The media portion of the 2023 NFL Scouting Combine is officially over, but we’ve learned plenty about the upcoming crop of draft prospects, including information about the teams they’ve interviewed with. Over 30 prospects confirmed they’d met with the Kansas City Chiefs in either formal or informal interviews at the combine.
Informal interviews are exactly how they sound. They’re quick and dirty, usually taking place with a scout or position coach in an informal setting. Usually, it’s just a way to get introduced to a prospect or check in after a meeting at another event like an All-Star Game.
Formal interviews are what the combine is all about for NFL teams. That’s where they really get an opportunity to know draft prospects. These are longer, highly structured, sit-down meetings that happen with multiple members of an organization. In the case of Kansas City, this usually means Andy Reid, the coordinator, the position coach, Brett Veach and an area scout.
Teams are only permitted 45 formal interviews and they typically use those on players they hold in high regard. Some of these interviews are done so teams can learn more about medical or character concerns, others are strictly an opportunity to better understand the type of player a particular prospect is. Reid and the rest of those in the room will watch tape with them and get them on the whiteboard breaking down plays. It’s an exercise that they use to get to know both the person and the player.
Below you’ll find a list of the prospects who said they met with the Chiefs at the combine or elsewhere during the course of the pre-draft process:
Formal interviews
- Auburn DE Derick Hall (KC Star’s Jesse Newell)
- Wisconsin DT Keeanu Benton (Chiefs Wire’s Ed Easton Jr.)
- Georgia DE Nolan Smith (KC Star’s Jesse Newell)
- Florida DT Gervon Dexter (Lions Wire’s Jeff Risdon)
- Oregon DE DJ Johnson (Chiefs Wire’s Charles Goldman)
- Utah TE Dalton Kincaid (Texans Wire’s Mark Lane)
- Tennessee WR Jalin Hyatt (KCSN’s BJ Kissel)
- Tennessee RT Darnell Wright (Texans Wire’s Mark Lane)
- Alabama LT Tyler Steen (Texans Wire’s Mark Lane)
- Syracuse LT Matthew Bergeron (Texans Wire’s Mark Lane)
- Georgia LT Broderick Jones (Texans Wire’s Mark Lane)
- Oklahoma RT Wanya Morris (Cowboys Report’s Tom Downey)
- Pitt LT Carter Warren (The Draft Network’s Ryan Fowler)
- LSU OL Anthony Bradford (The Draft Network’s Justin Melo)
Informal (or unspecified) interviews
- Rice DE Ikenna Enechukwu (Chiefs Wire’s Ed Easton Jr.)
- Kansas State DE Felix Anudike-Uzomah (KC Star’s Herbie Teope)
- Washington State LB Daiyan Henley (Chiefs Wire’s Ed Easton Jr.)
- Notre Dame DE Isaiah Foskey (On3 Sports’ Patrick Engel)
- Northwestern DT Adetomiwa Adebawore (Chiefs Wire’s Charles Goldman)
- West Virginia DT Dante Stills (Starcade Media)
- Rutgers P Adam Korsak (Chiefs Wire’s Ed Easton Jr.)
- Cal S Daniel Scott (Chiefs Wire’s Ed Easton Jr.)
- Texas LB DeMarvion Overshown (KPRC2’s Aaron Wilson)
- Kansas LB Lonnie Phelps (KC Star’s Herbie Teope)
- Cincinnati CB Arquon Bush (Chiefs Wire’s Ed Easton Jr.)
- Kansas State CB Julius Brents (Chiefs Wire’s Ed Easton Jr.)
- Cincinnati WR Tre Tucker (Chiefs Wire’s Ed Easton Jr.)
- Cincinnati TE Leonard Taylor (Chiefs Wire’s Ed Easton Jr.)
- Cincinnati TE Josh Whyle (Chiefs Wire’s Ed Easton Jr.)
- Boise State OL John Ujukwu (Texans Wire’s Mark Lane)
- K-State RB Deuce Vaughn (KMBC’s Jackson Kurtz)
- Michigan RT Ryan Hayes (Texans Wire’s Mark Lane)
- Kansas OL Earl Bostick Jr. (KMBC’s Jackson Kurtz)
All-Star Game Interviews
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Senior Bowl:
- Michigan WR Ronnie Bell (Chiefs Wire’s Ed Easton Jr.)
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East-West Shrine Bowl:
- Toledo DL Desjuan Johnson (Draft Network’s Justin Melo)
- Clemson LT Jordan McFadden (Draft Network’s Justin Melo)
- Michigan State TE Daniel Barker (Draft Network’s Justin Melo)
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HBCU Legacy Bowl:
- Mississippi Valley State WR Jacory Rankin (QU Chronicle’s Ethan Hurwitz)
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Hula Bowl:
- Washington S Alex Cook (Draft Network’s Justin Melo)
- Lane DE Andrew Farmer II (Draft Network’s Justin Melo)
