The Kansas City Chiefs caused a lot of feelings in the NFL community when they moved up to pick Texas wide receiver Xavier Worthy 28th overall in the 2024 NFL Draft.
Consider an AFC general manager, for instance, who provided a brief reply to Bleacher Report insider Jordan Schultz about Kansas City’s first-round selection.
“Text from an AFC GM on the #Chiefs getting Xavier Worthy: ‘FU** me’,” Schultz wrote on X, formerly Twitter, on April 25.
Text from an AFC GM on the #Chiefs getting Xavier Worthy: “FU** me” https://t.co/IjLQ7xeN37
— Jordan Schultz (@Schultz_Report) April 26, 2024
Xavier Worthy Hopes to Be Utilized Like Tyreek Hill
Speaking to USA Today’s Tyler Dragon before the draft, Worthy said “in a perfect world” he believed the best fit for him in the NFL was with the two-time defending Super Bowl champions.
“In a perfect world, I definitely would want to go to the Chiefs,” Worthy told Dragon on March 8. “Just the way Patrick Mahomes and the Chiefs improvise and use you. They had Tyreek Hill. The way they used him, I feel like that would be a perfect fit for me.”
Worthy, 20, also revealed to Dragon that, after he broke the NFL Scouting Combine’s 40-yard dash record by running it in 4.21 seconds, Mahomes, among many other people, reached out to him via text to congratulate him.
Xavier Worthy Can Provide Speed Element to Chiefs’ Offense
Standing at 6-foot-1 and weighing 165 pounds, Worthy’s size is a cause for concern in the NFL. Yet his speed makes him a nightmare for secondaries, especially when he catches the ball with space in front of him.
In Worthy’s 2023 season — his final season at Texas — he registered 1,014 receiving yards on 75 receptions and 5 receiving touchdowns, according to Sports Reference.
Despite the coverage, Worthy is so fast that he just needs time to get open downfield. He also possesses good ball-tracking ability and has the bend and agility to excel on in- and out-breaking routes.
Worthy is far from a finished product, especially when it comes to his size. But in Kansas City’s offense, which will create ways to get the ball in his hands, he will be an immediate contributor in the NFL.
Worthy joins a receiver room in Kansas City that consists of Rashee Rice, Kadarius Toney, Skyy Moore, Justin Watson, Montrell Washington, Cornell Powell, Justyn Ross, Shi Smith, Anthony Miller, and Jacob Copeland.
