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2008 Kansas City Chiefs
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Record: 2-14-0, Finished 4th in AFC West Division
NFL Season Summary
Scored 291 points (18.2/g), 26th of 32 in the NFL.
Allowed 440 points (27.5/g), 29th.
Differential of -149 points (-9.3/g), 29th.
Expected W-L: 4.4-11.6.
Takeaway/Giveaway Differential +5 (0.3/g), 8th.
Coached by Herman Edwards (2-14-0)
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2008 Statistics / Starters & Roster / Games & Schedule / Team Draftees
Starters
| Pos | Age | Yrs | GS | Summary of Player Stats | Drafted (tm/rnd/yr) | |
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| Offensive Starters | Complete Team Stats | |||||
| QB | Tyler Thigpen | 24 | 1 | 11 | 230 for 420, 2,608 yards, 18 td, 12 int, & 62 rushes for 386 yards and 3 td | Minnesota Vikings / 7th / 217th pick / 2007 |
| RB | Larry Johnson | 29 | 5 | 12 | 193 rushes for 874 yards, 5 td, & 12 catches for 74 yards and 0 td | Kansas City Chiefs / 1st / 27th pick / 2003 |
| FB | Mike Cox | 23 | Rook | 5 | 1 rush for -2 yards, 0 td, & 8 catches for 19 yards and 0 td | |
| WR | Dwayne Bowe | 24 | 1 | 16 | 86 catches for 1,022 yards, 7 td | Kansas City Chiefs / 1st / 23rd pick / 2007 |
| WR | Devard Darling | 26 | 4 | 9 | 17 catches for 247 yards, 1 td | Baltimore Ravens / 3rd / 82nd pick / 2004 |
| WR | Mark Bradley | 26 | 3 | 8 | 30 catches for 380 yards, 3 td | Chicago Bears / 2nd / 39th pick / 2005 |
| TE | Brad Cottam | 24 | Rook | 7 | 7 catches for 63 yards, 0 td | Kansas City Chiefs / 3rd / 76th pick / 2008 |
| TE | Tony Gonzalez*+ | 32 | 11 | 16 | 96 catches for 1,058 yards, 10 td | Kansas City Chiefs / 1st / 13th pick / 1997 |
| LT | Branden Albert | 24 | Rook | 15 | Kansas City Chiefs / 1st / 15th pick / 2008 |
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| LG | Brian Waters* | 31 | 8 | 16 | ||
| C | Rudy Niswanger | 26 | 2 | 15 | ||
| RG | Adrian Jones | 27 | 4 | 10 | New York Jets / 4th / 132nd pick / 2004 |
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| RG | Wade Smith | 27 | 5 | 7 | Miami Dolphins / 3rd / 78th pick / 2003 |
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| RT | Damion McIntosh | 31 | 8 | 16 | 1 fumble recovered | San Diego Chargers / 3rd / 83rd pick / 2000 |
| Defensive Starters | ||||||
| LDE | Turk McBride | 23 | 1 | 9 | 0.0 sacks, 0 interceptions, 2 fumbles recovered | Kansas City Chiefs / 2nd / 54th pick / 2007 |
| LDE | Tamba Hali | 25 | 2 | 15 | 3.0 sacks, 0 interceptions, 1 fumble recovered | Kansas City Chiefs / 1st / 20th pick / 2006 |
