May 29, 2021 Last week, the second-year jump series was revived by taking a look at Clyde Edwards-Helaire and working through his rookie season by measuring his success and how he can continue to grow in the Kansas City Chiefs' offense. This week, it’s time to take a look at linebacker Willie Gay Jr., the Chiefs' second-round selection in the 2020 NFL Draft out of Mississippi State. Linebacker was a position of need for the Chiefs ahead of the 2020 draft, and Chiefs fans became acquainted with names like Kenneth Murray, Jordyn Brooks and Patrick Queen throughout the pre-draft process. Murray, Brooks, and Queen were all selected before the Chiefs' first pick at the end of the first round. If one of them had been available, would the Chiefs have selected one of them rather than taking Edwards-Helaire at pick 32? No one outside of Arrowhead knows for sure, and that can only be speculated. What can be deduced is that the Chiefs were keeping tabs on the linebacker position and wanted to take one early in the draft, ultimately landing Gay at the end of round two.