The Kansas City Chiefs announced on Thursday that the club has signed second-round draft pick OL Rodney Hudson.

Hudson (6-2, 299) joined the Chiefs as the club’s second-round pick (55th overall) in the 2011 NFL Draft. He played in 53 games (50 starts) at Florida State, including starting 48 consecutive contests. He earned All-Atlantic Coast Conference all four seasons and was a unanimous first-team All-America selection as a senior.

Hudson was a two-way lineman at B.C. Rain High School in Mobile, Ala. where he was a two-time all-state selection.

— Chiefs Media Relations —