Kansas City Chiefs wide receiver Xavier Worthy got a new tattoo to celebrate being drafted by the team. Worthy went to social media to share a video of him getting the new ink on his arm. He got a tattoo of the Chiefs’ official logo along with where he was picked in the draft (R:1, P:28).
Worthy joins the Chiefs after being a standout player for the Texas Longhorns. He has been compared to former Chiefs and current Miami Dolphins wide receiver Tyreek Hill, but Chiefs head coach Andy Reid believes his new wide receiver is more like another former player he coached.
“[Hill and Worthy are] different, and he’ll put his own mark on things once he gets a feel for it,” Reid said in his Thursday press conference, per Pro Football Talk. “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.”
Xavier Worthy is ready to play with Patrick Mahomes
In 2023, Worthy was selected to the All-America Second Team as a punt returner. He was also selected to the All-Big 12 First Team as a wide receiver and return specialist. As a punt returner, Worthy averaged 16.9 yards per return with 371 return yards and one touchdown. When he played wide receiver, Worthy caught 75 passes for 1,014 yards and five touchdowns.
While speaking with reporters on Thursday, Worthy talked about catching passes from Patrick Mahomes. “Everybody dreams of playing with Patrick Mahomes, [he is] one of the greatest QBs of all time,” Worthy said, per Chiefs Wire. “To be able to play for him, everybody talks about it, but I’ve been saying for a while that I’m going to be a Chief. So I just put it in the air, and now that I’m here, it’s amazing.”
Worthy also spoke on being drafted by the same coach who chose Jackson. “It makes me at ease just to see a coach that drafted a guy similar to me as well and him having the success he had in this system under Andy Reid,” Worthy explained. “It’s just amazing to be able to have a coach that actually gets you as a player and knows you as a player because he’s had that player before.”
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