 21 scoring tosses from QB Tommy Hodson ( ) to Wendell Davis ( ) nearly two decades ago. Bowe was regarded as one of the nation s elite receivers during his playing days at Norland Senior High School. He was a Class 6A All-State first-team selection, adding Atlanta Journal-Constitution Super Southern 100, Fox Sports Net South's All-South second-team and first-team Miami-Dade County honors. He was rated the 13th-best receiver in the prep ranks by College Football News. Dwayne did not compete in football until his junior year. He caught 32 passes for 624 yards (19.5 avg) and two touchdowns that year, adding three scores on kickoff returns. He hauled in 40 passes for 822 yards (20.6 avg) and 14 touchdowns his senior year, despite suffering a bruised foot that limited his play in the last four games. He continued his terrific season into the playoffs, catching eight passes for 195 yards and three touch-downs in three games as Norland finished the season as the Class 6A state champion for the first time in school history. Bowe enrolled at Louisiana State in 2003, playing in thirteen games as a true freshman. He was the team s fourth receiver, managing only nine catches for 106 yards (11.8 avg), but six of those grabs were good for first downs, including three that converted third-down plays. Dwayne took over Z receiver duties, starting ten of 12 games in He finished second on the team with 39 receptions for 597 yards (15.3 avg) and five touchdowns. 31 of his catches resulted in first downs, as he converted 5-of-15 third-down plays and made five grabs that were 20 yards or longer. A nagging early season ankle injury saw Dwayne start only nine of 12 games in He still managed to lead the team with 41 catches for 710 yards (17.3 avg) and nine touchdowns. He totaled 32 first downs, converted 9-of-21 third-down plays involved in and had 12 receptions for longer than 20 yards in With the team opening up their aerial attack in 2006, Dwayne went on a tear. He earned third-team All-American and first-team All- Southeastern Conference honors as he led the team and ranked sixth in the SEC with 65 receptions for 990 yards (15.2 avg) and a school season-record twelve touchdowns. Eighteen of his receptions were for 20 yards or longer. In 50 games at Louisiana State, Bowe started 30 times. He caught 154 passes and became only the sixth player in school history to gain over 2,000 aerial yards (2,403). His 26 touchdown receptions set a school career-record. Dwayne also gained 2 yards on one reverse. CAREER NOTES Bowe s 154 receptions rank fourth in school history behind Wendell Davis (183, ), Michael Clayton (182, ) and Josh Reed (167, ) Ranks fifth in LSU annals and became the sixth player in school history to gain over 2,000 yards (2,403) receiving, joining Josh Reed (3,001), Wendell Davis (2,708), Eric Martin (2,625, ), Michael Clayton (2,582) and Tony Moss (2,196, ) His 26 touchdown catches broke the previous school all-time record of 21 by Michael Clayton The combination of QB JaMarcus Russell and Bowe have connected on 24 touchdown passes, topping the old school record of 21 between QB Tommy Hodson ( ) to Wendell Davis ( ) Set a school record with at least one touchdown catch in seven consecutive games in 2005 His 65 receptions in 2006 tied Josh Reed (2000) for fifth on the school s season-record list His 12 touchdown catches in 2006 set a Tiger season record, surpassing the previous mark of eleven by Wendell Davis in 1986 and matched by Devery Henderson in 2003 Of the 247 passes targeted to Bowe, 22 were deflected by the opposition and 116 produced first downs, as he converted 35-of-67 third-down plays and one more on fourth-down action Had 35 receptions for 20 yards or longer and snared 17-of-24 passes thrown to him inside the red zone Snatched key passes that set up 40 touchdown drives and four others that resulted in field goals Teamed with Early Doucet (59) and Craig Davis (56) in 2006 to become the school s first trio of players to catch over 50 passes in the same season Caught at least one pass in each of his last 25 games.

