Chiefs Release Another Player From Early Training Camp Roster

The Kansas City Chiefs are one of the several teams who started training camp last week as they prepare for the 2024 NFL season. The Chiefs have a stacked 90-man roster that features young players and veterans.

Kansas City made a small roster move on Sunday cutting tight end Gerrit Prince and signing wide receiver Izaiah Gatherings. However, the Chiefs aren’t done making roster moves during camp as they made a surprising cut to the roster on Monday.

On Monday, the Chiefs announced they cut safety Trey Dean and signed safety Tyree Gillespie. It’s an interesting move for Kansas City, given that veteran Justin Reid is on the NFI list with a quad injury.

However, the Chiefs might’ve wanted to go with the 25-year-old Gillespie, who was on the team’s practice squad in December last season. Kansas City waived Gillespie in May after releasing him in January to re-sign him in February.

The former Las Vegas Raiders draft pick will provide the Chiefs with some much-needed depth at the safety spot, with Reid hampered by the quad injury. As for Dean, he was signed from the New York Jets’ practice squad in January.

Kansas City ultimately kept the 24-year-old defensive back on the practice squad and signed him to a reserve/futures deal after the season ended in February. In his short professional career, the young safety has yet to appear in an NFL regular season game.

Nonetheless, if Gillespie struggles in training camp, it wouldn’t be a surprise to see the Chiefs bring back Dean sometime this summer. We’ve seen them do the same thing on offense, bringing back Gatherings to provide some depth at the wide receiver spot.

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