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Top 10 Kansas City Chiefs draft busts of all time

By Jordan Mannix

CHICAGO, IL - OCTOBER 31: Pro Football Hall of Fame member Gale Sayers is honored at halftime during the game between the Minnesota Vikings and the Chicago Bears at Soldier Field on October 31, 2016 in Chicago, Illinois. (Photo by Stacy Revere/Getty Images)
CHICAGO, IL - OCTOBER 31: Pro Football Hall of Fame member Gale Sayers is honored at halftime during the game between the Minnesota Vikings and the Chicago Bears at Soldier Field on October 31, 2016 in Chicago, Illinois. (Photo by Stacy Revere/Getty Images) /
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9. Glenn Dorsey

The Chiefs selected defensive lineman Glenn Dorsey out of LSU with the fifth pick overall in the 2008 NFL Draft. Some other notable names taken after Dorsey include Jonathan Stewart by the Carolina Panthers, Branden Albert by our very own Kansas City Chiefs, Joe Flacco by the Baltimore Ravens, and Aqib Talib by the Tampa Bay Buccaneers.

Dorsey went as high as he did because he was an absolute force during his time at LSU. He was a two-time All-SEC and All-American recipient in 2006 and 2007. Specifically, all in 2007, he was the winner of the SEC defensive player of the year, the Lombardi Award, the Outland Trophy, the Bronko Nagurski Trophy, and the Lott Trophy.

Simply put, he was an incredibly decorated athlete and one of the most dominant players in college football.

Adding to his college performance, Dorsey posted great athletic measurements at his LSU Pro Day. At 6’2″ and 316 pounds he ran a 5.13 second 40-yard dash, cranked out 27 reps on the bench press, and had a 25.5 inch vertical. College production along with great athleticism made NFL scouts salivate and made Dorsey a surefire top pick. In many evaluators eyes Dorsey was the most NFL ready prospect in the entire draft.

So, the Chiefs’ pulled the trigger. Unfortunately for the Chiefs, while Dorsey was not a terrible NFL player by any stretch, he never quite lived up to his incredible college performance and the expectations that performance had created.

Throughout his five-year career with the Chiefs, he averaged less than one sack, 47 tackles, and four tackles for loss. These aren’t awful numbers, but the huge expectations that came with the drafting of Dorsey never ended up becoming reality.

Based on these factors, here is a look at how Dorsey scored according to my criteria:

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Dorsey is number nine on this list of draft busts in part because he was a solid starter for the Chiefs. While he was a top-five pick, and received a negative score of 27 due to the high impact expected, he started 78 games for the team. He wasn’t anywhere close to the player he was in college, but he was a reliable starter for the team for five years.

CRITERIA SCORE: 61

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