Kahlil Benson

Rookie

Nobody told the undrafted rookie he wasn't supposed to be first on the depth chart

The Kansas City Chiefs offensive line has a new name at right tackle — and it wasn't circled on anyone's draft board.

Kahlil Benson came into this camp without a contract guarantee, without a draft selection, without any of the institutional momentum that follows a picked player around. Undrafted players don't usually open training camp with the first team. The first team is where you prove you already belong, not where you go to make your case.

Benson is making his case anyway. He's been taking right tackle reps with the starters during camp — a quiet but real signal that the coaching staff sees something worth developing, maybe something worth keeping.

For a player starting from nothing, getting those reps is the whole ballgame right now. Every day he lines up with the ones is a day he earns a longer look. The roster isn't set yet, and neither is his story.

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