7 2006 SEASON All-American third-team choice by The NFL Draft Report and Rivals.com First-team All-SEC pick by the league s coaches, adding second-team honors from the Associated Press Ranked sixth in the conference (25th nationally) with an average of yards receiving per game Ranked sixth in the SEC (tied for 39th nationally) with an average of 5.0 receptions per game Member of the Biletnikoff Award Watch List (given to the nation s top receiver) Appeared in all 13 games, starting eleven contests at the Z receiver position Led the Tigers with a career-high 65 receptions for 990 yards (15.2 avg) and set the school season-record with 12 touchdowns His 990 yards rank seventh on the school s season-record list Of the 96 passes targeted to Bowe, nine were deflected by the opposition, as the receiver also turned the ball over once on a fumble Registered 47 first downs among his 65 catches, as he converted 18-of-27 third-down plays and one more on fourth down Eighteen of his grabs were for 20 yards or longer and he snatched 8-of-11 throws inside the red zone Made big plays to set up 18 touchdown drives and one more that resulted in a field goal SEASON Bowe earned Academic all-sec honors A fall camp right ankle sprain kept him out of the season opener vs. Arizona State, but he started nine of the next 12 games at the Z receiver position, leading the team with 41 receptions for 710 yards (17.3 avg) and nine touchdowns His nine scoring grabs rank sixth on the school s season-record list He set another Tigers record with at least one touchdown catch in seven-straight games Of the 69 passes targeted to Bowe, seven were deflected by the opposition 32 of his catches were good for first downs, converting 9-of-21 third-down plays in the process Twelve of his receptions gained 20 yards or more Seven of his grabs came on plays inside the red zone SEASON Bowe played in twelve games, starting 10 times at the Z receiver position He ranked second on the team, catching 39 of the 71 passes thrown to him (six were deflected) for 597 yards (15.2 avg) and five touchdowns Also carried once for a 2-yard gain 31 of his receptions produced first downs, as he converted 5- of-15 third-down plays and had five catches for 20 yards or longer Bowe caught at least one pass in every game, except vs. Vanderbilt SEASON Dwayne lined up as the fourth receiver, seeing action in 13 games as a true freshman He caught nine passes, six good for first downs, totaling 106 yards (11.8 avg) Three of his receptions helped convert third-down plays. HIGH SCHOOL Attended Norland Senior (Miami, Fla.) High School, playing football for head coach Nigel Dunn Regarded as one of the nation s elite receivers, he was a Class 6A All-State first-team selection, adding Atlanta Journal-Constitution Super Southern 100, Fox Sports Net South's All- South second-team and first-team Miami-Dade County honors Rated the 13th-best receiver in the prep ranks by College Football News Did not compete in football until his junior year Caught 32 passes for 624 yards (19.5 avg) and two touchdowns that year, adding three scores on kickoff returns Hauled in 40 passes for 822 yards (20.6 avg) and 14 touchdowns his senior year, despite suffering a bruised foot that limited his play in the last four games Continued his terrific season into the playoffs, catching eight passes for 195 yards and three touchdowns in three games as Norland finished the season as the Class 6A state champion for the first time in school history. PERSONAL Education/General Studies major Born Dwayne Lorenzo Bowe on 9/21/84 in Miami, Florida.

8 WR DWAYNE BOWE Q&A 2007 FIRST-ROUND DRAFT PICK April 28, 2007 Q: How does it feel to be drafted by the Kansas City Chiefs? BOWE: It s a great feeling. Kansas City was my last visit that I went on and I loved it up there. The staff and facilities were nice and I m ready to go there right now and go to work. Q: Have you followed the Chiefs at all? BOWE: A little bit because they have a former LSU player in WR Eddie Kennison. I also like watching RB Priest Holmes and RB Larry Johnson. Q: What did the coaches say when they called you after you were picked? BOWE: They said that they got me and now it s time for me to come in and get to work. I told them that I m on my way to booking a flight and I ll be there. Q: How would you describe yourself as a wide receiver? BOWE: I m intimidating and when I m on the field everybody knows that I m going to work whether it is catching, blocking or running. Whatever it takes to win; that s what I add to the team. Most people look at me as a big dominating blocker who can catch the ball and do something with it. I see myself as an all-around receiver. Q: Are your blocking skills something that you take extra pride in? BOWE: A receiver doesn t just receive the ball. A lot of guys get it confused and just catch the ball looking pretty. With me, and the coaching staff that I went through, emphasized blocking and being a total package receiver. That is what most NFL teams look for; not being so selfish and just catching the ball. I took pride in that and it paid off for me. Q: What city are you in right now? BOWE: I m in Baton Rouge, Louisiana right now. Q: What are your expectations coming in here for next year? Do you think that you can come in and receive playing time immediately? BOWE: Most definitely; that s my goal to come in right away and play. I ll come in and learn the system, get the plays down and go to work. Q: Have you been contacted by Eddie Kennison yet?

9 BOWE: I have one-hundred missed calls and one-hundred text messages, so I m not sure. I m sure he will call me; a lot of people have been trying to call me while I ve been on the phone with you guys right now. Q: Have you spoken with him in the past? BOWE: I was down there two weeks ago and I had a few words with him before he went to work out. He told me that I had a good senior season and that he hoped I would be around with the Chiefs picked. I came in at the right spot, so I m happy and ready to go. Q: What did you think about QB Brodie Croyle when you played against him at Alabama? BOWE: He s a great guy on and off the field. When he steps on the field, he can throw the ball and makes plays. That s what a team needs and I want to come in there and make plays as well. We ll see what happens when I get there. Q: Have you talked to your teammate QB JaMarcus Russell today? BOWE: I just talked to him and he said that they (Oakland) were going to whoop us. I told him we ll see about that. He s happy for me and he has a lot of stuff going on right now and I do too. We ll catch up with each other later on tonight.

