Chiefs’ Xavier Worthy shares update — and a warning — after surgical procedure
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- Xavier Worthy had successful labrum surgery after shoulder injury in 2025.
- Injury cut Worthy’s 2025 snaps and produced declines from his 2024 rookie year statistics
- Johns Hopkins estimates labrum recovery at about 8–12 weeks; Worthy vows comeback.
We got an idea of how things would play out for the Chiefs on their first possession of the 2025 season.
The Chiefs lost the coin-toss at their game against the Chargers in Brazil and received the opening kickoff. There was a holding call, which foreshadowed a litany of special-teams penalties to come for the Chiefs.
Then disaster struck. On the third play of the game, wide receiver Xavier Worthy was injured after colliding with tight end Travis Kelce. Worthy left the game have hurt his shoulder; he missed the next two games, too.
Because of the injury, Worthy’s stats were worse across the board after a solid rookie season in 2024 — he finished with 42 receptions for 532 yards and a touchdown in 2025. In his first year in the NFL, 2024, Worthy caught 59 passes for 638 yards and six touchdowns.
Because of injuries, Worthy played in 14 games after appearing in all 17 in the 2024 season.
Worthy, 22, shared Wednesday on social media that he had undergone “successful surgery.” Fox 4 said Worthy had a torn labrum repaired.
“Coming for it all next year let’s work road to recovery,” Worthy wrote on X.
A few minutes later, he shared this warning for the skeptics: “Keep doubting me y’all are making a monster !”
Worthy also shared a photo of the shoulder.
Johns Hopkins Medicine says recovery from labrum surgery could take up to 12 weeks.
This is from that webite: “It is believed that it takes at least four to six weeks for the labrum to reattach itself to the rim of the bone, and probably another four to six weeks to get strong.”
This story was originally published January 15, 2026 at 8:54 AM.