| LDT | Tank Tyler | 23 | 1 | 16 | 0.0 sacks, 0 interceptions, 1 fumble recovered | Kansas City Chiefs / 3rd / 82nd pick / 2007 |
| RDT | Glenn Dorsey | 23 | Rook | 16 | 1.0 sacks, 0 interceptions, 0 fumbles recovered | Kansas City Chiefs / 1st / 5th pick / 2008 |
| RDE | Tamba Hali | 25 | 2 | 15 | 3.0 sacks, 0 interceptions, 1 fumble recovered | Kansas City Chiefs / 1st / 20th pick / 2006 |
| LLB | Demorrio Williams | 28 | 4 | 9 | 0.0 sacks, 0 interceptions, 2 fumbles recovered | Atlanta Falcons / 4th / 101st pick / 2004 |
| MLB | Pat Thomas | 25 | 3 | 9 | 0.5 sacks, 0 interceptions, 0 fumbles recovered | Jacksonville Jaguars / 6th / 194th pick / 2005 |
| MLB | Rocky Boiman | 28 | 6 | 9 | Tennessee Titans / 4th / 133rd pick / 2002 |
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| RLB | Derrick O. Johnson | 26 | 3 | 14 | 1.5 sacks, 1 interception, 0 fumbles recovered | Kansas City Chiefs / 1st / 15th pick / 2005 |
| RLB | Rocky Boiman | 28 | 6 | 9 | Tennessee Titans / 4th / 133rd pick / 2002 |
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| LCB | Brandon Carr | 22 | Rook | 16 | 0.0 sacks, 2 interceptions, 2 fumbles recovered | Kansas City Chiefs / 5th / 140th pick / 2008 |
| RCB | Brandon Flowers | 22 | Rook | 13 | 0.0 sacks, 2 interceptions, 2 fumbles recovered | Kansas City Chiefs / 2nd / 35th pick / 2008 |
| SS | Bernard Pollard | 24 | 2 | 16 | 0.0 sacks, 1 interception, 3 fumbles recovered | Kansas City Chiefs / 2nd / 54th pick / 2006 |
| FS | Jarrad Page | 24 | 2 | 16 | 0.0 sacks, 4 interceptions, 1 fumble recovered | Kansas City Chiefs / 7th / 228th pick / 2006 |
| Special Teams Starters | ||||||
| K | Connor Barth | 22 | Rook | 0 | 10 of 12 field goals & 24 of 24 extra points | |
| P | Dustin Colquitt | 26 | 3 | 0 | 70 punts for a 44.4 average, 0 blocked | Kansas City Chiefs / 3rd / 99th pick / 2005 |
| PR | Kevin Robinson | 24 | Rook | 0 | 11 punt returns for a 8.5 average and 0 td | Kansas City Chiefs / 6th / 182nd pick / 2008 |
| KR | Dantrell Savage | 23 | Rook | 0 | 26 kick returns for a 24.3 average and 0 td |
| No. | Age | Pos | G | GS | Wt | Ht | College/Univ | BirthDate | Yrs | Drafted (tm/rnd/yr) | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 76 | Branden Albert | 24 | G | 15 | 15 | 215 | 6-7 | Virginia | 11/4/1984 | Rook | Kansas City Chiefs / 1st / 15th pick / 2008 |
| 94 | Jason Babin | 28 | LB-DE | 7 | 4 | 265 | 6-4 | Western Michigan | 5/24/1980 | 4 | Houston Texans / 1st / 27th pick / 2004 |
