Overall Grade: B
The 2013 draft class for the Chiefs will be best remembered for bringing in Travis Kelce. It was an insane steal that will be remembered as one of the better picks of the decade. His impact over the last seven years, especially in the 2020 playoff run and Super Bowl, are legendary.
The selection of Eric Fisher was solid, too, for the Chiefs—even more because of how thin this draft was. Outside of Kelce and Fisher, though, there were no long-term contributors drafted in 2013, which is why I think a B grade is fitting. Part of this is the crapshoot of the draft, and part of it is the historically thin crop of talent available.
The one solid criticism I would levy is about Dorsey’s choice to take Knile Davis in the third round, as they could’ve addressed running back later while using the Round 3 selection to take a stab at a linebacker, corner, or receiver.
Glossing over the hundreds of selected players, for every Travis Kelce or DeAndre Hopkins, there are dozens of players who, for whatever reason, fade away from football. The Chiefs front office can hold their heads high, as the dawn of their new era brought forth a franchise left tackle and a superstar tight end, who both hoisted the Lombardi Trophy last February.
The Super Bowl victory culminated a seven year process, a process that started with the words: “With the first pick in the 2013 NFL draft, the Kansas City Chiefs select…”