Know your Chiefs draft crush, Part 2: Drake London

The USC receiver has some absolutely dominant traits, but is a very different fit for Kansas City than their norm.

Welcome back to “know your draft crush.” As I do every year, we’re examining a whole position group that the Chiefs appear likely to attack in the draft. This year, I’ve picked wide receivers (with perhaps a side of edge rushers).

I’ll be looking at 13 receivers, gauging various traits and giving an overall impression of what type of resources I’d expend to grab them. In the finale, I’ll put them into tiers and talk about what direction I’d go if I were Brett Veach.

With each prospect I’ll look at Speed/acceleration/agility, release ability (ability to get free at the line and how they do it), route running, hands/strength at catch point, and yards after catch ability. Here are the receivers I’ll be looking at in alphabetical order:

Calvin Austin III, David Bell, Treylon Burks, Jahan Dotson, Drake London, Skyy Moore, Chris Olave, George Pickens, Alec Pierce, Jalen Tolbert, Christian Watson, Jameson Williams, Garrett Wilson.

These were the names brought to me most often from what I can tell, so they’re the ones I chose. If you’re looking for other draft resources, you should check out my friend Ryan Tracy’s Athletic Matrix, the good folk over at KCSN and their draft guide, Dane Brugler’s legendary “Beast,” or the people over at The Draft Network.

We examined Treylon Burks already in an article unlocked for everyone.

Today, we’re looking at Drake London. And we might as well start with a bang.

London is a player that many of you asked me to take a look at, and after examining multiple games on all-22 (Notre Dame, Utah, Washington State, and Colorado) I can understand why. He’s also a very, very different player from any receiver on the Chiefs’ roster currently, and he has some dominant traits. Let’s talk about where he wins and what some of his limitations are.