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Chiefs Bringing In Former K-State DE Jeffrey Fitzgerald
According to a report, K-State DE Jeffrey Fitzgerald will be joining the Chiefs this weekend at the club's rookie minicamp. The report indicates he signed a free agent contract.
Fitzgerald visited the Bears and Eagles leading up to the draft but wasn't selected. He stands 6'4" and 270 pounds and had a solid senior season with 40 tackles and seven sacks.
The Chiefs have some familiarity with him. He played in the East-West shrine game with Romeo Crennel, according to a Scout.com profile.
At Kansas State's Pro Day on March 3rd, Fitzgerald showcased his athleticism and strength to NFL scouts in attendance by running a 4.83 in the 40, generating a 35-inch vertical and benching 225 pounds 21 times.
Anyone ever seen him play?
Chiefs Bringing Another Punter To Rookie Minicamp
Chiefs Bringing Another Punter To Rookie Minicamp
by Joel Thorman on Apr 27, 2010 11:22 AM PDT in 2010 NFL Draft 19 comments
The Kansas City Chiefs have one of the top punters in the league yet are still bringing another one to minicamp. The official Eastern Michigan website reports that P Zach Johnson has signed a free-agent contract with the Chiefs.
The Chiefs worked Johnson out back in March. They also attended at least one Eastern Michigan game this season.
He's got some pretty impressive numbers.
Johnson was on the Ray Guy Award Watch list, which goes to the top punter in the nation, in both 2006 and 2007, and was one of the semifinalists for the award in 2006. He was also a 2006 honorable mention Freshman All-American as chosen by The Sporting News.
For his career Johnson played in 42 games, earning 39 starts while averaging 40.2 yards per punt. He had an amazing 69 punts inside the 20-yard line. His 40.2 career punting average is the third-best in school history.
It's unclear if he is a rookie tryout or an undrafted free agent that has actually signed. The report said he had actually signed a UDFA deal with the Chiefs. If that's the case, that'd make 12 UDFAs.
As we've said before, the Chiefs working specialists is likely more just insurance in the instance Dustin Colquitt or Ryan Succop are out for a game (or more). I don't see them being replaced.
Share Chiefs May Be Adding Another Inside Linebacker
by Joel Thorman on Apr 25, 2010 4:31 PM PDT in 2010 NFL Draft 32 comments, 32 new
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Greg Rossino of the Troy Messenger tweets he's "hearing" Troy ILB Boris Lee will sign with the Chiefs. The Chiefs just announced the signing of 11 undrafted free agents and Lee was not one of them.
They can sign more undrafted free agents if they want (and they will).
I can see the connection with Lee. The Chiefs drafted Cameron Sheffield in the fifth round of the draft. Sheffield comes from Troy. So it makes sense that the Chiefs would have spent some time with him.
Remember, UDFAs can choose who they want to sign with (assuming there are options) so Lee might feel he has a shot. We've talked about the Chiefs inside linebacker situation. I think it might need some help.
We don't really have much information on the 6'1", 238 pound Lee. He isn't on any of our draft interests chart. Although the Chiefs did scout at least one Troy game this year.
The only Boris Lee talk we've had on AP comes from user troy145, who is obviously a Troy fan.
As of now, we're filing this one under unconfirmed. I do feel good about this happening because it makes sense the sports editor of the Troy, AL paper would know about Troy University players.
Here is a link to the 11 UDFAs the Chiefs signed and here are some other rumors and other unconfirmed reports.
[Update: Looks like it's just an invite to the Chiefs rookie mini camp. Thanks KcChiefsfan506]