The Kansas City Chiefs released WR Marcus Kemp from their 53-man roster on Tuesday.
On Wednesday, Kemp cleared waivers and after a very brief stint away from the team, he’s now rejoined as a member of the practice squad according to the NFL’s official transaction report. This was a move that we expected the team to make despite the fact that they already had four receivers on the practice squad. With Jordan Ta’amu on the reserve/COVID-19 list, the Chiefs have just 13 players available on their 16-man practice squad including Kemp.
Kemp has experience working on the practice squad in Kansas City. He spent most of his rookie season in 2017 on the practice squad, before being promoted to the 53-man roster later in the year. He spent the entire 2018 season on the 53-man roster for the Chiefs as one of the starting gunners for the team. His value has been in his special teams ability thus far in his career.
This season on the 53-man roster, Kemp was one of the starting gunners for in K.C., so it’ll be interesting to see who gets work there opposite Byron Pringle. In the past, they’ve used guys like Demarcus Robinson. Antonio Hamilton could get some work there, as Dave Toub previously said he was the best gunner the team had. I could also see BoPete Keyes getting an opportunity there moving forward. Really the Chiefs have a number of players who could fill in at that position.
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