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Kansas Metropolis Chiefs quarterback Patrick Mahomes appears excited to throw passes to speedy broad receiver Xavier Worthy subsequent season.
Mahomes celebrated on X after the Chiefs traded up with the Buffalo Payments with the intention to choose Worthy with the No. 28 decide of the 2024 NFL Draft Thursday evening.
Chiefs defensive end Charles Omenihu also reacted to the pick:
Worthy set an NFL Combine record in March by operating the 40-yard sprint in 4.21 seconds.
He additionally handed for greater than 1,000 yards throughout his third season with Texas in 2023.
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Xavier Worthy is bringing his 4.21 40-yard sprint to Kansas Metropolis 🔥 pic.twitter.com/zFVouSRsVN
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call the amateurs and cut them from the team @Chiefs 😏🤘#HookEm | @XavierWorthy pic.twitter.com/O1UAH8QzMb
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The Chiefs have gained back-to-back Tremendous Bowls with Patrick Mahomes throwing TDs in these 2 video games to Kadarius Toney, Skyy Moore, Marquez Valdes-Scantling, and Mecole Hardman.
Their WR corps now goes Hollywood Brown, Rashee Rice, and Xavier Worthy.
Sorry, NFL. You had your likelihood.
Worthy, who ranks third in Longhorns historical past with 26 profession touchdowns, will now compete to be a high goal for Mahomes subsequent season.
Worthy will now be a part of a receiver group additionally bolstered by the offseason signing of Marquise Brown, one other receiver recognized for his velocity.
The Chiefs have been in search of receiver depth after benching Kadarius Toney on the tail finish of their run to the Tremendous Bowl in 2023.
Kansas Metropolis followers are actually hoping their crew has now discovered it.
The commerce up led some to surprise why the Payments handed on their very own alternative to draft Worthy. Buffalo ended up buying and selling down a second time and out of the primary spherical completely.
It was additionally the Payments who traded with the Chiefs within the first spherical of the 2017 draft, which ended up being probably the most consequential decide in Kansas Metropolis after they moved as much as No. 10 and drafted Mahomes.
The Chiefs traded down within the third and seventh spherical with the intention to snag the decide from the Payments.
That sacrifice will find yourself being effectively price it if Worthy could make the defending champions much more harmful by changing into a real WR1 for Mahomes.