Chiefs’ first-round pick shuts down weight concerns

The Chiefs traded up within the first spherical of the 2024 NFL Draft to land former Texas extensive receiver Xavier Worthy.

There’s little doubt that Worthy can take the highest off NFL defenses after operating the quickest 40-yard sprint (4.21 seconds) in NFL Scouting Combine historical past. However, some imagine his measurement (6-foot-1, 172 kilos) may very well be an issue on the subsequent degree.

Worthy disagrees.

“I weighed in at 169 (pounds),” Worthy said, through Jordan Foote of FanNation’s Arrowhead Report “I don’t think I took big hits, I delivered them. I feel like it’s not going to be a problem. I feel like just understanding your strengths and your weaknesses, I feel like that’s the big thing in the league. Don’t, obviously, don’t try to go hit a 250-pound linebacker.”

There have been a number of supposedly undersized gamers who’ve had success within the NFL, and Worthy clearly believes he will be the following one. Head coach Andy Reid agrees, evaluating him to a three-time Pro Bowler he had the chance to teach in Philadelphia.

“DeSean Jackson — probably body type a little more like DeSean,” Reid said, through Myles Simmons of Pro Football Talk.

Like Worthy, Jackson entered the NFL round 170 kilos, and he went onto have a powerful 15-year profession.

Still, it wouldn’t damage for Worthy to level on some extra weight, but when he can dwell as much as the comparability of Jackson, Kansas City’s offense will likely be troublesome to defend. He believes he’ll be capable to just do that, because of Reid.

“It makes me at ease just to see a coach that drafted a guy similar to me as well and him having the success he had in this system under Andy Reid,” Worthy stated. “It’s just amazing to be able to have a coach that actually gets you as a player and knows you as a player because he’s had that player before.”

Only time will inform if Worthy can flourish like Jackson, however he and the Chiefs appear assured he’ll after he led the Big 12 in receiving yards (2,755) and receiving touchdowns (26) over the previous three seasons.