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Chiefs take Mansoor Delane, Peter Woods on NFL draft's Day 1 - ESPN

ESPN.com·Nate Taylor·about 1 month ago
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Nate Taylor Apr 23, 2026, 08:50 PM ET KANSAS CITY, Mo. -- A week ago, Kansas City Chiefs general manager Brett Veach predicted that the first round of this year's NFL draft would include plenty of trades. Veach was correct -- and he was behind the first one. In a deal with the Cleveland Browns , the Chiefs moved up three spots, from the ninth pick to the sixth, to select LSU cornerback Mansoor Delane on Thursday night. Kansas City sent the Nos. 9, 74 and 148 picks to Cleveland, which used the ninth selection to take Utah offensive tackle Spencer Fano . "I [got] the phone call and [the Chiefs] traded up; I was like, 'Damn, I wanted to go to the Chiefs,'" Delane said. "I just wasn't expecting it. I pick up the phone and I'm like, 'Woah, this is crazy.' That's when the emotions came to me.…

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