KC Chiefs address biggest needs in 7-round post-Combine mock draft

2.62 Boye Mafe (EDGE); Minnesota 

Building this mock on the eve of the Combine led to one major drawback: the depth of the EDGE class was amplified tenfold following their workouts. In a typical year, a draft class will feature 2-3 edge rushers who are viewed as potential year-one impact players on NFL rosters. This year may very well have six such players.

Former Minnesota Golden Gopher Boye Mafe is right in the heart of that shortlist. Considering his Combine results alongside the praise he received all weekend as an intellectual football mind, it now seems a long shot that he will be available at 62. In all reality, he may wind up a top 25 pick, and should he slide as far as 30, the Chiefs brass—once more assuming they don’t sign an impact wide receiver in free agency — would have to choose between taking a supplementary offensive addition and a potential cornerstone defensive addition.

As previously iterated, the Chiefs’ defense is on the precipice of an overhaul. The organization faces the daunting shadow of a free agency class featuring 11 defensive players, each of which played some role in the incredible success of the past four seasons. Regardless of the seemingly cyclical lapses of the defensive play in Kansas City, the stretches of success that Spagnuolo was able to put together with his personnel from 2018-2021 played an incremental part in the overall success of the team.

Assuming that money is spread amongst a select few core players this offseason, bringing in a monster like Mafe to the front seven in the draft would create a hopeful sense that the defense can progress in 2022 and beyond.

Measurables

• Height: 6’4″
• Weight: 261
• Arms: 32 5/8″
• Hands: 9 7/8″

Combine results

• 40- yard dash: 4.53
• Vertical jump: 38″
• Broad jump: 125″
• Bench press: DNP

6.35 prospect grade