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by RotoWire Staff | RotoWire
Chiefs' Jaden Hicks: Seeing first-team work
Jaden Hicks was working with the Kansas City Chiefs' first-team defense Monday with Justin Reid (quadriceps) on the team's NFI list, Pete Sweeney of ArrowheadPride.com reports.The rookie safety out of Washington State has received a vote of confidence from his coaching staff, seeing first-team snaps while Reid recovers from his quadriceps injury. Hicks isn't expected to have a big defensive role during Kansas City's 2024 campaign, but he could be the next man up at safety if Reid or Bryan Cook go down at some point this season.
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by RotoWire Staff | RotoWire
Chiefs' Jaden Hicks: KC ends slide in Round 4
The Kansas City Chiefs selected Jaden Hicks in the fourth round of the 2024 NFL Draft, 133rd overall.Deemed by many to be the top safety entering the 2024 NFL Draft, the Chiefs managed to snare Hicks with one of the final picks in the fourth round. A two-year starter at Washington State, the 6-foot-2 safety is probably more of a coverage option as opposed to a bruiser near the box, but he'll have time to grow in the secondary with the Chiefs already three-deep at safety.