Kansas City Chiefs: Ranking every first round pick in franchise history

RANKING EVERY FIRST ROUND PICK IN CHIEFS HISTORY

NUMBER 47 – ANTHONY HANCOCK (Cullen)

The highest drafted wide receiver ever by Kansas City, the Chiefs took Hancock 11th overall in the 1982 draft out of Tennessee. At this point, let’s recognize how much the game of football has changed. Hancock caught four touchdown passes for the Volunteers in 1979. Alongside Florida tight end Chris Faulkner (who would catch two passes in the pros), that led the conference. It led the conference!

Back to Hancock.

He had a tough rookie year with the Chiefs, catching only seven passes for 116 yards and one touchdown. Mainly, he was used as a special teams player, returning 12 punts for 103 yards and 27 kick-offs (remember those?) for 609 yards, good for second in the league. In five years with the Chiefs, though, he never quite made it as a receiver, with his best season coming in 1983 when he started seven games, caught 37 passes for 584 yards and one touchdown.

All told, he ended his career with 73 catches, 1,266 yards and five touchdowns. By 1984, he was hardly a returner anymore, and was out of Kansas City and the league after appearing in four games in 1986.

By the way: the pick before Hancock? The Raiders used it on Marcus Allen.