In his first round, the respected draft analyst from The Athletic picks Ohio State’s Josh Simmons for Kansas City.
On Wednesday, The Athletic’s Dane Brugler released a seven-round mock draft for 2025, in which he sent a left tackle to the Kansas City Chiefs with the 31st pick of the first round: Ohio State’s Josh Simmons.
31. Kansas City Chiefs: T Josh Simmons, Ohio State
This played out perfectly for the Chiefs. Simmons has the talent to be in the OT1 conversation in this draft class, but a midseason knee injury and a “so-so” interview process, as one scout described it, has put a discount sticker on his report.
In Brugler’s scenario, Simmons is the last prospect still available from the four players who have accounted for 44% (55) of the mock drafts we’ve tracked. Simmons has now been taken with the 31st pick in 19% of these 124 projections — significantly more than Oregon tackle Josh Conerly Jr. (12%), Oregon defensive tackle Derrick Harmon (7%) or Mississippi defensive tackle Walter Nolen (6%). The remaining 69 mocks are split between 30 prospects.
After that, here’s how Brugler saw the draft falling for the Chiefs:
- 2. (63) WR Tre Harris, Ole Miss
- 3. (66) DT Alfred Collins, Texas
- 3. (95) RB Cam Skattebo, Arizona State
- 4. (133) G Bryce Cabeldue, Kansas
- 7. (226) T Caleb Etienne, BYU
- 7. (251) TE Luke Lachey, Iowa
- 7. (257) EDGE Ethan Downs, Oklahoma
National Mock Draft Positions
| Position | Pct |
| Tackle | 38% |
| Defensive tackle | 23% |
| Edge rusher | 12% |
| Guard | 10% |
| Defensive back | 8% |
| Wide receiver | 6% |
| Tight end | 3% |
| Running back | 2% |
National Mock Draft Picks
| Pos | Name | School | Pct |
| T | Josh Simmons | Ohio State | 19% |
| T | Josh Conerly Jr. | Oregon | 12% |
| DT | Derrick Harmon | Oregon | 7% |
| DT | Walter Nolen | Mississippi | 6% |
| G | Donovan Jackson | Ohio State | 5% |
| T | Kelvin Banks Jr. | Texas | 4% |
| EDGE | James Pearce Jr. | Tennessee | 4% |
| T | Aireontae Ersery | Minnesota | 3% |
| DT | Tyleik Williams | Ohio State | 3% |
| WR | Matthew Golden | Texas | 3% |
| DT | Darius Alexander | Toledo | 2% |
| DT | Kenneth Grant | Michigan | 2% |
| EDGE | Nic Scourton | Texas A&M | 2% |
| G | Grey Zabel | N. Dakota St. | 2% |
| CB | Shavon Revel Jr. | East Carolina | 2% |
| EDGE | Mike Green | Marshall | 2% |
| G | Tyler Booker | Alabama | 2% |
| CB | Maxwell Hairston | Kentucky | 2% |
| WR | Emeka Egbuka | Ohio State | 2% |
| TE | Colston Loveland | Michigan | 2% |
| RB | TreVeyon Henderson | Ohio State | 2% |
| T | Cameron Williams | Texas | 1% |
| EDGE | Bradyn Swinson | LSU | 1% |
| EDGE | Shemar Stewart | Texas A&M | 1% |
| EDGE | Mykel Williams | Georgia | 1% |
| DE | JT Tuimoloau | Ohio State | 1% |
| EDGE | Jared Ivey | Mississippi | 1% |
| G | Marcus Mbow | Purdue | 1% |
| S | Malaki Starks | Georgia | 1% |
| CB | Will Johnson | Michigan | 1% |
| CB | Jahdae Barron | Texas | 1% |
| S | Nick Emmanwori | South Carolina | 1% |
| CB | Azareye’h Thomas | Florida State | 1% |
| WR | Tetairoa McMillan | Arizona | 1% |
| TE | Mason Taylor | LSU | 1% |