The Kansas Metropolis Chiefs entered the offseason decided to enhance their huge receiver corps. With high-profile additions like free-agent Hollywood Brown and first-round choose Xavier Worthy, the group has made important strides.
However yet another participant hopes his title could be added to the combination throughout Kansas Metropolis’s coaching camp: second-year huge receiver Nikko Remigio.
The undrafted free agent impressed throughout final yr’s coaching camp — and turned in a stellar efficiency throughout his first preseason recreation towards the New Orleans Saints, when he led the group with 4 receptions for 71 yards. Sadly, a shoulder harm sidelined him for the remainder of the 2023 preseason. Waived with an harm designation on the last cutdown, he was moved to the group’s Reserve/Injured checklist the next day. There he spent the rest of the season.
Coming into the 2024 season absolutely wholesome, Remigio has picked up the place he left off. All through the offseason, he’s been creating buzz round his title — and capturing the eye of key figures like quarterback Patrick Mahomes.
“He simply works extraordinarily onerous,” the quarterback instructed reporters after Friday’s coaching camp apply at Missouri Western College in St. Joseph. “He’s at all times asking the precise questions. [He] at all times desires to get additional work. That’s what you need.
“He’s a real professional’s professional. He simply involves work each single day with a smile on his face. He desires to work onerous and get higher and higher — and it’s not like he’s going on the market and hating on another person. He desires everyone to get higher with him. That’s why everyone loves him in that room.
“You’ve seen the optimistic indicators coming each single day — and he continues to get higher.”
Regardless of his work ethic, securing a spot on the roster can be an uphill battle for Remigio, who’s competing towards a crowded huge receiver room. Brown, Worthy, Rashee Rice and Justin Watson are seemingly locks to make the group, leaving Remigio to compete towards Kadarius Toney, Skyy Moore, fellow camp standout Justyn Ross and just lately re-signed Chiefs veteran (and Tremendous Bowl LVIII hero) Mecole Hardman for the ultimate spots on the depth chart.
Particular groups play could possibly be the important thing to Remigio’s roster hopes. Throughout his senior season at Fresno State, he excelled as a punt returner, amassing 259 yards on 13 makes an attempt and two touchdowns — one in all which was a slick 87-yarder. His ability as a returner might set him aside from the competitors. Throughout final month’s OTAs, particular groups coordinator Dave Toub referred to Remigio because the group’s “No. 1 kick returner.”
Because the Chiefs intention for what might doubtlessly be their third consecutive Tremendous Bowl win, there can be a essential want for decided and hungry gamers like Remigio. Whereas he’s trending in the precise path, he nonetheless has a protracted strategy to go earlier than the 53-man roster is about on August 27. To make his finest argument for a roster spot, should proceed his upward trajectory — and keep wholesome.
Luckily, his work ethic and infectious persona have given him a head begin. Everybody on the group is rooting for his success.
“[He’s a] good, onerous employee,” head coach Andy Reid stated of Remigio on Friday. “He tries his finest on each play. You possibly can inform he research as a result of he is aware of all of the spots. He’s received a fantastic, optimistic angle.
“These are the type of guys you pull for.”
