{"id":880692,"date":"2026-05-02T19:12:27","date_gmt":"2026-05-02T19:12:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/880692\/"},"modified":"2026-05-02T19:12:27","modified_gmt":"2026-05-02T19:12:27","slug":"chiefs-rookie-wideout-glad-fellow-cincinnati-guys-are-in-kansas-city","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/880692\/","title":{"rendered":"Chiefs rookie wideout glad fellow Cincinnati guys are in Kansas City"},"content":{"rendered":"

The Kansas City Chiefs<\/a> started rookie minicamp on Friday, which means that this was the first time media members had a chance to speak with the newest members of the Chiefs since immediately after they were selected by Kansas City.<\/p>\n

Fifth-round draft pick, wide receiver and former Cincinnati Bearcat Cyrus Allen told media members during his presser that veteran tight end, and former Bearcat, Travis Kelce was one of the first guys on the team to \u201chit him up.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cHe said, \u2018let\u2019s f\u2019ing go,\u2018\u201d laughed Allen.<\/p>\n

When he was asked what it was like to talk to such an iconic and legendary player from his school, Allen said, \u201cHe\u2019s a Cincinnati guy, so that was exciting to really chop it up with him for real.\u201d<\/p>\n

Allen went on to talk about the lasting impact Kelce has had on his alma mater, saying, \u201cMan, it\u2019s crazy. I ain\u2019t going to lie. I think he got a lot of stuff named after him. I think the hotel that we were at, I think our key card is a picture of him on it.<\/p>\n

\u201cI\u2019m like, \u2018this is Travis Kelce.\u2019 I\u2019m like, \u2018That\u2019s crazy. I wish I could get that treatment.\u2018\u201d<\/p>\n

Allen isn\u2019t the only Cincinnati receiver to join the Chiefs ranks; his college teammate, Jeff Caldwell, signed with the team last week as an undrafted rookie free agent.<\/p>\n

Caldwell, who is a raw and elite athlete, needs to refine his route running and the finer aspects of the game, but has some of the biggest upside of any player in the 2026 rookie class. Caldwell is most well-known for posting the second-best relative athletic score (RAS) of any receiver over the last 20 years.<\/p>\n

When he was asked about his teammate, Allen raved about his friend, \u201cMan, Jeff [is] a dog. I ain\u2019t going to lie to you. Jeff [is] a dog. He\u2019s 6 feet 5, 6 feet 6 inches tall, one of them heights,\u201d he joked.<\/p>\n

\u201cHe\u2019s talented. I was amazed that he got signed here,\u201d Allen admitted. \u201cI\u2019m like, \u2018bro, let\u2019s go back to work.\u2018\u201d<\/p>\n

In addition to having a friendly face in a new place, Allen said the Caldwell will help him learn the Chiefs\u2019 playbook and get acclimated to the offense, \u201cI worked with him before, and us learning the plays and stuff together is going to be good for both of us.\u201d<\/p>\n

Still, even with having Caldwell as a study buddy, Allen said learning the Chiefs offense is a little overwhelming at the moment, \u201cI\u2019m swimming a little bit. I can\u2019t lie to you. But, it\u2019s good.\u201d<\/p>\n

But even if he\u2019s up to his neck in learning the playbook, he\u2019s not drowning, \u201cI\u2019m learning everything. Learning different positions, learning what everybody got. That\u2019s kind of how I like to learn. So, it\u2019ll probably be a little harder for me. But it\u2019s good. I\u2019ve been learning everything.\u201d<\/p>\n

The Chiefs continue their rookie minicamp throughout the weekend, before breaking until later this month when the team will reconvene for Voluntary OTAs (Organized Team Activities).<\/p>\n

It\u2019s going to be fun to keep tabs on the Chiefs\u2019 newest Cincinnati product this offseason as we watch his development unfold.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The Kansas City Chiefs started rookie minicamp on Friday, which means that this was the first time media…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":880693,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","_share_on_mastodon":"0"},"categories":[3],"tags":[7,923,922,6],"class_list":{"0":"post-880692","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-nfl","8":"tag-football","9":"tag-kansas-city-chiefs-draft","10":"tag-kansas-city-chiefs-news","11":"tag-nfl"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/channels.im\/@nfl\/116506574442460023","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/880692","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=880692"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/880692\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/880693"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=880692"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=880692"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=880692"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}