| 5 | Connor Barth | 22 | K | 10 | 0 | 193 | 5-11 | North Carolina | 4/11/1986 | Rook | |
| 26 | Jackie Battle | 25 | RB | 9 | 0 | 238 | 6-2 | Houston | 10/1/1983 | 1 | |
| 50 | Rocky Boiman | 28 | LB | 11 | 9 | 236 | 6-4 | Notre Dame | 1/24/1980 | 6 | Tennessee Titans / 4th / 133rd pick / 2002 |
| 70 | Alfonso Boone | 32 | DT | 15 | 4 | 318 | 6-4 | Mount San Antonio Junior College | 1/11/1976 | 7 | Detroit Lions / 7th / 253rd pick / 2000 |
| 82 | Dwayne Bowe | 24 | WR | 16 | 16 | 221 | 6-2 | LSU | 9/21/1984 | 1 | Kansas City Chiefs / 1st / 23rd pick / 2007 |
| 34 | Tyron Brackenridge | 24 | DB | 1 | 0 | 189 | 5-11 | Washington State | 6/30/1984 | 1 | |
| 83 | Mark Bradley | 26 | WR | 10 | 8 | 201 | 6-1 | Oklahoma | 1/29/1982 | 3 | Chicago Bears / 2nd / 39th pick / 2005 |
| 39 | Brandon Carr | 22 | DB | 16 | 16 | 207 | 6-0 | Grand Valley State | 5/19/1986 | Rook | Kansas City Chiefs / 5th / 140th pick / 2008 |
| 35 | Oliver Celestin | 27 | DB | 8 | 0 | 207 | 6-0 | Texas Southern | 2/25/1981 | 4 | |
| 25 | Jamaal Charles | 22 | RB | 16 | 2 | 200 | 6-1 | Texas | 12/27/1986 | Rook | Kansas City Chiefs / 3rd / 73rd pick / 2008 |
| 30 | Ricardo Colclough | 26 | DB | 6 | 1 | 186 | 5-11 | Tusculum | 4/18/1982 | 4 | Pittsburgh Steelers / 2nd / 38th pick / 2004 |
| 2 | Dustin Colquitt | 26 | P | 14 | 0 | 211 | 6-2 | Tennessee | 5/6/1982 | 3 | Kansas City Chiefs / 3rd / 99th pick / 2005 |
| 87 | Brad Cottam | 24 | TE | 16 | 7 | 271 | 6-8 | Tennessee | 11/28/1984 | Rook | Kansas City Chiefs / 3rd / 76th pick / 2008 |
| 42 | Mike Cox | 23 | RB | 16 | 5 | 259 | 6-0 | Georgia Tech | 7/11/1985 | Rook | |
| 12 | Brodie Croyle | 25 | QB | 2 | 2 | 205 | 6-2 | Alabama | 2/6/1983 | 2 | Kansas City Chiefs / 3rd / 85th pick / 2006 |
| 57 | Weston Dacus | 23 | LB | 8 | 0 | 232 | 6-1 | Arkansas | 9/19/1985 | Rook | |
| 51 | Jean-Phillipe Darche | 33 | C | 7 | 0 | 246 | 6-0 | McGill | 2/28/1975 | 8 | |
| 81 | Devard Darling | 26 | WR | 16 | 9 | 213 | 6-1 | Florida State,Washington State | 4/16/1982 | 4 | Baltimore Ravens / 3rd / 82nd pick / 2004 |
| 72 | Glenn Dorsey | 23 | DT | 16 | 16 | 316 | 6-2 | LSU | 8/1/1985 | Rook | Kansas City Chiefs / 1st / 5th pick / 2008 |
| 59 | Donnie Edwards | 35 | LB | 7 | 4 | 227 | 6-2 | UCLA | 4/6/1973 | 12 | Kansas City Chiefs / 4th / 98th pick / 1996 |
| 95 | Ron Edwards | 29 | DT | 16 | 0 | 320 | 6-3 | Texas A&M | 7/12/1979 | 7 | Buffalo Bills / 3rd / 76th pick / 2001 |
| 24 | Brandon Flowers | 22 | DB | 14 | 13 | 190 | 5-10 | Virginia Tech | 2/18/1986 | Rook | Kansas City Chiefs / 2nd / 35th pick / 2008 |
