KC Chiefs: Five prospects to consider trading up for in 2021 NFL Draft
By John McCarty
Draft Prospects KC Chiefs Could Trade Up For
Walker Little, OT (Stanford)
No, I don’t think the Chiefs will need to trade up in the first round to land the left tackle from Stanford but likely would need to do so in the second round if they wanted to land the Cardinal tackle.
Walker Little, much like the aforementioned Farley, has a draft value that is impossible to guess. A star his first two years on campus, Little was injured in the first game of the 2019 season, forcing him to miss the season and then opted out of the 2020 season.
If fully healthy, Little could be an absolute steal of a pick.
If the Chiefs opt to get a position player in the first round, they could move up in the second to land Little. While I’m not sure the Chiefs should or would entrust the left side to a player with so little playing experience over the past two seasons, he is the type of player that could take over mid-season and be a multi-year star.
Little is a significantly better prospect than many of the tackles currently being mocked ahead of him. Perhaps not immediately, but the back of the first round is littered with the trash of offensive tackles. It’s an absolute wasteland.