Kansas City, MO (My Sportsbook) - The Kansas City Chiefs agreed to terms with first-round draft pick (20th overall) Tamba Hali on a five-year contract and with third-round pick Brodie Croyle on a four-year contract on Thursday. Hali, a defensive end out of Penn State, recorded 11 sacks and 65 tackles last year with the Nittany Lions. A consensus All-American, the 6-foot-3, 275- pounder was named first team All-Big Ten and the conference's Defensive Lineman of the Year. In 47 career games at Penn State, Hali recorded 179 tackles with 14 sacks. A native of Gbanga, Liberia, Hali fled the war-torn country when he was 10 and joined his father in the United States. Croyle, a quarterback from Alabama, threw 14 touchdowns and four interceptions in 12 games last year with the Crimson Tide, including a school-record 2,499 passing yards. He was a finalist for the Johnny Unitas Golden Arm Award and was a semi-finalist for both the Davey O' Brien Outstanding Collegiate Quarterback Award and the Maxwell Award as the College Player of the Year. "We're happy to have both Tamba and Brodie under contract," said Kansas City president Carl Peterson. "They were in Kansas City waiting for the go ahead. I was always cautiously optimistic we could get something done before training camp. With the number of first-round draft picks signing around us, it was pretty obvious where Tamba fit in. I know that he's very excited and both he and Brodie were not going to miss this."
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