KANSAS CITY, Mo. – Six of the Chiefs’ nine selections from the 2015 NFL Draft are now aboard. The Chiefs and inside linebackers Ramik Wilson and D.J. Alexander agreed to contracts, sources familiar with the situation confirmed Monday afternoon with ChiefsDigest.com. The sources spoke on the condition of anonymity because the Chiefs have not announced the transactions. The signings were …
KANSAS CITY, Mo. – The post-draft process continues with the addition of undrafted free agents and invitations to rookie minicamp, which is scheduled for May 16-18. While various reports have made the rounds since the end of the NFL Draft, most did not specify if a player was signed to an undrafted free-agent deal or was an invite to the …
KANSAS CITY, Mo. – The Terrelle Pryor experiment at quarterback is over before it began. The Chiefs on Tuesday afternoon waived Pryor, a source with knowledge of the situation confirmed with ChiefsDigest.com. The source spoke on the condition of anonymity because the Chiefs did not officially announce the transaction at the time. ProFootballTalk.com was the first to report the news. …
KANSAS CITY, Mo. – The Chiefs have exercised the fifth-year option on defensive tackle Dontari Poe. The transaction, which will pay Poe a base salary of $6.14 million in 2016, officially appeared in the NFLPA database Wednesday morning. The news of the transaction was first reported by Albert Breer of NFL Media on April 24. Terez Paylor of The Kansas City …
KANSAS CITY, Mo. – The Chiefs waived cornerback Shaquille Richardson with a “failure to disclose physical condition” designation, according to Tuesday’s NFL Transaction report. The Chiefs announced the transaction on Twitter hours before the transactions report was released, but didn’t include the designation in the tweet. The nature of Richardson’s physical condition prompting the move is unknown. Richardson’s waiving comes …
KANSAS CITY, Mo. – The Chiefs re-signed two exclusive rights free agents on Monday. Wide receivers Frankie Hammond Jr. and Junior Hemingway signed their respective tenders, according to Monday’s NFL Transactions report. The 25-year-old Hammond joined the Chiefs as an undrafted free agent out of Florida in 2013, and spent that season on the Chiefs practice squad. Hammond emerged during …
KANSAS CITY, Mo. – The Chiefs waived long snapper Brandon Hartson, according to Thursday’s NFL Transaction report. The 6-2, 238-pound Hartson signed a reserve/future contract on Dec. 31, 2014. He entered the league in 2013 out of Houston as an undrafted free agent with the Chicago Bears, and spent 2014 training camp with the Bears. Hartson was set to battle …
KANSAS CITY, Mo. – Chiefs outside linebacker Josh Martin signed his exclusive rights free-agent tender, according to Monday’s NFL Transactions report. The Chiefs extended the tender to Martin on March 7. Martin, a native of Aurora, Colo., originally signed with the Chiefs in 2013 as an undrafted free agent out of Columbia. The 6-3, 245-pound Martin has appeared in 19 games …
KANSAS CITY, Mo. – Strong safety Ron Parker isn’t going anywhere, after all. The Chiefs and Parker agreed in principle on a five-year, $30 million contract, a source familiar with the situation confirmed Saturday afternoon with ChiefsDigest.com. The specific numbers of the deal calls for a five-year, $25 base salary, including workout and roster bonuses, with $8 million guaranteed. Another …
KANSAS CITY, Mo. – The Chiefs signed unrestricted free agents wide receiver Jason Avant, tight end Richard Gordon and safety Kelcie McCray, the team announced Friday. Terms of the contracts were not disclosed. The 6-0, 210 pound Avant returns after making an impact in 2014. The Chiefs signed Avant on Nov. 21 and he went on to appear in five …
