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Kansas City Chiefs defensive end Taco Charlton has been assigned a jersey number with his new team. As a late free-agent addition, Charlton’s jersey number was not announced alongside the other free agents the team added during the 2020 offseason.
According to the Chiefs’ media portal roster, Charlton will wear the No. 94 jersey for the 2020 season in Kansas City. Previously, at Pickerington Central and the University of Michigan, Charlton wore the No. 33 jersey. In the NFL, defensive linemen are only allowed to wear numbers 60-79 and 90-99. Once Charlton got to the NFL he switched to the No. 97 jersey with the Dallas Cowboys and then wore the No. 96 jersey with the Miami Dolphins this past season.
The No. 94 jersey could be significant to Charlton for a variety of reasons or none at all. A few things that come to mind are that Charlton was born in November of 1994. He also had 94 total tackles during the course of his college career at Michigan.
Last season, No. 94 was worn by DE/LB Terrell Suggs, who was claimed off waivers late in the season and played a big role in the Chiefs’ Super Bowl-winning postseason run. Suggs is still a free agent, so this likely spells the end of any potential reunion for the 2020 season. While Suggs hasn’t officially retired, he’ll turn 38 years old during the upcoming season.
Previously No. 94 was worn by defensive tackles Junior Siavii, Tyson Jackson, Kevin Vickerson and Jarvis Jenkins in Kansas City.
All-in-all this seems like a good number choice for Charlton. We’re still waiting for the team to officially assign jersey numbers to undrafted free agent rookie signings. We’ll be sure to update you on those as soon as we know more.
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