The Kansas City Chiefs are 15-1 heading into Week 18, have clinched the top seed in the AFC and once again look like a team poised to win a Super Bowl thanks to a suffocating defense and just enough offense behind franchise cornerstone Patrick Mahomes.

The Chiefs’ regular-season finale in Denver has more meaning than it appears — especially for these five under-the-radar players.

Only three Division I schools were interested in Patrick Mahomes as a quarterback, and Texas recruited him as a defensive back.