First Chiefs depth chart reveals 3 possible starters who weren’t on Super Bowl team
The Chiefs’ first unofficial depth chart of the season finds a draft pick and two offseason acquisitions on the first team.
Clylde Edwards-Helaire, the team’s first-round draft pick from LSU, is listed as a first-team running back.
Keleche Osemele, who has started all 96 games of his NFL career, is listed as the starting left guard. Osemele signed with the Chiefs in July.
Antonio Hamilton, who made his first two NFL starts for the Giants last season, is listed as a third starting cornerback along with Charvarius Ward and Rashard Fenton.
All others listed as starters on offense and defense were with the Chiefs last season. Depending on how the Chiefs line up against the Texans. As many as eight on offense and nine on defense who started in their Super Bowl victory over the San Francisco 49ers.
Also, Tommy Townsend, an undrafted rookie out of Florida, is the new punter.
Three other draft picks — second round-linebacker Willie Gay Jr., fourth-round cornerback L’Jarius Sneed and seventh-round cornerback BoPete Keyes — were listed on the second team. Fifth-round defensive end Mike Danna was listed on the third team.
Two undrafted first-year free agents are listed on the second team: right guard Yasir Durant from Missouri, and defensive tackle Tershawn Wharton from Missouri S&T.
The chart doesn’t necessarily identify the starters who will take the field in Thursday’s season opener against the Houston Texans.
Here’s the Chiefs’ unofficial depth chart, with starters listed first (as of Sunday):
Offense
WR Tyreek Hill*, Mecole Hardman, Marcus Kemp
LT Eric Fisher*, Mike Remmers
LG Kelechi Osemele, Nick Allegretti
C Austin Reiter*, Daniel Kilgore
RG Andrew Wylie, Yasir Durant
RT Mitchell Schwartz*, Mike Remmers
WR Sammy Watkins*, DeMarcus Robinson, Byron Pringle
TE Travis Kelce*, Nick Keizer, Ricky Seals-Jones, Deon Yelder
QB Patrick Mahomes*, Chad Henne
RB Clyde Edwards-Helaire, Darrel Williams, Darwin Thompson
FB Anthony Sherman
Defense
LDE Tanoh Kpassagnon*, Alex Okafor, Mike Danna
LDT Chris Jones*, Tershawn Wharton
RDT Derrick Nnadi*, Khalen Saunders
LDE Frank Clark*, Taco Charlton, Demone Harris
LB Anthony Hitchens*, Ben Niemann, Dorian O’Daniel
LB Damien Wilson*, Willie Gay Jr.
LCB Charvarius Ward*, BoPete Keyes
RCB Rashad Fenton, L’Jarius Sneed
CB Antonio Hamilton, Rashad Fenton
FS Daniel Sorensen*, Juan Thornhill, Armani Watts
SS Tyrann Mathieu*, Tedric Thompson
Special teams
K Harrison Butker, Tommy Townsend
P Tommy Townsend
LS James Winchester
Return Mecole Hardman, Tyreek Hill
*Started Super Bowl LIV
Practice squad
QB: Matt Moore, Jordan Ta’amu
RB: DeAndre Washington
WR: Gehrig Dieter, Jody Fortson, Kalija Lipscomb, Maurice Ffrench
OL: Darryl Williams
DL: Braxton Hoyett, Tim Ward
LB: Darius Harris, Omari Cobb
DB: Chris Lammons, Lavert Hill, Rodney Clemons
This story was originally published September 6, 2020 at 2:08 PM.