Five days after agreeing to contract terms with their third and final seventh-round pick, the Chiefs announced Tuesday that Ryan Succop is officially under contract.

The kicker's agent, Joel Turner, told The Star last week that the sides had agreed to terms of a three-year contract. The deal reportedly is worth $1.2 million for the life of the contract.

Succop is the first Chiefs draft pick to sign, which is ironic because he was the last player to be drafted, at No. 256 overall.

Kansas City hopes he'll be the long-term answer -- or at least be in the mix to be -- at kicker, a trouble spot the last several years. The Chiefs used two kickers, Nick Novak and Connor Barth, in 2008. Barth remains with the Chiefs as they enter training camp, and he'll compete with Succop for the place-kicking job.

Succop has the stronger leg, but Barth's accuracy might give him the edge entering camp. Succop had injuries throughout the latter part of his college career, and those injuries affected the accuracy of his kicks. From watching Succop in practice with the Chiefs and for three years at South Carolina -- that's the team I covered before joining The Star to cover the Chiefs -- Succop has a nearly 60-yard range. Whether it goes straight or not, though, was a question throughout his final two college seasons, and that'll be something he has to address at Chiefs camp.