There's no denying that Cole Christiansen has earned the trust of Chiefs' coaches. Despite being a fringe roster player who has been waived and activated, promoted and demoted, time and again over the last three seasons, Christiansen has been a consistent presence on Kansas City's transaction wire.
The Kansas City Chiefs officially signed TE Robert Tonyan and LB Cole Christiansen to contracts on Tuesday. Tonyan, 30, originally signed on with the Lions as an undrafted free agent out of Indiana State back in 2017.
Kansas City retains its second-longest tenured player and a key reserve. While the Kansas City Chiefs made waves early at the start of the NFL’s “legal tampering period” by reportedly signing a pair of former San Francisco 49ers in tackle Jaylon Moore and running back Elijah Mitchell, the team made a pair of quieter moves late on Monday.
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The Kansas City Chiefs are down to 52 players on their roster after making a move to create some space ahead of Week 10's AFC West showdown with the Denver Broncos.
The Kansas City Chiefs made a handful of roster moves on Wednesday ahead of their Week 3 matchup against the Atlanta Falcons on Sunday Night Football. In a post to Twitter, the Chiefs’ official account announced that the team had signed running back Keaontay Ingram and linebacker Cole Christiansen, who played for Kansas City in the preseason.
Kansas City brings back a familiar linebacker while cutting a defensive tackle. According to the NFL’s official transactions report, the Kansas City Chiefs signed linebacker Cole Christiansen on Monday.
The Kansas City Chiefs made a pair of roster moves on Monday. After revoking his exclusive rights free agent tender ahead of rookie minicamp, the Chiefs have brought back LB Cole Christiansen per Monday's personnel notice.
Per the wire, the Chiefs have waived veteran DT Matt Dickerson and are signing LB Cole Christiansen. Dickerson, 28, wound up going undrafted out of UCLA in 2018.
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The Kansas City Chiefs officially withdrew the exclusive rights tender from LB Cole Christiansen on Friday. Christiansen is now an unrestricted free agent. Christiansen, 26, wound up going undrafted out of Army back in 2020.
Sometimes it's the smallest of roster moves that signal there are bigger plans at play, and that might be the case for the Kansas City Chiefs. According to the NFL's personnel notice for Tuesday, the Chiefs restored LB Cole Christiansen to the practice squad from the practice squad injured list.