| 84 | John Paul Foschi | 26 | FB-TE | 7 | 0 | 270 | 6-4 | Georgia Tech | 5/19/1982 | 3 | |
| 85 | Will Franklin | 23 | WR | 13 | 1 | 200 | 6-0 | Missouri | 10/13/1985 | Rook | Kansas City Chiefs / 4th / 105th pick / 2008 |
| 48 | Thomas Gafford | 25 | LB | 9 | 0 | 252 | 6-2 | Houston | 1/29/1983 | Rook | |
| 52 | Curtis Gatewood | 23 | DE | 6 | 0 | 238 | 6-2 | Vanderbilt | 5/18/1985 | Rook | |
| 94 | Wallace Gilberry | 24 | DE | 5 | 0 | 267 | 6-3 | Alabama | 12/5/1984 | Rook | |
| 88 | Tony Gonzalez*+ | 32 | TE | 16 | 16 | 251 | 6-5 | California | 2/27/1976 | 11 | Kansas City Chiefs / 1st / 13th pick / 1997 |
| 8 | Quinn Gray | 29 | QB | 1 | 0 | 246 | 6-3 | Florida A&M | 5/21/1979 | 3 | |
| 10 | Marques Hagans | 26 | WR | 2 | 0 | 202 | 5-10 | Virginia | 12/29/1982 | 1 | St. Louis Rams / 5th / 144th pick / 2006 |
| 91 | Tamba Hali | 25 | DE | 15 | 15 | 265 | 6-2 | Penn State | 11/3/1983 | 2 | Kansas City Chiefs / 1st / 20th pick / 2006 |
| 11 | Damon Huard | 35 | QB | 5 | 3 | 215 | 6-3 | Washington | 7/9/1973 | 10 | |
| Tommy Jackson | 25 | DT | 4 | 0 | 311 | 6-1 | Auburn | 12/12/1983 | 2 | ||
| 56 | Derrick O. Johnson | 26 | LB | 14 | 14 | 242 | 6-3 | Texas | 11/22/1982 | 3 | Kansas City Chiefs / 1st / 15th pick / 2005 |
| 27 | Larry Johnson | 29 | RB | 12 | 12 | 228 | 6-1 | Penn State | 11/19/1979 | 5 | Kansas City Chiefs / 1st / 27th pick / 2003 |
| 97 | Brian Johnston | 22 | DE | 9 | 0 | 276 | 6-5 | Gardner-Webb | 5/2/1986 | Rook | Kansas City Chiefs / 7th / 210th pick / 2008 |
| 73 | Adrian Jones | 27 | T | 11 | 10 | 296 | 6-4 | Kansas | 6/10/1981 | 4 | New York Jets / 4th / 132nd pick / 2004 |
| 31 | Maurice Leggett | 22 | DB | 12 | 3 | 188 | 5-11 | Valdosta State | 10/2/1986 | Rook | |
| 69 | Derek Lokey | 23 | DT | 1 | 0 | 287 | 6-1 | Texas | 11/25/1985 | Rook | |
| 34 | David Macklin | 30 | DB | 4 | 0 | 200 | 5-10 | Penn State | 7/14/1978 | 8 | Indianapolis Colts / 3rd / 91st pick / 2000 |
| 90 | Turk McBride | 23 | DT | 9 | 9 | 285 | 6-4 | Tennessee | 5/30/1985 | 1 | Kansas City Chiefs / 2nd / 54th pick / 2007 |
| 47 | Jon McGraw | 29 | DB | 16 | 0 | 206 | 6-3 | Kansas State | 4/2/1979 | 6 | New York Jets / 2nd / 57th pick / 2002 |
| 77 | Damion McIntosh | 31 | T | 16 | 16 | 325 | 6-4 | Kansas State | 3/25/1977 | 8 | San Diego Chargers / 3rd / 83rd pick / 2000 |
| 38 | DaJuan Morgan | 23 | DB | 15 | 0 | 200 | 6-1 | North Carolina State | 10/21/1985 | Rook | Kansas City Chiefs / 3rd / 82nd pick / 2008 |
| 64 | Rudy Niswanger | 26 | C | 15 | 15 | 301 | 6-5 | LSU | 11/9/1982 | 2 | |
| 9 | Nick Novak | 27 | K | 6 | 0 | 191 | 6-0 | Maryland | 8/21/1981 | 3 | |
