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24. Art Still

Art Still was a four-time Pro Bowl Selection who would also be chosen for a pair of Second Team All-Pro nods (1980 & 1984).  The Defensive End was the second overall pick in 1978 from the University of Kentucky and he developed into an excellent pass rusher on the NFL level.  Still would twice have a 10 Sack season, with a career-high 14.5 in 1984.  He would be named the team’s MVP twice and was chosen for the Chiefs Hall of Fame in 1998.
Exceptionally quick and tall, Albert Lewis had a really good career that was capped by four straight (1987-90) Pro Bowl seasons for the Chiefs.  The Cornerback would seemingly improve every season throughout the 80’s culminating in First Team All Pro Selections in 1989 and 1990.  Lewis would secure 38 picks for the Chiefs and was also adept on Special Teams where he would block 11 kicks.  The Chiefs enshrined Lewis into their Hall of Fame in 2007.

Brian Waters was undrafted out of North Texas but the big man from Waxahachie would be picked up a year later after a failed attempt to crack the Dallas Cowboys roster.  Waters would slowly improve and by 2002 he was the starting Left Guard.  In 2004 he elevated his play so much that in a game where the Chiefs would score eight Rushing Touchdowns that he would be named the AFC Offensive Player of the Week, the first time a Lineman would win that honor.  For his overall efforts, he would be named a First Team All-Pro and went to his first Pro Bowl.  He would repeat the First Team All-Pro and Pro Bowl accolade in 2005 and he would go to three more Pro Bowls (2006, 2008 & 2010) as a Kansas City Chief.  Waters was also known for his off-field efforts with the community and he would win the Walter Payton Man of the Year in 2009.

In terms of overall Games Played in Professional Football, Abner Haynes is not in the top 50 in regards to the Kansas City Chiefs but he certainly made the most of his time there.

After being drafted from North Texas, Haynes would become a dominant star in the American Football League and he was their Rookie of the Year winning the inaugural AFL rushing title.  Notably, the Running Back was not just the first AFL Rookie of the Year, he was the first AFL Player of the Year.  In the first three seasons of the American Football League’s existence, he would finish first in Rushing Touchdowns, and in his five seasons with the Dallas Texans/Kansas City Chiefs, he was easily one of their first star skill players.  He finished his Texans/Chiefs career with 6,553 Yards from Scrimmage with 56 Touchdowns.  In 1991, Haynes was elected into the Chiefs Hall of Fame.