The Kansas City Chiefs have made yet another big commitment to an undrafted free agent.
According to a report from NFL Network’s Tom Pelissero, the Chiefs are paying Vanderbilt WR Kalija Lipscomb $110K in guaranteed money with a whopping $10K signing bonus. That’s an even bigger undrafted free agent contract than the one they handed out to Mississippi State C Darryl Williams. These big contracts indicate that they like Lipscomb and Williams quite a bit and wanted to ensure they both ended up in Kansas City and not with another team.
In 2019, Lipscomb caught 43 passes for 533 yards and three touchdowns. He also carried the ball four times for 53 yards.
Another significant commitment to an undrafted free agent: the #Chiefs are signing Vanderbilt WR Kalija Lipscomb to a contract that includes $110,000 guaranteed, including a $10K signing bonus, per source.
— Tom Pelissero (@TomPelissero) April 26, 2020
While the 2019 production for Lipscomb might seem on the weaker side, the Chiefs have likely been following this player since at least the 2018 college football season. They added Lipscomb’s 2018 quarterback, Kyle Shurmur, as an undrafted free agent following the 2019 NFL Draft. He spent the entirety of the 2019 season on the practice squad in Kansas City.
During the 2018 season, Lipscomb caught 83 passes from Shurmur, totaling for 916 yards and nine touchdowns on the season. He also carried the ball another 14 times for 75 yards and a touchdown.
Lipscomb will be reunited with Shurmur once again in Kansas City. That could give both players and edge in making an impression in what is shaping up to be a very competitive crop of receivers and quarterbacks.