Gracie Hunt checked in from a poolside location on draft day, wearing red in a bikini as the 2026 NFL Draft prepared to open Thursday night at 8 p.m. Eastern in Pittsburgh. She was not expected to attend the event in person, but her social media post still tied her to one of the biggest nights on the Chiefs calendar.
The Chiefs enter the draft with two first-round picks, No. 9 and No. 29, a set of selections that gives Kansas City a chance to reload after its 10-year postseason streak ended last year. Hunt, who is engaged to Derek Green, the son of former Chiefs quarterback Trent Green, has often been framed as part of the team's wider public face, and her draft-day post kept that link visible even while she stayed away from Pittsburgh.
Her message matched the easygoing tone of the post. Hunt wrote: take your peptides, eat your veggies, hit the gym, get your sleep, love others well, and be your own most valuable player. The note landed on a day when Kansas City was focused less on social media and more on how to use its first-round capital to improve a roster that fell short a year ago.
This was not the first time Hunt used a Chiefs moment to make a polished public appearance. On June 15, 2023, she wore a Super Bowl LIV pendant on the red carpet before the Super Bowl Championship Ring Ceremony at Union Station in Kansas City, Mo., another reminder of how closely her image has been tied to the franchise. But Thursday's draft is about more than style. With two picks near the top of the first round and another late in the round, Kansas City has a real shot to change the shape of its season before the night is over.
The question now is whether those picks become the kind of immediate help that can restore the Chiefs' momentum after last season's playoff miss. Hunt's post was light, but the stakes in Pittsburgh are not.