{"id":32255,"date":"2025-09-10T00:44:46","date_gmt":"2025-09-10T00:44:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/breakingnews.azontree.com\/?p=32255"},"modified":"2025-09-10T00:46:10","modified_gmt":"2025-09-10T00:46:10","slug":"kansas-city-chiefs-take-first-steps-to-mitigate-xavier-worthys-injury-with-roster-move-to-bring-familiar-face-back-to-practice-squad","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/breakingnews.azontree.com\/?p=32255","title":{"rendered":"Kansas City Chiefs \ud83e\udd2f Take Bold First Step to Cover Xavier Worthy\u2019s Injury \u2014 Roster Move Brings Back a Familiar Face \ud83d\udc40"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/atozsports.com\/.image\/w_1080,q_auto:good,c_fill,ar_4:3,g_xy_center,x_4160,y_853\/Mzk6MDAwMDAwMDAwMjUwMTkz\/nfl-kansas-city-chiefs-training-camp-250193.jpg\" \/><\/p>\n<p>The\u00a0Kansas City Chiefs\u00a0have begun to take steps to reinforce the wide receiver position after the recent injury to WR Xavier Worthy in Week 1 against the\u00a0Los Angeles Chargers.<\/p>\n<p>Worthy suffered a dislocated shoulder\u00a0just three offensive plays into the Week 1 loss in Brazil. On Monday, Chiefs HC Andy Reid said that Worthy was rehabbing the injury and that the team would be taking things \u201cday-by-day.\u201d It\u2019s unclear at this time whether Worthy will continue to rehab on the 53-man roster or if he\u2019ll be added to the team\u2019s injured reserve list. He\u2019s also not the only wide receiver dealing with an injury, as rookie WR Jalen Royals\u00a0missed Week 1 with knee tendinitis. Then, of course, Rashee Rice has five more games of suspension time left to serve.<\/p>\n<p>With seven receivers on the 53-man roster, the Chiefs opted to carry just a single wide receiver on their practice squad. That\u2019s none other than WR Jimmy Holiday, who was an undrafted standout on both offense and special teams during the preseason after making the team as a tryout player. On Tuesday, the team added another familiar UDFA wideout to the practice squad, according to a report from KPRC2\u2019s Aaron Wilson.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\"><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/Chiefs?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#Chiefs<\/a> are signing WR Hal Presley to practice squad per a league source <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/KPRC2?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@KPRC2<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Aaron Wilson (@AaronWilson_NFL) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/AaronWilson_NFL\/status\/1965466221064896821?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">September 9, 2025<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<h2 id=\"chiefs-bring-back-baylor-wr-hal-presley-jr-on-the-practice-squad\" class=\"wp-block-heading has-h-m-font-size\">Chiefs bring back Baylor WR Hal Presley Jr. on the practice squad<\/h2>\n<p data-wp-block=\"{&quot;dropCap&quot;:false}\" data-wp-block-name=\"core\/paragraph\">Presley went undrafted out of Baylor and signed with the\u00a0Buffalo Bills\u00a0following the 2025\u00a0NFL Draft; however, he was released after their rookie minicamp.\u00a0He joined the Chiefs ahead of their 2025 training camp\u00a0and was with the team throughout training camp and the preseason. The 23-year-old receiver had 81 receptions for 1,048 yards and seven touchdowns in 39 games during his four-year college career with the Bears. He played at Baylor while Chiefs WR Tyquan Thornton was there.\u00a0During the preseason in Kansas City, over the course of games against the\u00a0Arizona Cardinals,\u00a0Seattle Seahawks, and\u00a0Chicago Bears, Presley had two receptions on five targets for 20 yards on 29 offensive snaps. He also had 1.5 tackles on 19 special teams snaps during that span.<\/p>\n<p>This move probably won\u2019t excite Chiefs fans like a trade would, but it\u2019s a wise move to reinforce the depth at the bottom of the roster with a player who knows the system on offense and special teams. It\u2019s also about having enough bodies to run the scout team offense as the team deals with injuries and absences at the receiver position.<\/p>\n<p>It\u2019s unclear at this time what the corresponding move is to make room for Presley on the practice squad. The NFL\u2019s personnel notice for Tuesday did not include Presley\u2019s signing, which isn\u2019t too uncommon, as the team will not resume practice for Week 2 vs. the\u00a0Philadelphia Eagles\u00a0until Wednesday, Sept. 10.<\/p>\n<p data-wp-block=\"{&quot;dropCap&quot;:false}\" data-wp-block-name=\"core\/paragraph\">\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Please enable JS and disable any ad blocker<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":32256,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-32255","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-kansas-city-chiefs"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v23.7 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Kansas City Chiefs \ud83e\udd2f Take Bold First Step to Cover Xavier Worthy\u2019s Injury \u2014 Roster Move Brings Back a Familiar Face \ud83d\udc40 - 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