2024 Kansas City Chiefs season

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2024 Kansas City Chiefs season
Owner The Hunt family
General manager Brett Veach
Head coach Andy Reid
Home field Arrowhead Stadium

The 2024 season will be the Kansas City Chiefs' upcoming 55th season in the National Football League, their 65th overall and their twelfth under head coach Andy Reid. The Chiefs will enter the season as the defending champions for the second straight year and will look to become the first team in NFL history to win three straight Super Bowls.

Contents

Offseason

All transactions below occurred between the day after the Chiefs' final game of the 2023 season and the first game of the 2024 preseason. The only exception is futures contracts which the Chiefs began being signed after the conclusion of the 2023 regular season.

Futures contracts

Futures contracts are signed beginning with the conclusion of the previous season. They typically consist of players who spent a portion of the previous season on the practice squad of a team.

2024 Kansas City Chiefs Futures contracts
PlayerPosition
Ian Book QB
Isaiah Buggs DT
Jacob Copeland WR
Trey Dean S
Matt Dickerson DT
Izaiah GathingsTE
Chukwuebuka GodrickT
Hassan Hall RB
Keaontay Ingram RB
Truman JonesDE
Kelvin Joseph CB
Anthony Miller WR
Chris Oladokun QB
Deneric Prince RB
Jordan Smith DE
Shi Smith WR
Keith Taylor CB
Montrell Washington WR

[1]

Players lost

Below are players who were on the roster at the end of the 2023 season, but were either released or did not re-sign after their contract expired.

2024 Kansas City Chiefs Players lost
PlayerPositionReasonNew team
Nick Allegretti GUFA Washington Commanders
Blake Bell TEUFATBD
Mike Edwards SUFA Buffalo Bills
Jody Fortson TEUFA Miami Dolphins
Blaine Gabbert QBUFATBD
Willie Gay LBUFA New Orleans Saints
Mecole Hardman WRUFATBD
Richie James WRUFATBD
Jerick McKinnon RBUFATBD
Donovan Smith TUFATBD
Tommy Townsend PUFA Houston Texans
Marquez Valdes-Scantling WRReleasedTBD
Prince Tega Wanogho TUFATBD

[2]

Signings

2024 Kansas City Chiefs signings
PlayerPositionPrevious team
Matt Araiza P Buffalo Bills (2022)
Marquise Brown WR Arizona Cardinals
Tyree Gillespie SKansas City Chiefs PS
Louis Rees-Zammit RBNone*
Mike Pennel DTKansas City Chiefs PS
Cornell Powell WRKansas City Chiefs PS
Gerrit Prince TEKansas City Chiefs PS
Irv Smith Jr. TE Cincinnati Bengals
Carson Wentz QB Los Angeles Rams

* Rees-Zammit was signed via the NFL's International Player Pathway Program from Wales.

Trades

Trades below only are for trades that included a player. Draft pick only trades will go in draft section.

2024 Kansas City Chiefs trades
TeamReceivedCompensation
Tennessee Titans7th round selection
2024 NFL draft
3rd round selection
2025 NFL draft 		CB L'Jarius Sneed
7th round selection
2024 NFL draft

Draft

2024 Kansas City Chiefs Draft
RoundSelectionPlayerPositionCollegeNotes
1 28 Xavier Worthy WR Texas From Buffalo [upper-alpha 1]
263 Kingsley Suamataia OT BYU From San Francisco [upper-alpha 2]
395Traded to Buffalo
4131 Jared Wiley TE TCU
133 Jaden Hicks S Washington State Compensatory pick from Buffalo
5159 Hunter Nourzad C Penn State From Dallas [upper-alpha 3]
167Traded to Minnesota [upper-alpha 4]
173Traded to San Francisco
6208Traded to Las Vegas [upper-alpha 5]
211 Kamal Hadden CB Tennessee Compensatory pick from San Francisco
7221Traded to Buffalo
248 C.J. Hanson OG Holy Cross From Buffalo
252Traded to Tennessee

