The Chiefs added another piece to their offensive line on Tuesday night, sending their seventh-round pick in the 2028 NFL Draft to the Giants for Josh Ezeudu, a source confirmed to The Star.
Ezeudu arrives in Kansas City with plenty of versatility on his resume. The 26-year-old entered the NFL as a third-round pick by New York in 2022, and his path through the league has been shaped by injuries and shifting assignments. At North Carolina, the 6-foot-4, 310-pound lineman played in 36 games and made 28 starts, including 20 at left guard, six at left tackle and two at right tackle.
His early years with the Giants were interrupted quickly. As a rookie, he played in 10 games and started twice at left guard before a neck injury ended his season.
The next year brought another turn when Andrew Thomas went down in Week 1, pushing Ezeudu out to left tackle for the next five games. That stretch ended in Week 6 when a toe injury cut his second straight season short.
In 2024, Ezeudu stayed available for all 17 games and worked mostly in reserve. That year included two starts at left tackle and one appearance as an extra lineman.
But 2025 brought another setback, with a calf injury landing him on injured reserve with a designation to return in August. He got back on the practice field last December, though the Giants never activated him.
New York brought him back in March on a one-year, $1.3 million deal, then tried him at right tackle and right guard this preseason under new head coach John Harbaugh. The idea was to see whether he could serve as a backup on the right side.
That plan hit another bump Saturday, when Ezeudu was kicked in the back of the leg in the Giants’ preseason game against the Miami Dolphins. Before the trade, the team described him as day to day.
For Kansas City, the move fits a clear need. One of the team’s priorities heading into roster cuts was finding more interior offensive line depth behind left guard Kingsley Suamataia and right guard Trey Smith. The Chiefs are betting Ezeudu can fill that role, even though most of his NFL experience has come at tackle rather than inside, where he spent more of his college career.
NFL reporter Jordan Schultz first reported the trade.
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