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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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8. Tyson Jackson

The Chiefs selected defensive lineman Tyson Jackson out of LSU with the third overall pick in the 2009 NFL Draft. Some of the most notable players selected after him in the first round were Michael Crabtree by the San Francisco 49ers, Jeremy Maclin by the Philadelphia Eagles, and Clay Matthews by the Green Bay Packers and more. Looking back, there were multiple long-time NFL starters to be found.

Jackson was a very productive college player at LSU. In both his sophomore and senior seasons, he was named Second Team All-SEC. Overall, he started 38 of his 53 games at LSU, recording 121 total tackles, 26.5 tackles for loss, and 17 sacks. This isn’t crazy production, but it was enough to get teams excited about him.

Adding to his productive years in college, Jackson was a very good athlete. At the 2009 NFL Combine, at 6’4″ and 295 pounds Jackson ran a 5.00 second forty-yard dash, posted a 28.5 inch vertical, ran a 7.64 second three-cone drill, and ran a 4.80 second 20-yard shuttle.

It’s likely that his athleticism at his size is what pushed him up teams’ draft boards, but it did not end up translating as well as the Chiefs had hoped. In Jackson’s five years with the team he averaged 40 total tackles, two tackles for loss, and less than two sacks. These are not terrible numbers, but far less than what the team expected from their number three overall pick.

Based on these factors, here’s how Jackson scored according to my criteria:

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Tyson Jackson is number eight on this list of draft busts for a couple reasons. Because he was chosen so highly, Jackson received a very large impact score of negative 28. What’s more, his only real positives were that he made it through his rookie contract and started 55 games for the team. He definitely fell short of the expectations the team had when they drafted him.

CRITERIA SCORE: 37

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