10 PRESIDENT CARL PETERSON/HEAD COACH HERM EDWARDS AND VP OF PLAYER PERSONNEL BILL KUHARICH On FIRST-ROUND SELECTION WR DWAYNE BOWE APRIL 28, 2007 CARL PETERSON: (Dwayne) is a big, strong physical wide receiver. This is a player who we have researched as thoroughly as we possibly could. Certainly there was a consensus that he can help this football and help it very, very quickly. HERM EDWARDS: He fits the mold of what we want in a football player: he s a tough, physical wide receiver. Big, strong, good in the blocking game, can catch the ball when he s covered. He has a big body and can run. He brings energy; he brings a lot of energy when you watch him play. You need that. He s a guy that can make a lot of plays: he can go over defenders and make the tough catch, or go inside. All those things kind of contribute when I look at a wide receiver. You want a guy who s willing to block in the run game, will go across the middle and take the big hits and break tackles. That s what this guy can do. BILL KUHARICH: The one thing that impressed me when I watched this guy was his yards after catch. I mean, he s a big, strong physical guy who breaks tackles and that s what really is impressive. You ve got a big receiver in the Red Zone and, as Herm said, you ve got a guy who breaks tackles on crossing routes. He s a very accomplished route runner, one of the better route runners in this draft. There s not much not to like. He brings an up-tempo energy and he s a tough guy. Q: Did you feel at number 23 that you had to take him or was that the position you wanted to upgrade the most? PETERSON: We actually had a couple of people that we discussed in some depth but we decided to go with Dwayne because of the energy he brings and he s a playmaker. We ve got to look not just to this year but to the future and at the wide receiver spot. Q: Any talk of trading out of that spot? PETERSON: Yes, there was a lot of discussion. The Brady Quinn situation was interesting and there were people interested and you saw what happened right before our pick with Dallas and Cleveland (a trade). As we do each year, we try to guess who is going to be there and make some scenarios and Dwayne was certainly in that scenario as a first pick for us.

11 Q: Did you talk to Cleveland about a trade? PETERSON: Yes, we talked to Cleveland and a number of other teams, too. We think Dwayne is going to be a major addition to us. We ve got a Pro Bowl tight end but I think this will help him. Eddie Kennison is an excellent wide receiver but we have to look at where he is in his career. This is something that is good for us now and in the future. EDWARDS: That s what you have to realize. At the end of the day I think some people always have in their mind if it s a defensive coach he wants defensive players. I want the best football players who fit the mold of this program and my vision. He has those assets: a tough, big physical receiver and he will take some pressure off us because he s the guy who when you have to make the big catch in traffic he can do that. He can make first downs on third down when it s man-toman coverage. He can take the ball away from defenders. He s another piece of what we want. Q: Can he play right away? Could he start for you? EDWARDS: They re all going to compete to get the job. He s going to be in the mix. We ve become very competitive at wide receiver. Q: Was one of the reasons you took him because of his physical tools in the running game as he is an accomplished blocker? EDWARDS: Yeah, when you watch him play he s physical. Big and strong and can go inside. What I like about him is there are little windows you have to catch the ball in-between. It s over the middle and he s not afraid. One guy is not going to tackle this guy. He brings energy. When he s on the field you have a sense of his energy. You can feel him as he plays. He s one of those kinds of guys. Q: Were there defensive players of value at that pick? EDWARDS: To be quite honest for us, no. We weren t going to reach. PETERSON: That s correct. Q: What about Robert Meachem and (Joe) Staley who were still on the board? KUHARICH: They were right in the group with Bowe in our discussions before we made the selections. Those were the three players. Q: Why Bowe over those guys? KUHARICH: Robert Meachem is a very similar receiver to Bowe. Has a little more speed; Bowe is a little more physical, better run after catch. Then you re

12 measuring a wide receiver vs. an offensive tackle. Both are positions of need and Staley would have been the guy. PETERSON: Herm has harped on this. This guy is tough. He is a football player. You don t have to look at a lot of video to see that. He s going to knock people down. EDWARDS: He s similar to a (WR) Mike Clayton that played there. He broke all of Clayton s records. He s that kind of guy. He ll catch the ball anywhere on the football field. The thing I like about him is he can break tackles. He can make yards after catch. We need wide receivers. At this point in time he was a guy with a couple of other offensive guys that we needed to have.

