Andy Reid’s insistence on making his team impervious has secured the Chiefs’ roster with yet another excellent addition.
The Kansas City Chiefs have signed four free agents to Reserve/Future contracts for 2024: pass rusher Jordan Smith, wide receiver Jacob Copeland, running back Hassan Hall, and quarterback Ian Book, according to Wednesday’s NFL transactions report.
A Reserve/Future contract provides a minimum salary that is not guaranteed and goes into effect in March with the start of the new league season. These players are not eligible to play in the postseason, and it will depend on Kansas City’s other roster decisions whether they stay with the team until training camp. The Chiefs will probably sign the majority of their practice squad to Reserve/Future contracts at the end of the season.
Book of Notre Dame was chosen by the New Orleans Saints in the 133rd overall fourth round of the 2021 NFL Draft. During his rookie season, he started one game and passed for 135 yards with two interceptions while helping the team overcome the COVID-19 pandemic. Before the 2022 season, Book was waived by the Saints, but the Philadelphia Eagles later claimed him off waivers. In 2023, Book had a short stint on the New England Patriots’ practice squad.
The Jacksonville Jaguars selected Smith, a 2021 fourth-round pick, 121st overall. The Alabama-Birmingham product missed all of 2022 due to a knee injury after playing in just two games during his rookie campaign. Joe Cullen, the defensive line coach for Kansas City, served as Smith’s defensive coordinator in his first season in Jacksonville.
Former Maryland wide receiver Copeland and Georgia Tech running back Hall entered the league as undrafted free agents this season with the Tennessee Titans and Cleveland Browns respectively. Having missed their first squads, both players have been on and off practice squads several times this season.
In the teams’ preseason finale this year, Hall, then with the Browns, picked up three yards on three rushes against the Chiefs.
The 2024 minimum salaries for these players will (at least temporarily) count against Kansas City’s 2024 salary cap because the Chiefs do not yet have 51 players signed for the upcoming season. With two seasons each under their belts, Book and Smith’s minimum pay will be listed at $985,000. Due to their lack of NFL game experience, Copeland and Hall will receive a minimum salary of $795,000.
An estimated $3.6 million will be taken out of the team’s 2024 salary cap space as a result of these four signings.
have signed four free agents to Reserve/Future contracts for 2024: pass rusher Jordan Smith, wide receiver Jacob Copeland, running back Hassan Hall, and quarterback Ian Book, according to Wednesday’s NFL transactions report.
A Reserve/Future contract provides a minimum salary that is not guaranteed and goes into effect in March with the start of the new league season. These players are not eligible to play in the postseason, and it will depend on Kansas City’s other roster decisions whether they stay with the team until training camp. The Chiefs will probably sign the majority of their practice squad to Reserve/Future contracts at the end of the season.
Book of Notre Dame was chosen by the New Orleans Saints in the 133rd overall fourth round of the 2021 NFL Draft. During his rookie season, he started one game and passed for 135 yards with two interceptions while helping the team overcome the COVID-19 pandemic. Before the 2022 season, Book was waived by the Saints, but the Philadelphia Eagles later claimed him off waivers. In 2023, Book had a short stint on the New England Patriots’ practice squad.
The Jacksonville Jaguars selected Smith, a 2021 fourth-round pick, 121st overall. The Alabama-Birmingham product missed all of 2022 due to a knee injury after playing in just two games during his rookie campaign. Joe Cullen, the defensive line coach for Kansas City, served as Smith’s defensive coordinator in his first season in Jacksonville.
Former Maryland wide receiver Copeland and Georgia Tech running back Hall entered the league as undrafted free agents this season with the Tennessee Titans and Cleveland Browns respectively. Having missed their first squads, both players have been on and off practice squads several times this season.
In the teams’ preseason finale this year, Hall, then with the Browns, picked up three yards on three rushes against the Chiefs.
The 2024 minimum salaries for these players will (at least temporarily) count against Kansas City’s 2024 salary cap because the Chiefs do not yet have 51 players signed for the upcoming season. With two seasons each under their belts, Book and Smith’s minimum pay will be listed at $985,000. Due to their lack of NFL game experience, Copeland and Hall will receive a minimum salary of $795,000.
An estimated $3.6 million will be taken out of the team’s 2024 salary cap space as a result of these four signings.
