{"id":773882,"date":"2026-05-05T02:04:20","date_gmt":"2026-05-05T02:04:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/773882\/"},"modified":"2026-05-05T02:04:20","modified_gmt":"2026-05-05T02:04:20","slug":"chiefs-stun-nfl-sign-cfp-champion-after-successful-rookie-camp-tryout","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/773882\/","title":{"rendered":"Chiefs stun NFL, sign CFP champion after successful rookie camp tryout"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a data-ylk=\"elm:icon;slk:USA TODAY;\" href=\"https:\/\/uw-media.usatoday.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\"><img alt=\"USA TODAY\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"174\" height=\"40\" decoding=\"async\" data-nimg=\"1\" class=\"pr-2.5 max-w-[150px] max-h-[40px] min-[601px]:max-w-[115px]\" style=\"color:transparent;max-width:auto;max-height:100%\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/506fdd20-ee43-11eb-8f33-8a4102cf7edb.png\"\/><\/a>Tue, May 5, 2026 at 12:45 AM UTC<img alt=\"\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1242\" height=\"828\" decoding=\"async\" data-nimg=\"1\" class=\"standard-img w-full w-full h-auto\" style=\"color:transparent\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/dc444de7a8aaaafa1203591328ac6f2a.jpeg\"\/><\/p>\n<p>The <a href=\"https:\/\/sportsdata.usatoday.com\/football\/nfl\/teams\/kansas-city-chiefs\/339\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:Kansas City Chiefs;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link rapid-noclick-resp\">Kansas City Chiefs<\/a> may have found their latest diamond in the rough by signing former <a href=\"https:\/\/www.usatoday.com\/sports\/college-sports\/big-ten\/indiana\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:Indiana Hoosiers;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link rapid-noclick-resp\">Indiana Hoosiers<\/a> offensive lineman Kahlil Benson after a successful tryout at the team&#8217;s rookie camp.<\/p>\n<p>A member of the Hoosiers&#8217; 2025 CFP National Championship roster, Benson saw action in 49 games as a collegian between stints in <a href=\"https:\/\/sportsdata.usatoday.com\/football\/ncaaf\/teams\/indiana-hoosiers\/3433\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:Indiana;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link rapid-noclick-resp\">Indiana<\/a> (2022-2023, 2025) and with the Colorado Buffaloes (2024).<\/p>\n<p>Set to turn 24 years old in August, Benson&#8217;s relative experience could translate to early success in the NFL under the direction of Chiefs head coach Andy Reid.<\/p>\n<p>Take a look at the team&#8217;s announcement of Benson&#8217;s signing, which was posted to Twitter on May 4:<\/p>\n<p>Veteran quarterback Jake Haener \u2014 once slated to be a backup for star signal-caller Patrick Mahomes next season \u2014 was among the players who were waived to make room for Benson on Kansas City&#8217;s 90-man roster.<\/p>\n<p>Stay tuned to Chiefs Wire for more updates about Benson as Kansas City&#8217;s offseason program continues over the next few months.<\/p>\n<p>This article originally appeared on Chiefs Wire: <a href=\"https:\/\/chiefswire.usatoday.com\/story\/sports\/nfl\/chiefs\/2026\/05\/04\/kansas-city-chiefs-shock-nfl-sign-kahlil-benson-cut-jake-haener\/89937065007\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:Chiefs news: KC shocks NFL by signing CFP champion, cutting veteran QB;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link rapid-noclick-resp\">Chiefs news: KC shocks NFL by signing CFP champion, cutting veteran QB<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Tue, May 5, 2026 at 12:45 AM UTC The Kansas City Chiefs may have found their latest diamond&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":773883,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[43],"tags":[22748,1318,9443,53145,317072,18818,3570,1317,1315,1316,56447,34238,62,67,132,68,317073],"class_list":{"0":"post-773882","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-ncaa-football","8":"tag-colorado-buffaloes","9":"tag-football","10":"tag-indiana-hoosiers","11":"tag-jake-haener","12":"tag-kahlil-benson","13":"tag-kansas-city","14":"tag-kansas-city-chiefs","15":"tag-ncaa","16":"tag-ncaa-football","17":"tag-ncaafootball","18":"tag-offensive-lineman","19":"tag-patrick-mahomes","20":"tag-sports","21":"tag-united-states","22":"tag-unitedstates","23":"tag-us","24":"tag-zacch-pickens"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@us\/116519520296773869","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/773882","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=773882"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/773882\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/773883"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=773882"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=773882"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=773882"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}