13 2ND ROUND DRAFT SELECTION (54TH OVERALL) CLAUDE TURK McBRIDE DEFENSIVE END/TACKLE TENNESSEE CAMDEN, NJ OVERVIEW The team s fifth defensive lineman, McBride proved to be not only a capable performer, but also a versatile one, playing at a variety of positions on the front wall throughout his career. Much like Penn State s Tim Shaw, McBride was the first player the coaching staff would plug into a position when injuries or poor performances dictated that the Vols needed a spark upfront.while moving around to different positions would generally impede the progress of a young athlete, McBride seemed to thrive in the role. Even though he started only 17 of 43 games during his career, the coaches will tell you that he was their most valuable lineman. For McBride, it was a family affair at Woodrow Wilson High School, where the talented athlete played football for his uncle, head coach Mike McBride. He earned Parade and Super Prep All-American honors, in addition to garnering All- State, All-Area, All-Group III, All-Conference and All-South Jersey accolades. He was rated the fifth-best overall prospect in the state of New Jersey by Super Prep. McBride was a four-year starter as a receiver and started his final two seasons as a defensive end. He recorded 67 tackles, four fumble recoveries, four caused fumbles, one interception and four blocked punts as a senior. He set a school season-record with 16 sacks that year after totaling 13 his junior year. The previous season, he totaled 60 tackles to go with three fumble recoveries, four blocked field goals and two fumble returns for scores. On offense that season, had 24 catches for 486 yards and nine touchdowns. He also lettered in track, competing in the shot put and discus while also running in the 100 meters. McBride enrolled at Tennessee in 2003 and saw action in eight games as a true freshman. He was listed third on the depth chart at right defensive end, managing one assisted tackle while deflecting one pass. In 2004, McBride s versatility came into play. With injuries on the front wall, he appeared in all thirteen games. He started vs. Georgia at left end, lined up at left tackle vs. Alabama and Vanderbilt, then, he shifted to right tackle for the Auburn clash. He finished the season with 36 tackles (22 solos), three sacks, eight stops for losses and six pressures. He also caused and recovered two fumbles. An ankle sprain would limit McBride to nine games of action in He lined up at left tackle, producing 16 tackles (9 solos) with 2.5 sacks and 3.5 stops behind the line of scrimmage. He also came up with three quarterback pressures. His versatility and newfound leadership skills helped the team through several injuries in He was also injured himself, suffering a hip injury vs. Georgia, but he played through pain to start all 13 games. He took over the defensive captaincy role when Justin Harrell was lost for the season after the third game. McBride started the first two games at left end, shifted to right tackle vs. Florida and then shifted to Harrell s left tackle spot for the rest of the campaign. He picked up All-South-astern Conference honors, as he recorded 68 tackles (42 solos), one sack, nine stops for losses and five pressures. He also caused one fumble and deflected a pass. In 43 games at Tennessee, McBride started 17 times. He finished with 121 tackles (73 solos), 6.5 sacks for minus 42 yards, 20.5 stops for losses of 74 yards and fourteen quarterback pressures. He recovered a pair of fumbles and caused three others. He also had three pass deflections. CAREER NOTES McBride s versatility saw him start twelve games at left defensive tackle, three at left end and two at right tackle during his career 17 of his 20.5 stops behind the line of scrimmage came in contests that he started SEASON Earned Associated Press All-Southeastern Conference honors Added Brooks-Irvine Memorial Football Club of South Jersey Division I-A Player of the Year honors Named SEC Defensive Linemen of the Week vs. Kentucky Took over permanent defensive captaincy after Justin Harrell was lost for the season after the third game Started vs. California and Air Force at left defensive end, lined up at right tackle vs. Florida and then took over Harrell s role at left tackle the rest of the season Finished fourth on the team with a career-high 68 tackles (42 solos) Credited with an 8-yard sack, nine stops for losses of 28 yards and five quarterback pressures Also caused one fumble and deflected a pass.

