Chiefs signed Iowa State LB Mike Rose.
Rose (6’4/245) burst onto the national scene in 2020 with second-team AP All-American honors and Big 12 Defensive Player of the Year honors. In 2021, he was a Lombardi Award finalist after piling up 73 tackles, 12 TFLs, and three sacks. Rose entered the pre-draft process with athleticism concerns but answered them with a 90th-percentile size-adjusted athletic composite. Rose is a big, downhill throwback in the box. Rose also showed coverage chops earlier in his career including five interceptions in 2020. His box game translates, and he has the athleticism and ball skills to turn it around in coverage with developmental work.
