Kansas City Chiefs add former 49ers, Saints tight end to offseason roster
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- Chiefs added former 49ers undrafted free agent tight end Mason Pline to roster.
- Pline, 26, joined after a mandatory minicamp tryout and is on the 90-man offseason roster.
- Given the crowded 2026 tight end room, Pline will likely land on the practice squad.
The Kansas City Chiefs are leaving no stone unturned as they bolster their 90-man roster for training camp, which begins next month.
According to the NFL’s official transactions report, the Chiefs added tight end Mason Pline to their roster last week after he participated in a tryout during mandatory minicamp.
Pline, 26, first entered the league as an undrafted free agent with the San Francisco 49ers following the 2024 NFL Draft. The 6-foot-7, 260-pound tight end spent most of the season on San Francisco’s practice squad before landing with the New Orleans Saints in August 2025.
After suffering an upper-body injury in a preseason game against the Los Angeles Chargers, the Saints placed Pline on the season-ending injured reserve list.
Pline played three seasons of basketball from 2019-21 at Ferris State in Michigan before committing to football in the fall of 2021. He won back-to-back Division II national championships at Ferris State before becoming a graduate transfer to Furman.
At Furman in 2023, Pline had 32 receptions for 287 yards and four touchdowns.
Over the years, Kansas City has shown interest in tight ends with college basketball experience, such as Demetrius Harris and Ross Travis.
The Chiefs’ 2026 tight end room is crowded, so Pline’s most likely path could be finding a home on the team’s practice squad.
