Kansas City Chiefs Announce Initial 2022 53-Man Roster

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After some tough decisions, the Kansas City Chiefs have officially narrowed down their roster. Teams had to get to 53 players by today’s deadline. Over the last couple of weeks, we gave our predictions on who would make the cut and who would not. Not all of them were necessarily correct. Though, this Chiefs roster has begun to take shape and has formed adequately.

This team is filled with many new faces. This includes both veteran additions and a deep rookie class. Overall, Kansas City will rely heavily on a lot of these new pieces to reach their ultimate goal for 2022. Without further ado, let’s go position by position and see who officially made the Kansas City Chiefs 2022 53-man roster.

Quarterbacks

• Patrick Mahomes
• Chad Henne
• Shane Buechele

Running Backs

• Clyde Edwards-Helaire
• Jerick McKinnon
• Isiah Pacheco
• Ronald Jones
• Michael Burton (fullback)

Wide Receivers

• JuJu Smith-Schuster
• Marquez Valdes-Scantling
• Mecole Hardman
• Skyy Moore
• Justin Watson

Tight Ends

• Travis Kelce
• Jody Fortson
• Noah Gray
• Blake Bell

Offensive Linemen

• Orlando Brown Jr.
• Joe Thuney
• Creed Humphrey
• Trey Smith
• Andrew Wylie
• Darian Kinnard
• Nick Allegretti
• Geron Christian
• Prince Tega Wanogho

Defensive Linemen

• Frank Clark
• Chris Jones
• George Karlaftis
• Derrick Nnadi
• Mike Danna
• Carlos Dunlap
• Tershawn Wharton
• Khalen Saunders
• Joshua Kaindoh
• Malik Herring

Linebackers

• Nick Bolton
• Willie Gay
• Leo Chenal
• Darius Harris

Cornerbacks

• L’Jarius Sneed
• Trent McDuffie
• Rashad Fenton
• Joshua Williams
• Jaylen Watson
• Chris Lammons

Safeties

• Justin Reid
• Juan Thornhill
• Bryan Cook
• Deon Bush

Specialists

• Harrison Butker (kicker)
• Tommy Townsend (punter)
• James Winchester (long snapper)

Be on the lookout for more FPC Chiefs articles and analysis in the coming days. For more great sports and NFL content, stay tuned to Full Press Coverage.

– Braden Holecek is the Kansas City Chiefs managing editor for Full Press Coverage. He covers the NFL. Like and follow on Follow @ebearcat9//platform.twitter.com/widgets.js Follow @FPC_Chiefs//platform.twitter.com/widgets.js and Facebook.