Undrafted rookie free agent RB Nate Eachus played his way onto the final roster with back-to-back impressive performances in the final two preseason games, leaving the Chiefs with five running backs on the 53-man roster.
Eachus' role could change as the Chiefs didn't keep a FB, a position he could slide over to. The Chiefs also kept four tight ends with Steve Maneri, who converted from offensive tackle, making the roster. Look for Kansas City to regularly line up two TEs instead of playing a fullback.
The Chiefs kept 54 players after their final cuts on Friday, although LB Tamba Hali does not count against the final 53 count because he's suspended for the opener against Atlanta. The Chiefs will have to trim the roster by one when Hali returns.
QB (3) -- Matt Cassel (8th year, USC), Brady Quinn (6th year, Notre Dame), Ricky Stanzi (2nd year, Iowa).
RB (5) -- Jamaal Charles (5th year, Texas), Peyton Hillis (5th year, Arkansas), Cyrus Gray (rookie, Texas A&M), Shaun Draughn (1st year, North Carolina), Nate Eachus (rookie, Colgate).
WR (6) -- Dwayne Bowe (6th year, LSU), Steve Breaston (6th year, Michigan), Jon Baldwin (2nd year, Pittsburgh), Dexter McCluster (3rd year, Mississippi), Devon Wylie (rookie, Fresno State), Terrance Copper (9th year, East Carolina).
TE (3) -- Kevin Boss (6th year, Western Oregon), Tony Moeaki (3rd year, Iowa), Jake O'Connell (4th year, Miami (Ohio)), Steve Maneri (2nd year, Temple).
OL (7) -- Branden Albert (5th year, Virginia), Donald Stephenson (rookie, Oklahoma), Ryan Lilja (9th year, Kansas State), Jeff Allen (rookie, Illinios), Rodney Hudson (2nd year, Florida State), Jon Asamoah (3rd year, Illinois), Eric Winston (7th year, Miami (Fla.)).
DL (7) -- Glenn Dorsey (5th year, LSU), Anthony Toribio (2nd year, Carson-Newman), Dontari Poe (rookie, Memphis), Jerrell Powe (2nd year, Mississippi), Tyson Jackson (4th year, LSU), Allen Bailey (2nd year, Miami (Fla.)), Ropati Pitoitua (4th year, Washington State).
LB (8) -- Derrick Johnson (8th year, Texas), Jovan Belcher (4th year, Maine), Brandon Siler (6th year, Florida), Justin Houston (2nd year, Georgia), Andy Studebaker (5th year, Wheaton), Cameron Sheffield (3rd year, Troy), Edgar Jones (6th year, Southeast Missouri), Cory Greenwood (3rd year, Concordia University). Suspended -- Tamba Hali (7th year, Penn State).
DB (9) -- Brandon Flowers (5th year, Virginia Tech), Stanford Routt (8th year, Houston), Jalil Brown (2nd year, Colorado), Javier Arenas (3rd year, Alabama), Eric Berry (3rd year, Tennessee), Abram Elam (7th year, Kent State), Kendrick Lewis (3rd year, Mississippi), Travis Daniels (8th year, LSU), Tysyn Hartman (rookie, Kansas State).
Special teams (3) -- Dustin Colquitt (8th year, Tennessee), Ryan Succop (4th year, South Carolina), Thomas Gafford (5th year, Houston).
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