Kansas City Chiefs wide receiver Xavier Worthy was seen walking to the locker room after taking a friendly fire hit from Travis Kelce on one of the first plays of the season.
Worthy was running an under route on a pass play and was not looking when he collided with Kelce in the middle of the field.
After slowly getting up, Worthy was seen walking to the locker room with trainers as he had a towel draped over his head.
The Chiefs have officially listed Worthy as questionable to return to the game with a shoulder injury.
Losing Worthy would be a devastating blow to a Chiefs receiving corps which is already missing its top target.
Wideout Rashee Rice is not suited up for Kansas City as he is serving a six-game suspension for violating the league’s personal conduct policy.
Rice has been in legal trouble for over a year since he was involved in a high-speed, hit-and-run car crash on a Dallas highway in March of 2024.
In July, Rice pled guilty to a third-degree felony count of collision involving serious bodily injury and a third-degree felony count of causing bodily injury.
Rice was sentenced to five-years probation and 30 days of jail time and was ordered to pay $115,481.91 to victims for medical expenses.
Additionally, Rice settled a lawsuit filed by two victims by agreeing to pay $1million plus their legal expenses. He still faces another lawsuit from a different victim.
In Rice’s absence, the Chiefs hoped to lean on Worthy for most wide receiver targets. But now, they’ll need to look elsewhere on the depth chart.
Other pass catchers on Kansas City include Marquise ‘Hollywood’ Brown, JuJu Smith-Schuster, Tyquan Thornton, and Jason Brownlee.
In his rookie season in 2024, Worthy finished second in receiving yards behind Kelce – making him first among wide recievers.
He hauled in 59 of 98 targets for 638 yards and a team-leading six touchdown catches.
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