KANSAS CITY CHIEFS

 
QUARTERBACKS
No Pos. Name Ht. Wt. College
9 QB Blaine Gabbert 6-5 235 Missouri
15 QB Patrick Mahomes II 6-2 225 Texas Tech
 
RUNNING BACKS
No Pos. Name Ht. Wt. College
25 RB Clyde Edwards-Helaire 5-7 207 Louisiana State
1 RB Jerick McKinnon 5-9 209 Georgia Southern
10 RB Isiah Pacheco 5-10 216 Rutgers
29 RB La'Mical Perine 5-11 216 Florida
 
RECEIVERS
No Pos. Name Ht. Wt. College
81 TE Blake Bell 6-6 252 Oklahoma
83 TE Noah Gray 6-3 240 Duke
12 WR Mecole Hardman 5-10 187 Georgia
13 WR Richie James Jr. 5-9 185 Middle Tennessee
87 TE Travis Kelce 6-5 250 Cincinnati
24 WR Skyy Moore 5-10 195 Western Michigan
4 WR Rashee Rice 6-1 204 Southern Methodist
8 WR Justyn Ross 6-4 210 Clemson
19 WR Kadarius Toney 6-0 193 Florida
11 WR Marquez Valdes-Scantling 6-4 206 South Florida
84 WR Justin Watson 6-2 215 Pennsylvania
 
OFFENSIVE LINEMEN
No Pos. Name Ht. Wt. College
73 C Nick Allegretti 6-4 310 Illinois
66 C Michael Caliendo 6-4 301 Western Michigan
52 C Creed Humphrey 6-4 302 Oklahoma
64 OT Wanya Morris 6-6 307 Oklahoma
77 OT Lucas Niang 6-6 315 Texas Christian
79 OT Donovan Smith 6-6 338 Penn State
65 OG Trey Smith 6-6 321 Tennessee
74 OT Jawaan Taylor 6-5 330 Florida
 
LINEBACKERS
No Pos. Name Ht. Wt. College
32 OLB Nick Bolton 5-11 237 Missouri
54 OLB Leo Chenal 6-3 250 Wisconsin
48 OLB Cole Christiansen 6-1 230 Army
43 OLB Jack Cochrane 6-3 236 South Dakota
50 MLB Willie Gay 6-1 243 Mississippi State
59 OLB Darius Harris 6-2 238 Middle Tennessee
23 MLB Drue Tranquill 6-2 234 Notre Dame
 
DEFENSIVE BACKS
No Pos. Name Ht. Wt. College
12 CB Ekow Boye-Doe 6-0 171 Kansas State
26 S Deon Bush 6-0 200 Miami
27 S Chamarri Conner 6-0 202 Virginia Tech
21 S Mike Edwards 5-10 205 Kentucky
31 CB Nic Jones 6-0 189 Ball State
22 CB Trent McDuffie 5-11 193 Washington
20 S Justin Reid 6-1 207 Stanford
38 CB L'Jarius Sneed 6-1 192 Louisiana Tech
35 CB 6-2 197 Washington State
2 CB Joshua Williams 6-3 193 Fayetteville State
 
DEFENSIVE LINEMEN
No Pos. Name Ht. Wt. College
97 DE Felix Anudike-Uzomah 6-4 255 Kansas State
51 DE Michael Danna 6-2 257 Michigan
92 DT Neil Farrell Jr. 6-4 325 Louisiana State
94 DE Malik Herring 6-3 275 Georgia
95 DT Chris Jones 6-6 310 Mississippi State
56 DE George Karlaftis 6-4 263 Purdue
53 DE BJ Thompson 6-6 243 Stephen F. Austin
98 DE Tershawn Wharton 6-1 280 Missouri S&T
 
SPECIALISTS
No Pos. Name Ht. Wt. College
7 K Harrison Butker 6-4 199 Georgia Tech
5 P Tommy Townsend 6-1 191 Florida
41 LS James Winchester 6-3 209 Oklahoma
 
PRACTICE SQUAD
No Pos. Name Ht. Wt. College
49 TE Matt Bushman 6-5 245 Brigham Young
57 DE Truman Jones 6-3 250 Harvard
75 OG Darian Kinnard 6-5 322 Kentucky
69 T Mike Pennel Jr. 6-4 330 Colorado State-Pueblo
14 WR Cornell Powell 6-0 204 Clemson
82 TE Gerrit Prince 6-5 240 Alabama-Birmingham
61 C Austin Reiter 6-3 301 South Florida
 
RESERVE/INJURED
No Pos. Name Ht. Wt. College
6 S Bryan Cook 6-1 206 Cincinnati
88 TE Jody Fortson 6-6 226 Valdosta State
13 S Nazeeh Johnson 5-10 199 Marshall
44 OLB Cam Jones 6-1 227 Indiana
91 DT Derrick Nnadi 6-1 317 Florida State
90 DE Charles Omenihu 6-5 280 Texas
27 WR Nikko Remigio 5-9 183 Fresno State
62 OG Joe Thuney 6-5 304 North Carolina State
70 T Prince Tega Wanogho 6-5 308 Auburn
 

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