14 2005 SEASON Played in nine games as a reserve defensive tackle Suffered a high ankle sprain in the season s third game vs. Florida, sitting out the following week vs. Mississippi The injury would linger throughout the season, as he eventually had to sit out a mid November meeting vs. Memphis Finished with 16 tackles (9 solos), 2.5 sacks for minus 21 yards and 3.5 stops for losses of 22 yards Also credited with three quarterback pressures SEASON Played in all thirteen games, starting vs. Georgia at left defensive end, vs. Alabama and Vanderbilt at left tackle and vs. Auburn at right tackle Recorded 36 tackles (22 solos) with three sacks for minus 13 yards and eight stops for losses of 24 yards Credited with six quarterback pressures and deflected one pass Recovered and caused two fumbles SEASON Appeared briefly in eight games as a reserve right defensive end Recorded one assisted tackle and deflected one pass vs. Vanderbilt. HIGH SCHOOL Attended Woodrow Wilson (Camden, N.J.) High School, playing football for his uncle, head coach Mike McBride Parade and Super Prep All-American Earned All-State, All-Area, All-Group III, All-Conference and All- South Jersey accolades Rated the fifth-best overall prospect in the state of New Jersey by Super Prep Four-year starter as a receiver and started his final two seasons as a defensive end Recorded 67 tackles, four fumble recoveries, four caused fumbles, one interception and four blocked punts as a senior Set a school season-record with 16 sacks that year after totaling 13 his junior year The previous season, he totaled 60 tackles to go with three fumble recoveries, four blocked field goals and two fumble returns for scores On offense that season, had 24 catches for 486 yards and nine touchdowns Lettered in track, competing in the shot put and discus while also running in the 100 meters. PERSONAL Sociology major, enrolled in the College of Arts & Sciences Uncle, Mike McBride, coached Turk during his football days at Woodrow Wilson High School Born Claude Maurice McBride on 5/30/85 Resides in Camden, New Jersey.

15 DE/DT CLAUDE TURK McBRIDE Q&A 2007 SECOND-ROUND DRAFT PICK April 28, 2007 Q: What are your thoughts about being drafted by the Kansas City Chiefs? McBRIDE: I m extremely pleased. I m happy and I m speechless. I m so excited. Q: Did you have any idea you would get picked at this point in the draft? McBRIDE: I had a good feeling deep down that I was going to be (drafted) somewhere in that range, but I didn t know. I could have told you it was a possibility, but I didn t really know. Q: How did your visit to Kansas City go a couple weeks ago? McBRIDE: It went extremely well. I got a chance to meet a lot of people and that went extremely well. I also have two teammates playing there (WR Chris Hannon and P Dustin Colquitt), so I m happy about it. Q: In college you played inside and outside, where do you fit the best with the Chiefs? McBRIDE: To be honest I don t even know. I don t think I really got the chance to excel at each position the way I know I could. Just off of what I was doing at Tennessee going back and forth so I don t think I excelled. My comfort zone right now I d say is defensive tackle, but I think in the long run I ll be a better defensive end. Q: Did you follow the Chiefs growing up? McBRIDE: I always liked their uniforms to be honest. When I was in college, one of their offensive linemen reminded me of my roommate. That was really the only thing I followed about them. Q: Why do you think your coaches called you the most valuable lineman? McBRIDE: I think it s because I m hard working and my dedication and the type of person I am. I m relentless and I think that s where a lot of that comes from. Q: You started 17 games in college, do you think you re ready for the NFL? McBRIDE: I m going to be ready for it. The coaches did a great job so I know I ll be ready.

16 Q: What did you and Gunther Cunningham talk about on your visit to Kansas City? McBRIDE: We just talked about the scheme. He wanted to pick my brain to see if I knew the defense and how well I can learn. That was the main thing. I believe he know I was a player on the defensive side of the ball and he wanted to see how well I learned and how well I could grasp the defense.

17 PRESIDENT CARL PETERSON/HEAD COACH HERM EDWARDS AND VP OF PLAYER PERSONNEL BILL KUHARICH ON SECOND-ROUND PICK DE/DT TURK MCBRIDE APRIL 28, 2007 CARL PETERSON: Another player we brought in here with our group of 30 (players who visited). He s someone that we eyed some weeks ago and who was a player who could help this team at a couple of positions. We had thought about moving up (in the draft) but made the decision to stay with the 54th pick. If we had moved up it would take us down to one pick in the fifth round. It paid off by waiting. HERM EDWARDS: This helps on defense because here s a guy who can play end and tackle. He s probably 277 (pounds) and can get up to 285. He s very quick, a penetrator who stays on his feet. Very tough. A guy with a great motor. He was asked to play dual positions at Tennessee a lot sometimes inside and outside. After talking to his head coach it was kind of interesting how he lit up about this one guy. We thought the same thing. He was a great interview. A lot of people get so involved with (Tennessee teammate) Harrell this (McBride) guy keeps showing up. The more you break him down he can help us. He s very good on the edge against guards. You can use him on first downs if you need to inside and outside and on third down you can bring him back in and put him on a guard. He can give us a good inside rush. We ve sort of solidified things on our defense. We ve brought in (Alfonso) Boone, our two guys that we had last year, we have four ends. We will have a good rotation and it will keep them all fresh which is very important. That s what you always want to try and do on defense to have enough guys to platoon. We ve really upgraded our defensive line where we can play hard and fast. This guy reminds me a little bit of Tamba (Hali) the way he puts his face on guys when he tackles. He s a punishing tackler. He comes down the line and plays with a lot of violence. He s strong and benched 27 at the (Scouting) Combine. BILL KUHARICH: For me the versatility that he brings along with his toughness and effort were the things that stood out on tape for me. This guy played all over the defensive front. Q: He s ready to play? EDWARDS: No doubt; he s in the rotation right now. He has the ability at this point with our situation and he could be the starting end. On third down you want your best players rushing and you have Jared (Allen), Tamba Hali and this guy along with other players who have the potential to put pressure on the

