The Kansas City Chiefs selected Ohio State Buckeyes offensive tackle Josh Simmons with the No. 32 pick in the 2025 NFL draft.

Simmons is expected to compete for a starting spot on the Chiefs’ offensive line next season and has the potential to develop into an elite left tackle for Kansas City while playing on a relatively inexpensive rookie contract.

Here’s everything the Chiefs had to say about Simmons in their official draft packet:

Josh Simmons college bio

“Played two seasons at Ohio State (2023-24) … Missed the 2024 season due to injury after playing in six games… Played and started in 19 games… Started all 13 games for the Buckeyes in 2023, earning his first Varisty O letter… Started 31 consecutive games (including his time at San Diego State) … 2024 Honorable All-Big Ten Conference… Spent two seasons at San Diego State (2021-22).“

Josh Simmons personal notes

• Prepped at Madison High School (Calif.) before moving on to Helix.
• A consensus four-star prospect as a senior by 247Sports, Rivals and ESPN.
• Rated as a top 20 guard in the 2021 recruiting class by ESPN and 247Sports.

Josh Simmons draft notes

• Simmons became the ninth offensive tackle selected by the Chiefs in the first round. He is theonly offensive tackle drafted out of Ohio State by the club and the first offensive tackle draftedin the first round since T Eric Fisher (1st overall, 2013 NFL Draft).
• This marks the 22nd first-round selection in the career of Head Coach Andy Reid. The selectionof T Josh Simmons marks the second time a Reid-coached team has selected an offensive tacklein the first round of the NFL Draft with Simmons joining T Eric Fisher out of Central Michigan in2013. Of the 22 players selected by Reid-coached teams, there have been 10 offensive playersand 12 defensive players selected.
• In General Manager Brett Veach’s time as a personnel executive working with Head Coach AndyReid, he has been part of staffs that have selected 14 first-round players, four in Philadelphiaand 10 in Kansas City, with Simmons being the second offensive tackle selected in the firstround.
• Simmons was the fifth offensive tackle and the fourth Ohio State Buckeye taken in the 2025 NFL Draft.
• Simmons is the only former Ohio State Buckeye on the current Chiefs roster.

What did Josh Simmons have to say after the Chiefs picked him?

Q: How is your injury and your health? When do you think your timeline is for getting back on the field?

SIMMONS: “I’m feeling really good. I think it’s more – I have to go out to see my doctor, but we are doingeverything that is leading us to be ready for camp, which is squatting ready, doing a lot more sleds,hopping on the treadmill and stuff like that. Making sure we are bouncing back every time.”

Q: How did you feel when you got the call, and who did you share this moment with?

SIMMONS: “When I got the call, I was just obviously – I felt like this was the team I was going to go to. Forsome reason, I still felt surprised, but nothing can get you prepared for it. I was with my agents, my familyand there are a lot of them. We were originally planning on going to Green Bay just because who doesn’twant to go up there and walk across the stage? There was a limited amount of people (allowed), so Icouldn’t ship everybody out there. My plan is, after I go visit the facility, is to go out there and kind ofhave a good few days of just saying what’s up and seeing old faces and stuff like that.”

Q: How was your visit to Kansas City, and was there anything different here than on your other visits?

SIMMONS: “Maybe the conversation with (Offensive Line) Coach (Andy) Heck. There were a lot of otherconversations that were a lot more informal, just kind of more laughy and funny and joking around. Butwith Coach Heck, we were talking ball and (about) the type of guys that he has in that room and then guysthat he wants to bring into that room. The Kansas City Chiefs don’t just let anybody in that building, sothere is a different expectation when you get drafted by them.”

This article originally appeared on Chiefs Wire: Everything fans should know about Chiefs first-round pick Josh Simmons