As they put together to host the Detroit Lions on September 7 to kick off the NFL season, the Kansas Metropolis Chiefs have introduced 16 gamers signed to their preliminary observe squad.
Follow squads have been elevated to 16 gamers in the course of the pandemic, and that seems to be a everlasting change. Groups can even signal six gamers with a vast variety of accrued skilled seasons.
Like final season, groups might be allowed to raise as much as two gamers to their gameday rosters (as much as 3 times for a person participant within the common season) with out the chance of a waiver declare. Golf equipment retain the flexibility to guard as much as 4 gamers from being signed to different 53-man rosters. The Chiefs have used this capacity sparingly — typically when there have been a number of accidents able group.
Learn on to search out out extra about these gamers — and why the Chiefs can even have a seventeenth participant on this 12 months’s observe squad.
Ekow Boye-Doe • CB • 6-0 • 171 kilos
Boye-Doe joined the Chiefs as an undrafted free agent in Might after a profitable minicamp tryout. The Kansas State product appeared in all three preseason video games, totaling 9 tackles.
Deon Bush • DB • 6-0 • 200 kilos
Bush joined the Chiefs for final season’s Tremendous Bowl run after six seasons with the Chicago Bears. In 2022, the veteran totaled 317 particular groups snaps for Kansas Metropolis.
Matt Bushman • TE • 6-5 • 245 kilos
Bushman returns to the Chiefs’ observe squad, the place he ended final season after recovering from an harm sustained within the 2022 preseason. Bushman appeared in all three exhibitions this preseason.
Cole Christiansen • LB • 6-1 • 230 kilos
Christiansen was a member of the Chiefs’ observe squad final season, finally showing within the Week 6 loss to the Buffalo Payments the place he totaled 18 particular groups snaps. The Military product appeared in all three 2023 preseason video games with the Chiefs, totaling 18 tackles. He reportedly suffered a rib harm Saturday in opposition to the Cleveland Browns.
Matt Dickerson • DT • 6-5 • 292 kilos
Dickerson has attended coaching camp with the Chiefs for the previous two seasons. After being waived on final season’s cutdown day, he was claimed by the Atlanta Falcons, the place he performed in six video games, registering 12 tackles and a quarterback hit. Dickerson rejoined the Chiefs in Might and was listed on the energetic roster earlier than being launched Wednesday after Kansas Metropolis claimed cornerback Darius Rush on waivers.
Chuckwuebuka Godrick • T • 6-5 • 295 kilos
Hailing from Lagos, Nigeria, Godrick was assigned to the Chiefs in Might by means of the NFL’s Worldwide Pathway Program. Regardless of by no means taking part in organized soccer, he performed 40 snaps this preseason and appeared to carry his personal in opposition to way more skilled gamers. As an assigned participant by means of this system, the Chiefs will obtain a observe squad exemption for Godrick — permitting them to signal a seventeenth participant to the unit.
Truman Jones • DE • 6-4 • 250 kilos
After reportedly taking a top-30 go to with Kansas Metropolis in April, Jones joined the Chiefs as an undrafted free agent. The previous Harvard cross rusher totaled 4 tackles and a cross defended this preseason.
Darian Kinnard • T • 6-5 • 322 kilos
The Chiefs’ fifth-round choice within the 2022 NFL Draft didn’t make the roster in his second season. Initially drafted as a sort out, Kinnard appeared to rotate at guard throughout coaching camp and the preseason. In his second preseason as a Chief, Kinnard performed 117 offensive snaps.
Chris Oladokun • QB • 6-2 • 195 kilos
Oladokun, a 2022 seventh-round collection of the Pittsburgh Steelers out of South Dakota State, spent this offseason because the Chiefs’ fourth-string quarterback following a season on the observe squad. Showing close to the tip of all three preseason video games, Oladokun accomplished 16 of 26 cross makes an attempt for 204 yards with a landing and an interception. He added 37 yards on the bottom on a pair of rush makes an attempt.
La’Mical Perine • RB • 5-11 • 216 kilos
Perine appeared to have made a case for the 53-man roster with a spirited efficiency within the third exhibition in opposition to the Cleveland Browns, the place he had each a 30-yard run and a hard-fought 20-yard landing reception. A fourth-round collection of the New York Jets in 2020, Perine has appeared in 14 profession video games, totaling 72 rush makes an attempt for 263 yards and a pair of touchdowns.
Cornell Powell • WR • 6-0 • 204 kilos
Powell has by no means appeared to get his profession off the bottom after becoming a member of Kansas Metropolis as a fifth-round decide in 2021. The longtime Clemson route-runner has solely appeared in three profession video games, taking part in principally particular groups in his sparing motion. Powell caught six passes this preseason, however might sadly be remembered for a dropped cross resulting in a defensive landing in opposition to Cleveland.
Deneric Prince • RB • 6-0 • 216 kilos
Prince turned a scorching identify early on this 12 months’s Chiefs’ camp, showing to have locked in a task because the staff’s major kick returner and making a case for a task on offense. The Tulsa product cooled, nonetheless, as camp went on and his performances in preseason video games underwhelmed. Prince rushed 22 occasions for 79 yards and a landing.
Austin Reiter • C • 6-3 • 301 kilos
Reiter was the beginning heart because the Chiefs gained Tremendous Bowl LIV to cap the 2019 season. After departing for the Miami Dolphins, the Chiefs introduced him again final offseason, and Reiter spent 2022 on the Chiefs’ observe squad. He was elevated — however then listed as inactive — for all three postseason video games. Reiter performed 107 offensive snaps throughout Kansas Metropolis’s trio of 2023 exhibitions.
Danny Shelton • NT • 6-2 • 345 kilos
Shelton, chosen within the first spherical by the Cleveland Browns in 2015, appeared to make a push to make the Chiefs’ 53-man roster this offseason after spending 2022 on the observe squad. Final season, he appeared within the Chiefs’ Week 15 victory over the Seattle Seahawks. This preseason, he totaled 4 tackles, together with an 11-yard sack in opposition to the New Orleans Saints.
Keith Taylor • DB • 6-3 • 195 kilos
Chosen by the Carolina Panthers within the fifth spherical of the 2021 Draft, Taylor has performed in all 34 profession video games over his first two seasons. He’s credited with 67 whole tackles, a compelled fumble, and a fumble restoration. In each seasons in Carolina, Taylor’s snaps have been break up comparatively evenly between protection and particular groups.
Montrell Washington • WR • 5-10 • 170 kilos
A 2022 fifth-round collection of the Denver Broncos, Washington was waived throughout closing cuts. The Samford product did not carve a major function on offense as a rookie — catching 4 passes for 2 yards whereas including 30 yards on the bottom on 5 rushes. The Chiefs seemingly covet his dependability on particular groups, as he returned 32 punts and 18 kickoffs in his first season.
Chris Williams • DT • 6-3 • 302 kilos
Williams joined the Chiefs in Might after being waived by the Indianapolis Colts — the place he performed in 13 video games from 2021-22. This preseason, he made a pair of tackles and registered a quarterback hit.
Whereas a bigger observe squad and elevation guidelines have allowed for veteran depth and participant improvement that was beforehand not attainable, the unit’s major goal stays assembling scout groups that resemble upcoming opponents.
Gamers are added and dropped from the observe squad ceaselessly as observe wants change. Even so, two preliminary members of the Chiefs’ 2022 observe squad will open the 2023 season on the energetic roster, providing hope that we might hear extra from a few of these gamers sooner or later.
