Former Washington wide receiver Omari Evans is getting a real look from the Kansas City Chiefs, and the path onto the roster may be narrower - and more specialized - than a typical receiver job.
Evans signed with Kansas City as an undrafted free agent and is still working through training camp, trying to turn that opportunity into a 53-man roster spot. If he gets there, the early signs point to a role built around his speed and his ability to help in the return game.
A recent report suggested the Chiefs have already started testing him there. In a post on “X” from Chiefs Zone podcast host Farzin Vousoughian, Evans was listed among several players who got kick return reps during a practice earlier this month.
Kansas City seemed to keep that idea moving in its 20-12 preseason loss to the Los Angeles Rams on Saturday. Evans handled a kick return for 24 yards and also saw two targets in the passing game, though he did not come down with a catch.
That speed has always been the headline with Evans. At Washington’s pro day in March, he was timed at 4.28 seconds in the 40-yard dash.
The 6-foot, 195-pound receiver started his college career at Penn State, where he spent three seasons from 2022-24. He finished that stretch with 30 catches for 564 yards and seven touchdowns.
He transferred to Washington for his final college season and posted 17 receptions for 254 yards and a touchdown.
Even with his straight-line burst, Evans didn’t get much return-game experience in college. He had only three kickoff returns in his career, all at Penn State, and never returned a punt.
Kansas City has made a habit of finding uses for fast receivers, and Evans appears to be in that same lane. If he can stick, the Chiefs may be looking at him as a kick returner first, with the possibility that Patrick Mahomes could also tap into that speed as a backup option on the outside.
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