18 quarterback because they can beat one-on-one blocks. You want to single guys up and if it s three technique on the pass rush he has the ability to beat guards. He s quick, gets off blocks, can change direction. He s not on the ground, hardly ever on the ground. This helps us. He grew up in Camden, New Jersey and we know where that s at. I was in Philly for 10 years and know that is a tough spot. PETERSON: (Tennessee head coach) raved about this guy and thought he was the key to the success they had this year because he can play more than one position. The defensive line you d like to have seven or eight guys and you need guys who can move around. This guy s got a terrific first step. This is a guy who we collectively identified that we would like to have with the 54th. pick.

19 3RD ROUND DRAFT SELECTION (82ND OVERALL) DEMARCUS TANK TYLER DEF. TACKLE N. CAROLINA ST FAYETTEVILLE, NC OVERVIEW Tyler competed as an offensive tackle and defensive end at E.E. Smith High School, where he was named Cape Fear Region Player of the Year in He earned first-team All-Two Rivers Class 4-A Conference and All-Cape Fear Region accolades, as he led the team to a 12-3 record and a berth in the Eastern 4-A Regional Championship game. Tyler also garnered All-Conference recognition as a junior. He was rated No. 28 among the nation s defensive tackles by Insiders.com and was ranked the eighth-best overall player in the state of North Carolina by Rivals.com. In his final season, Tank registered 67 tackles with nine sacks. The 300-pound defensive tackle graduated from high school early and enrolled at North Carolina State in January 2003, in time to compete in spring drills. He spent the season backing up Dwayne Herndon at left defensive tackle, recording 13 tackles (6 solos) with a quarterback pressure in thirteen games. Tyler dropped over ten pounds of bulk, winning a starting position at right defensive tackle in 2004 after the team first experimented with him at offensive guard during spring drills. He started all eleven games, coming up with 16 tackles (7 solos), a sack and seven stops behind the line of scrimmage. He began the 2005 season as a reserve until the Southern Mississippi clash, taking over left tackle chores for the final six games when John McCargo was lost due to an injury. Tyler went on to collect 29 tackles (8 solos), 1.5 sacks and seven stops for losses. He also recovered one fumble and had a quarterback pressure. Tyler was awarded All-Atlantic Coast Conference first-team honors in He went on to record a career-high 49 tackles (26 solos) with three sacks, 8.5 stops for losses and four pressures. He also blocked one kick while playing in twelve contests. In 47 games at North Carolina State, Tyler started 28 times (17 at left tackle, 11 at right tackle). He finished with 107 tackles (47 solos) with 5.5 sacks for minus 42 yards and 22.5 stops for losses totaling 84 yards. He registered six quarterback pressures, recovered one fumble and blocked a kick. His 22.5 tackles behind the line of scrimmage rank 16th on the school s career record list. CAREER NOTES In 1,780 plays, Tyler accounted for 173 tackles, with 12.4% of those stops (21.5) coming behind the line of scrimmage SEASON Consensus All-Atlantic Coast Conference first-team selection Team captain and the recipient of the Carl Brebaker Award, given to the team s Most Valuable Defensive Line-man Started eleven of twelve games at left defensive tackle Participated in 619 plays, recording a career-high 49 tackles (26 solos) with three sacks for minus 22 yards and 8.5 stops for losses of 35 yards Had four quarterback pressures and blocked a kick SEASON Played behind DeMario Pressley for the team s first five games Took over left tackle duties for the final six contests (except vs. Boston College) when John McCargo was lost for the season due to an injury Went on to record 29 tackles (8 solos), 1.5 sacks for minus 15 yards and seven stops for losses of 38 yards Credited with one quarterback pressure and a fumble recovery Part of a unit that ranked sixth in the nation with an average of 3.5 sacks registered per game The team ranked eighth nationally in total defense, allowing only yards per game Competed in 357 of his 549 snaps in the last five games SEASON Was tried at offensive guard during spring drills, but moved back to the defensive line prior to the season opener Started eleven games at right defensive tackle Recorded 16 tackles (7 solos) with a 5-yard sack and seven stops for losses of 11 yards Participated in 445 plays.

