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Chiefs' Xavier Worthy: Held to three touches again
Xavier Worthy caught two of four targets for 17 yards and added a five-yard run in Sunday's 26-25 win over the Bengals.Worthy scored touchdowns on two of his three touches in his NFL debut, but the speedster didn't make as much of the same volume in his second NFL game. The rookie first-round draft pick's role could expand as the season goes on, as the Kansas City Chiefs will be without Hollywood Brown (shoulder) for the rest of the regular season, leaving Worthy as the top candidate to work as the team's No. 2 wide receiver behind Rashee Rice, who was the only player to exceed 22 receiving yards for Kansas City against the Bengals. Worthy will look to expand his usage in Week 3 against the Falcons.
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Chiefs' Xavier Worthy: Two-TD pro debut in win
Xavier Worthy caught two of three targets for 47 yards and a touchdown and rushed once for a 21-yard score in the Kansas City Chiefs' 27-20 win over the Ravens on Thursday night.The first-round pick wasted no time translating his stopwatch-busting speed into a game situation, scoring the Chiefs' first touchdown of the campaign on a 21-yard end around just past the midway point of the first quarter. Worthy blew past the Ravens' defense on that play and then took advantage of a miscommunication in the secondary on his 35-yard TD grab down the right sideline in the fourth quarter. He's already finding success as a big-play threat and could see more snaps/targets Week 2 against the Bengals.
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Chiefs' Xavier Worthy: Finds preseason end zone
Xavier Worthy caught three passes for 63 yards and one touchdown on six targets in Saturday's preseason game against Detroit. He also rushed once for 11 yards.Worthy played extensively with the first-team offense, drawing five of Patrick Mahomes' 14 passes and catching two receptions for 40 yards before catching his only Carson Wentz target for a 22-yard touchdown, a play on which he impressively got open with ease. The 21-year-old rookie still needs plenty of seasoning, and at just 5-foot-11, 165 pounds, he's also in need of further physical development. However, the Kansas City Chiefs are clearly making it a priority to get Worthy involved quickly, and that should accelerate once the regular season begins.
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Chiefs' Xavier Worthy: Returns to practice
Xavier Worthy (illness) returned to practice Friday, Adam Teicher of ESPN.com reports.It isn't ideal for a rookie to miss spring practices with a hamstring injury and now four days of training camp due to an illness, but he's back on the field Friday and has plenty of time to make an impression before Week 1. Selected 28th overall this spring after running the 40-yard dash in a combine-record 4.21 seconds, Worthy is part of a WR room where Rashee Rice and Hollywood Brown are the top veterans. The team also has three early draft picks from prior years -- Kadarius Toney, Mecole Hardman and Skyy Moore -- but at this point they're all viewed as disappointments and likely are competing for backup roles or special-teams snaps more so than top-three spots at wide receiver. Rice and Justin Watson (foot) are the only returning WRs that got a lot of playing time for the Kansas City Chiefs last season.
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Chiefs' Xavier Worthy: Misses practice again
Xavier Worthy (illness) missed a third straight practice Wednesday, Pete Sweeney of ArrowheadPride.com reports.Worthy landed in an ideal spot for immediate fantasy value when the Kansas City Chiefs drafted him with the 28th overall pick in the draft this April, but he hasn't actually had many chances to catch passes from Patrick Mahomes. He missed most of the offseason program with a hamstring injury, and now has been out for a trio of of training-camp practices due to the illness. Worthy still has plenty of time to earn a top-three role at wide receiver, and the competition doesn't look all that tough beyond Rashee Rice and Hollywood Brown. Moreover, Justin Watson was carted off the field at Wednesday's practice, leaving Worthy, Kadarius Toney, Skyy Moore, Mecole Hardman, Nikko Remigio and Justyn Ross as the leading candidates for first-team reps alongside Rice and Brown.
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Chiefs' Xavier Worthy: Dealing with illness
Xavier Worthy (illness) is not practicing Monday, Sam McDowell of The Kansas City Star reports.Worthy missed OTAs and mandatory minicamp due to a hamstring injury before retaking the practice field last week, and though he's now dealing with an illness, there's no indication the rookie first-round pick will be sidelined long. He got off to a quick start, connecting with quarterback Patrick Mahomes for a deep touchdown during Sunday's practice. Once he's back on the field, Worthy will resume competing for first-team reps alongside Rashee Rice and Marquise Brown.
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Chiefs' Xavier Worthy: Back on practice field
Xavier Worthy (hamstring) participated in Wednesday's practice session, Adam Teicher of ESPN.com reports.Worthy appears to have recovered from the left hamstring injury that kept him sidelined throughout OTAs and mandatory minicamp, and though he missed a few plays Wednesday due to a hand issue, he was back on the field and catching passes from Ian Book by the end of the session. Per Matt McMullen of the Kansas City Chiefs' official site, the team is currently hosting a "pre-camp" introduction for quarterbacks and rookies, which includes three practices before training camp officially kicks off Sunday. Patrick Mahomes said Tuesday that Worthy won't be eased into action come camp, according to Matt Derrick of ChiefsDigest.com, so the rookie first-round pick should be competing for notable practice reps before long.
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Chiefs' Xavier Worthy: Tweaks hammy during OTAs
Kansas City Chiefs head coach Andy Reid said Wednesday that Xavier Worthy tweaked his hamstring earlier during OTAs, Nate Taylor of The Athletic reports.Reid said that Worthy "was only out there for a day and a half" before suffering the injury. The Chiefs will hope that the No. 28 overall pick is able to get back on the field without missing much time, as he's already going to have to skip some valuable reps to learn the offense and build chemistry with quarterback Patrick Mahomes. Hamstring injuries have the potential to linger or resurface, though, so Kansas City could be motivated to take a cautious approach. In the meantime, wideouts like Justin Watson, Kadarius Toney, Skyy Moore and Justyn Ross could benefit from increased reps.
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Chiefs' Xavier Worthy: Kansas City snatches 28th overall
The Kansas City Chiefs selected Xavier Worthy in the first round of the 2024 NFL Draft, 28th overall.The Chiefs traded up from the 32nd pick to secure Worthy, the owner of the fastest combine 40 time on record (4.21 seconds). Worthy (5-foot-11, 165 pounds) and free-agent pickup Marquise Brown are both tiny speedsters who are loath to face much physicality from a defense, so it remains to be seen how well the two coexist in 2024, but in the meantime it's clear that the Chiefs are hammering a speed emphasis this offseason. Despite Worthy's struggles with contact and his history of dropped passes at Texas, he could prove uniquely dangerous with a quarterback like Patrick Mahomes.
Xavier Worthy
#1 WR / Kansas City Chiefs / EXP: 0YRS Height: 5-11 Weight: 165 lb Age: 21 College: Texas Bye 6Fantasy Points by Week
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