Andy Reid of the Kansas City Chiefs has a favourable first impression of Xavier Worthy
In the 2024 NFL Draft, Brett Veach, Andy Reid, and the Kansas City Chiefs aggressively traded up to choose Xavier Worthy, hoping the former star of the University of Texas would bring a disruptive element to Patrick Mahomes’ supporting cast.
Even though the Chiefs’ rookie minicamp has just lasted a few days, Andy Reid is ecstatic with the opportunity to lead Worthy in practice.
After the Chiefs’ rookie minicamp, Reid told reporters, “I thought he did a nice job picking things up and working through— we asked him to do a whole lot of stuff there.” It was advantageous for him to be able to enter and move around because he was positioned in the majority of the key positions.
Worthy lands in Kansas City, and Mahomes’ supporting cast, after catching 197 passes for 2,755 yards with 26 touchdowns, while averaging 14 yards per reception during his collegiate career in Austin.
Andy Reid Compares Kansas City Chiefs’ Xavier Worthy to DeSean Jackson
Worthy isn’t the first speedster that Reid has had the opportunity to coach throughout his career.
After the Chiefs landed Worthy, Reid revealed that he sees shades of former Philadelphia Eagles star DeSean Jackson, whom Reid also had a hand in drafting.
“[Hill and Worthy are] different, and he’ll put his own mark on things once he gets a feel for it,” Reid told reporters during the NFL Draft. “That wasn’t necessarily the comparison, as much as it was him being a good football player that was a good wide receiver. Now you add in there the return ability. I’ve had some guys like that Tyreek, DeSean Jackson — probably body type a little more like DeSean.”
During the first five seasons of Jackson’s career, playing in Reid’s offense with the Eagles, the dynamic wide receiver caught 274 passes for 4,785 yards with 23 touchdowns, while averaging a prolific 17.5 yards per reception.