| 44 | Jarrad Page | 24 | DB | 16 | 16 | 220 | 6-2 | UCLA | 10/19/1984 | 2 | Kansas City Chiefs / 7th / 228th pick / 2006 |
| 22 | Dimitri Patterson | 25 | DB | 7 | 0 | 196 | 5-11 | Southeast Missouri State,Tuskegee | 6/18/1983 | 3 | |
| 49 | Bernard Pollard | 24 | DB | 16 | 16 | 225 | 6-2 | Purdue | 12/23/1984 | 2 | Kansas City Chiefs / 2nd / 54th pick / 2006 |
| 67 | Barry Richardson | 22 | C | 6 | 0 | 330 | 6-6 | Clemson | 5/15/1986 | Rook | Kansas City Chiefs / 6th / 170th pick / 2008 |
| 14 | Kevin Robinson | 24 | WR | 8 | 0 | 190 | 6-0 | Utah State | 12/19/1984 | Rook | Kansas City Chiefs / 6th / 182nd pick / 2008 |
| 30 | B.J. Sams | 28 | RB | 3 | 0 | 185 | 5-10 | McNeese State | 10/29/1980 | 4 | |
| 29 | Dantrell Savage | 23 | RB | 8 | 0 | 187 | 5-8 | Oklahoma State | 2/15/1985 | Rook | |
| 21 | Kolby Smith | 24 | RB | 7 | 3 | 214 | 5-11 | Louisville | 12/15/1984 | 1 | Kansas City Chiefs / 5th / 148th pick / 2007 |
| 74 | Wade Smith | 27 | T | 15 | 7 | 300 | 6-4 | Memphis | 4/26/1981 | 5 | Miami Dolphins / 3rd / 78th pick / 2003 |
| 96 | Andy Studebaker | 23 | LB | 6 | 0 | 251 | 6-3 | Wheaton | 9/16/1985 | Rook | Philadelphia Eagles / 6th / 203rd pick / 2008 |
| 23 | Patrick Surtain | 32 | DB | 8 | 2 | 192 | 5-11 | Southern Miss | 6/19/1976 | 10 | Miami Dolphins / 2nd / 44th pick / 1998 |
| 75 | Herbert Taylor | 24 | T | 16 | 1 | 282 | 6-4 | TCU | 9/22/1984 | 1 | Kansas City Chiefs / 6th / 196th pick / 2007 |
| 4 | Tyler Thigpen | 24 | QB | 14 | 11 | 235 | 6-3 | Coastal Carolina | 4/14/1984 | 1 | Minnesota Vikings / 7th / 217th pick / 2007 |
| 55 | Pat Thomas | 25 | LB | 12 | 9 | 243 | 6-2 | North Carolina State | 1/26/1983 | 3 | Jacksonville Jaguars / 6th / 194th pick / 2005 |
| 93 | Tank Tyler | 23 | DT | 16 | 16 | 306 | 6-2 | North Carolina State | 2/14/1985 | 1 | Kansas City Chiefs / 3rd / 82nd pick / 2007 |
| 52 | Erik Walden | 23 | DE | 9 | 0 | 238 | 6-2 | Middle Tenn. State | 8/21/1985 | Rook | Dallas Cowboys / 6th / 167th pick / 2008 |
| 65 | Tavares Washington | 25 | G-T | 2 | 0 | 320 | 6-3 | Florida | 4/20/1983 | Rook | |
| 54 | Brian Waters* | 31 | G | 16 | 16 | 318 | 6-3 | North Texas | 2/18/1977 | 8 | |
| 6 | Steve Weatherford | 26 | P | 2 | 0 | 215 | 6-3 | Illinois | 12/17/1982 | 2 | |
| 80 | Jeff Webb | 26 | WR | 5 | 1 | 200 | 6-2 | San Diego State | 1/31/1982 | 2 | Kansas City Chiefs / 6th / 190th pick / 2006 |
| 53 | Demorrio Williams | 28 | LB | 16 | 9 | 232 | 6-0 | Nebraska | 7/6/1980 | 4 | Atlanta Falcons / 4th / 101st pick / 2004 |
| Team Total | 25.8 | 16 | 240.4 | 6-1.8 | 2.7 |