The Kansas City Chiefs went and got their replacement for some of their 2020 free agent departures like Reggie Ragland and Darron Lee. They drafted Mississippi State linebacker Willie Gay Jr. with pick No. 63 in the NFL draft. Gay was one of the top linebackers in this draft class. He was even compared to former Chiefs linebacker Derrick Johnson in the KC Draft Guide, by our friends at Arrowhead Pride.
Here are three things that you should know about the newest linebacker in Kansas City:
Gay is one of the most athletic players in the draft
Gay is one of more athletic linebackers in the draft running 4.46 40-yard dash, the second-fastest in this season’s linebacker class. He also had 21 reps on the bench press, a 39.5 inch vertical and has the fourth-best broad jump in the combine with an 11-foot four-inch jump. This type of athleticism makes puts him in a rare category of linebacker that the Chiefs currently don’t have on the roster.