20 2003 SEASON Played in thirteen games behind Dwayne Herndon at left defensive tackle, seeing action in 167 plays Finished with thirteen tackles (6 solos) and one pressure Graduated from high school early, he joined the team in January of HIGH SCHOOL Attended E.E. Smith (Fayetteville, N.C.) High School, playing football for head coach Milton Butts Competed as an offensive tackle and defensive end Named Cape Fear Region Player of the Year in 2002 Earned first-team All-Two Rivers Class 4-A Conference and All-Cape Fear Region accolades, as he led the team to a 12-3 record and a berth in the Eastern 4-A Regional Championship game Also garnered All-Conference recognition as a junior Rated No. 28 among the nation s defensive tackles by Insiders.com and was ranked the eighth-best overall player in the state of North Carolina by Rivals.com In his final season, Tank registered 67 tackles with nine sacks. PERSONAL Sociology major Born 2/14/85 Resides in Fayetteville, North Carolina.

21 Q: What did you like about the Chiefs? DT DeMARCUS TYLER Q&A 2007 THIRD-ROUND DRAFT PICK April 28, 2007 TYLER: I love the head coach. He is a good humorous guy. They fight hard. Some people doubt the Chiefs, but they fight hard. I have been part of the underdog team for awhile so I am looking forward to doing great things with the Chiefs. Q: Did you have an idea that the Chiefs may draft you? TYLER: I felt good about everybody I talked to. I felt good about myself being a dominant player. I knew most of the teams I talked with would be really interested. Coach (Tim) Krumrie and I had a good time together. He taught me a lot of things and I am looking forward to playing with him. Q: Are you confident you can play in the NFL? TYLER: I am very confident. I am ready to get to practice, learn my new techniques and learn a lot of things from my new coaches and get to bust some heads. Q: How much have you matured in college? TYLER: I think I was mature before then, but a couple of days after that I really took a turn in my life. As far as the people I hang around with and how I view things changed. My life could have ended that night which people don t understand. I look at a lot of things different and I don t take things for granted. I thank God for every second I am breathing and I think Him for my opportunity to be part of the NFL. I am ready to move on to the next stage. I am as mature as I can be. I have a long ways to go, but I am a grown man. Q: The learning experience may turn out to be good in the long run? TYLER: It is going to turn out that way. A lot of the things that I have been through has helped me. There is nothing in front of me that I know I am not ready for. I am a made man. I am built from a lot of things I have been through. I haven t experienced that people around me haven t been through that they cannot tell me about it.

22 PRESIDENT CARL PETERSON/HEAD COACH HERM EDWARDS AND VP OF PLAYER PERSONNEL BILL KUHARICH ON THIRD-ROUND SELECTION DeMARCUS TYLER APRIL 28, 2007 CARL PETERSON: Tank Tyler is another young man who we brought in this past week to visit with. All three of the guys we selected visited here. I personally was at his workout and there was certainly unanimity on this decision because he was the highest guy we had rated at that pick. We ve addressed another need. We felt we would like to possibly get a couple of defensive linemen in the draft and we ve done that. I think it gives us a very good corps of young players along with unrestricted free agents we signed. HERM EDWARDS: This is a guy that when you watch him on tape you like how physical he played and how tough he played. He s an inside guy who can play over the guard or the center. This all of a sudden allows us to get our tackles in order with a good steady mix of who s going to play tackle and who s going to play end. We have the luxury at the end of the day to dress eight defensive linemen and have a great rotation. He s a penetrator and makes plays in the backfield. He s a guy we liked, plays with a real good motor and can help us. He was the player that we had ranked as the highest on our board and we stayed with our board. He was still sitting there and we thought he could help us. BILL KUHARICH: I had an opportunity to see him live against Clemson and he played very well. He s very strong with a 42 bench press. He s disruptive and can play on the other side of the line of scrimmage. Once again, he was the highest player left. We had a couple of guys left at different positions but as we said at our pre-draft meeting we re going to stick with our board. This guy played on a defense last year with Mario Williams and Manny Lawson and another first round draft pick. Q: Does this guy have a good motor? EDWARDS: As you watch NC State play, whether it be the linemen or the linebackers or the secondary, every time you watched you noticed that these guys really run to the ball. That s how they play. Now, this guy is a no-nonsense guy. He s going to come to work. This guy is coming in here to win a job. That s his makeup. That s what he believes in. He s about business and about football and about playing at a high, high level. He s very, very strong. He s a gap player. He can hit the gap and get on the other side of the line of scrimmage.

