Kansas City, Mo. ? John Dorsey knew people would have questions if the Kansas City Chiefs chose Marcus Peters in the first round of the draft, so the general manager kept team owner Clark Hunt in the loop.

Dorsey didn’t need his approval, Hunt said, but he got it anyway.

So despite a background that included getting dismissed from Washington’s program last season, Dorsey chose Peters with the No. 18 overall pick. And two days later, Hunt and Dorsey both said they believe Peters has put all those transgressions behind him.

“In the preparation for the draft, the weeks leading up to it, John mentioned to me that Marcus might be a player who’s available who we would have interest in,” Hunt said, shortly after presenting Peters with a No. 22 jersey during an introductory news conference Saturday.

“When we got around to the draft Thursday night,” Hunt said, “we talked about it again, and he said, ‘Look, we’re good. We feel our support structure here is great.'”

Peters said that his problems at Washington stemmed primarily from a coaching change that he acknowledged not handling well. But he also said that he’s matured since getting kicked off the team — he also has a 6-month old son, Carson, that has helped with that. And he pointed to the fact that he’s reconciled with Huskies coach Chris Petersen as evidence of it.

“Having the experience I did at U-dub caused me to learn from it,” Peters said. “I’m going to attach to some veterans just to learn how to be a pro, to learn how to conduct myself as a man.”

The Chiefs filled a major need by choosing Peters with the No. 18 overall pick, then added depth by taking Oregon State cornerback Steven Nelson with a third-round pick Friday night.

Kansas City also addressed its offensive line by taking Missouri’s Mitch Morse in the second round, a gaping hole at wide receiver by trading up for Georgia’s Chris Conley in the third round, and then added depth across the board on Saturday in the final rounds of the draft.

The Chiefs started by choosing Georgia linebacker Ramik Wilson in the fourth round. They added another linebacker, D.J. Alexander of Oregon State, and Illinois State tight end James O’Shaughnessy in the fifth. Defensive tackle Rakeem Nunez-Roches from Southern Miss went in the sixth round, and Northern Illinois wide receiver Da’Ron Brown in the seventh.