Draft trades

  1. ↑ The Chiefs traded picks 32, 95, and 221 to the Bills in exchange for picks 28, 133, and 248, all in that year's draft. [3]
  2. ↑ The Chiefs traded picks 64 & 173 in that year's draft to the 49ers in exchange for picks 63 & 211. [4]
  3. ↑ The Chiefs traded a 6th round selection in 2023 to the Dallas Cowboys in exchange for a 5th round selection in the 2024 NFL draft. [5]
  4. ↑ The Chiefs traded their 4th round selection in 2023 and a 2024 5th round selection to the Vikings in exchange for a 4th round pick in 2023. [6]
  5. ↑ The Chiefs traded a 2024 6th round selection to the Raiders in exchange for defensive tackle Neil Farrell Jr.. [7]

Staff

Kansas City Chiefs staff
Front office
  • Chairman/CEO – Clark Hunt
  • President – Mark Donovan
  • General manager – Brett Veach
  • Assistant general manager – Mike Borgonzi
  • Vice president of football operations/team counsel – Chris Shea
  • Senior director of player personnel – Mike Bradway
  • Director of player personnel/pro – Tim Terry
  • Director of player personnel/college – Ryne Nutt
  • Senior personnel executive – Willie Davis
  • Co-directors of college scouting – Pat Sperduto and David Hinson
Head coaches
Offensive coaches
  • Offensive coordinator – Matt Nagy
  • Pass game coordinator – Joe Bleymaier
  • Quarterbacks – David Girardi
  • Running backs – Todd Pinkston
  • Assistant running backs – Porter Ellett
  • Wide receivers – Connor Embree
  • Tight ends – Tom Melvin
  • Offensive line – Andy Heck
  • Assistant offensive line – Corey Matthaei
  • Offensive assistant – Kevin Saxton
  • Offensive quality control/assistant quarterbacks – Dan Williams
 
Defensive coaches
Special teams coaches
  • Assistant special teams – Andy Hill
Coaching support staff
  • Statistical analysis coordinator – Mike Frazier
  • Football research analyst – Mark Richards
Strength and conditioning
  • Vice President of sports medicine and performance – Rick Burkholder
  • Head strength and conditioning/director of sports science – Ryan Reynolds
  • Assistant strength and conditioning – Greg Carbin
  • Assistant strength and conditioning – Tyler Judkins
  • Assistant strength and conditioning – Spencer Reid

→ Coaching staff
→ Management
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Current roster

Kansas City Chiefs roster
Quarterbacks

Running backs

Wide receivers

Tight ends

Offensive linemen

Defensive linemen

Linebackers

Defensive backs

Special teams


Rookies in italics

Roster updated April 27, 2024

74 active, 7 unsigned

→ AFC rosters → NFC rosters

Preseason

The Chiefs' preseason opponents and schedule will be announced in the spring.

Regular season

2024 opponents

Listed below are the Chiefs' opponents for 2024. Exact dates and times will be announced on May 8th. [8]
As the defending Super Bowl champions, the Chiefs will host the kickoff game for the 2024 season on Thursday, September 5. These games are typically, with only two exceptions, non-divisional games.

CategoryHomeAway
Division opponents
(AFC West)		 Denver Broncos
Las Vegas Raiders
Los Angeles Chargers
Conference opponents
(AFC North)		 Baltimore Ravens
Cincinnati Bengals 		Cleveland Browns
Pittsburgh Steelers
Conference opponents
(based on 2023 division placement)		 Houston Texans Buffalo Bills
Interconference opponents
(NFC South)		 New Orleans Saints
Tampa Bay Buccaneers 		Atlanta Falcons
Carolina Panthers
Interconference opponent
(based on 2023 division placement)		— San Francisco 49ers

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References

  1. ↑ "Rounding Up the Chiefs' "Reserve/Future" Signees Heading into the 2024 Offseason". Chiefs.com.
  2. ↑ "2024 Chiefs Free Agents". Spotrac.com.
  3. ↑ "Chiefs trade up, select Texas WR Xavier Worthy with No. 28 pick of 2024 NFL Draft". NFL.com.
  4. ↑ "Kansas City Chiefs Trade Up One Spot, Select BYU OT Kingsley Suamataia with No. 63 Overall Pick". SI.com.
  5. ↑ "Chiefs trade pick No. 178 to Cowboys". USAToday.com.
  6. ↑ "Chiefs trade up with Vikings to select Virginia Tech DB Chamarri Conner at pick No. 119". USAToday.com.
  7. ↑ "Chiefs trade with Raiders for defensive tackle Neil Farrell". NBCSports.com.
  8. ↑ "2024 Opponents Determined". NFL Communications. January 12, 2024. Retrieved January 12, 2024.
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