23 Q: Does getting him change your plans for McBride? EDWARDS: Now, you can just leave McBride at end if you want and it can help you. You now have four ends and four tackles. It ll be kind of interesting how we practice. Our offensive linemen better be ready because these guys are going to come off the ball now. We re going to get a good picture. Q: Did you talk about the trouble he got into? PETERSON: We talked with his former head coach who is a 25-year friend of mine. We discussed all of that. I think the explanation was understandable and he suffered a suspension. But the legal aspect has been cleared up. He lost his composure. It was a learning experience and I think he answered that for us very well. We heard coach s explanation as well. We needed to look at and we did.

24 5TH ROUND DRAFT SELECTION (148TH OVERALL) KOLBY SMITH RUNNING BACK LOUISVILLE TALLAHASSEE, FL OVERVIEW The cousin of the Chicago Bears standout safety, Mike Brown, Kolby has been a versatile performer for the Cardinals. The son of Gloria and Thomas Smith excelled on the football field and in the classroom at Rickards High School. He was a four-time Honor Roll member and earned a three-star rating while being ranked as the nation's 10th-best allpurpose back by TheInsiders.com. He earned first team All-Big Bend Area honors and was also named a Big Bend Area Super Six Senior, in addition to being nominated for the Wendy's High School Heisman Award. He garnered running back MVP honors at the 2002 Tuscaloosa Nike Camp and earned team MVP, first-team All-District and honorable mention All-State honors during his junior and senior campaigns. Kolby was selected to play in the Cali/Florida All-Star game. Smith tallied over 1,300 yards and 11 touchdowns rushing as a senior. He played on both sides of the ball as a junior, notching 105 tackles, four sacks and two forced fumbles while also rushing for 947 yards and 10 touchdowns on 88 carries. Kolby started at full-back as a sophomore, blocking for All-American running back Michael Fisher who ran for more than 2,000 yards and 30 scores. He also logged 533 yards and eight scores on 30 carries as a sophomore. The two-sport star also finished ninth at the state track meet in the 110 high hurdles as a junior. Smith enrolled at Louisville in 2003, appearing in 12 games as a reserve tailback. He rushed 18 times for 131 yards (7.3 avg) and one touchdown. He also recorded four tackles (2 solos) on special teams and caught three passes for 51 yards (17.0 avg). In 2004, he was limited to only 10 games due to a right hamstring strain. He totaled 347 yards with four touchdowns on 37 attempts, leading the team with a 9.4-yard average. He also snared 11 passes for 117 yards (10.6 avg) and a score. As a junior, Smith missed the Memphis and West Virginia games, but he started three of 10 contests he appeared in, finishing third on the team with 523 yards and six touchdowns on 107 rushes (4.9 avg). He hauled in 18 passes for 196 yards (10.9 avg) and a score while adding three tackles (2 solos) on the coverage units. With Michael Bush injured during the season opener, Smith took over tailback duties in 2006, starting nine of 12 games. The NFL Draft Report s second-team All-Big East Conference pick led the team with a career-high 780 yards on 138 carries (5.7 avg) with seven touchdowns. He also ranked fourth on the squad with 183 yards on 22 catches (8.3 avg). In 44 games at Louisville, Smith started 14 times. He carried the ball 300 times for 1,781 yards (5.9 avg) and 18 touchdowns. He added 547 yards and two scores on 54 receptions (10.1 avg). Kolby also recorded seven tackles (4 solos). CAREER NOTES Ranks 12th in school history with 1,781 yards rushing, becoming the 23rd player in Louisville annals to rush for over 1,000 yards in a career His average of 5.9 yards per rushing attempt rank third on the school s all-time record list behind Tom Lucia (7.4 avg, ) and Lenny Lyles (7.0 avg, ) His average of 9.4 yards per carry in 2004 was the highest average of any Cardinals runner in a season at Louisville SEASON All-Big East Conference second-team selection by The NFL Draft Report Led the team with a career-high 780 yards on 138 carries (5.7 avg) with seven touchdowns Also ranked fourth on the squad with 22 receptions for 183 yards (8.3 avg) Gained 963 all-purpose yards, an average of 80.3 yards per game 41 of Smith s 138 carries produced first downs He converted 4-of-17 third-down plays and 2-of-3 fourth downs 24 of his runs were good for 10 yards or longer, including seven for at least 20 yards Had critical runs that set up 15 touchdown drives Was tackled 12 times behind the line of scrimmage and had 11 runs that resulted in no gain Carried 17 times inside the red zone, with 10 of those attempts coming on goal-line plays SEASON