{"id":854060,"date":"2026-04-04T22:31:21","date_gmt":"2026-04-04T22:31:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/854060\/"},"modified":"2026-04-04T22:31:21","modified_gmt":"2026-04-04T22:31:21","slug":"kc-hosts-usc-trojans-star-on-top-30-visit","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/854060\/","title":{"rendered":"KC hosts USC Trojans star on Top 30 visit"},"content":{"rendered":"

April 4, 2026, 12:27 p.m. CT<\/p>\n

The Kansas City Chiefs<\/a> are less than a month away from making their first pick in the 2026 NFL Draft, and general manager Brett Veach may have a clearer idea of how he wants to spend his team’s No. 9 selection after meeting with a standout wide receiver this week.<\/p>\n

On April 4, NFL insider Ian Rapoport reported that Kansas City hosted University of Southern California Trojans wideout Makai Lemon on a Top 30 visit.<\/p>\n

Lemon, who tallied 1156 receiving yards and 11 touchdown catches in 2025, is expected to be among the first pass-catchers who will hear his name called in the 2026 NFL Draft.<\/p>\n

In addition to his visit with the Chiefs, Lemon is said to have met with the Miami Dolphins, Washington Commanders, and both New York-based franchises:<\/p>\n

A unanimous All-American in 2025, Lemon managed to win the Fred Biletnikoff Award for his outstanding junior year with the Trojans.<\/p>\n

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Stay tuned to see if Lemon’s meeting with Kansas City is a sign of things to come, or if the former USC star will ultimately land with another team on draft night.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"April 4, 2026, 12:27 p.m. CT The Kansas City Chiefs are less than a month away from making…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":854061,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2063],"tags":[95878,346,7,118,110,2438,2437,6,96828,96829,95882,96540,95896,95888,95906,96071,95883,95881],"class_list":{"0":"post-854060","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-kansas-city-chiefs","8":"tag-accessfree","9":"tag-chiefs","10":"tag-football","11":"tag-kansas-city","12":"tag-kansas-city-chiefs","13":"tag-kansascity","14":"tag-kansascitychiefs","15":"tag-nfl","16":"tag-sstssportsnflchiefs","17":"tag-sstsnchiefs","18":"tag-tagamerican-football","19":"tag-tagkansas-city-chiefs","20":"tag-tagnational-sports","21":"tag-tagnfl","22":"tag-tagoverall-positive","23":"tag-tagsmg-timely","24":"tag-tagsports-news","25":"tag-typestory"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/channels.im\/@nfl\/116348812635374672","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/854060","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=854060"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/854060\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/854061"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=854060"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=854060"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=854060"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}