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This year’s rookie class includes seven receivers taken in the first round of the 2024 draft and 10 in the first 40 picks, but none had a bigger debut than Chiefs receiver Xavier Worthy, who scored two touchdowns in their opening win over the Ravens. That’s more than the four receivers drafted ahead of him combined.
“He’s so cool, calm and collected like all the time,” quarterback Patrick Mahomes said of the former Texas standout. “You never even see the excitement on him, but he goes up there and makes plays. Obviously, we want to continue to use him more and more. I thought he had a great day making big plays in big moments.”
Worthy, best known for running a record 40-yard time of 4.21 seconds at the NFL Combine, put that speed on display on his first NFL touch, a reverse that went 21 yards for Kansas City’s first touchdown of 2024. In a close game late, he added another score on a 35-yard pass from Mahomes in the fourth quarter.
“It was crazy. We ran that in the preseason and I fumbled,” Worthy said of his first score. “For them to have that trust in me, I told [offensive coordinator Matt] Nagy that I think this play is going to score and it happened. It was an amazing moment, my first touch being a touchdown in the NFL.”
Worthy was one of four rookies to score touchdowns in their NFL debuts this week, along with the Jaguars’ Brian Thomas Jr., the Chargers’ Ladd McConkey and the Bucs’ Jalen McMillan.
It was a much quieter debut for the first receiver taken in April, Arizona’s Marvin Harrison Jr., the fourth overall pick. Kyler Murray threw 31 passes in a loss to the Bills, but only three of them went to Harrison, who finished with one catch for four yards. All expectations are that Harrison will be an elite receiver, but sometimes it’s not an immediate impact.
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