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The Kansas City Chiefs have cut Missouri State wide receiver Ty Scott.
The Kansas City Chiefs signed rookie cornerback Ekow Boye-Doe on May 15 — after the youngster impressed as a tryout at minicamp.
In doing so, the Chiefs triggered a corresponding cut according to USA Today Chiefs Wire reporter Charles Goldman. “The roster is currently at 90 players, so the Chiefs will need a corresponding move,” he tweeted after Boye-Doe’s deal became official. “If that move isn’t a cornerback, K.C. will have 12 on the offseason roster.”
Later in the afternoon on May 15, the NFL’s personnel notice relayed the aforementioned cut, and it was not a cornerback. Instead, the Chiefs decided to part ways with 24-year-old UDFA wide receiver Ty Scott out of Missouri State. Both Goldman and NFL reporter Aaron Wilson confirmed this news.
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The big name is obviously Kansas State pass rusher Felix Anudike-Uzomah, who was selected in round one of the NFL Draft. Boye-Doe is another K-State teammate and both Scott and UDFA cornerback Montrae Braswell initially signed out of Missouri State. Unfortunately, the two Missouri State youngsters didn’t quite cut it at minicamp, and each have since been released.
Scott, 6-foot-3, was a former record-breaking WR at Missouri State. According to the Missouri State football website, he “earned All-Missouri Valley Football Conference first-team honors and MVFC All-Newcomer Team distinction in his first year at Missouri State after collecting school-records for receptions (66), receiving yards (1,110) and receiving touchdowns (8).”
That 2021 season impressed on a national level too, as Scott “ranked 11th nationally in receiving yards, 12th in receiving yards per game, 34th in receptions per game, 41st in receiving touchdowns, 45th in yards per reception (16.8) and 77th in all-purpose yards (92.25).”
It also included six games with 100 or more receiving yards, including four straight outings in October of that year.
Although Scott failed to latch on within this Kansas City WR corps during the initial go-round, it’s possible that Veach and head coach Andy Reid bring him back at a later date. After all, we’ve seen that method with Chiefs UDFA prospects in years past.
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