The Kansas City Chiefs drafted BoPete Keyes in the seventh round of the 2020 NFL Draft. Brett Veach just couldn’t manage to go the whole draft without making a trade, sending a future sixth-round draft pick to the Tennessee Titans to acquire the extra pick.
Here are three things to know about the Kansas City Chiefs’ newest cornerback:
It’s BoPete, not Thakarius
Legally, his name is Thakarius Keyes, but if you spot him on the street, don’t call him that. He goes by BoPete and claims that the nickname was given to him by his grandmother. He’s gone by that nickname ever since. He told reporters following the draft that, “Nobody calls me Thakarius unless they’re mad at me.”