Albert Wilson signs one-year qualifying offer with Chiefs
By Matt Conner
Albert Wilson is officially in the fold for another year contractually after signing the original round tender offered by the Chiefs.
Wide receiver Albert Wilson has officially signed his qualifying offer with the Kansas City Chiefs, per Adam Caplan.
As a previously undrafted free agent, Wilson needs only to be in the NFL for three seasons before he hits restricted free agency. This at least forces the Chiefs to put some sort of qualifying offer in his hands, usually for multiples of what a player has made previously. Wilson also earned the chance for another team to extend him an offer and the Chiefs can then match that deal.
Wilson never signed another deal from a team, which means the Chiefs have no offer to match. They also tendered him a deal at the lowest level, which means Wilson’s terms are set at one-year, $1.797 million. If another team had signed Wilson, the Chiefs could have matched or let him go, but given the low level of tender to an undrafted player, the Chiefs would not have been compensated with a draft choice.
Wilson, a product out of Georgia Sttate, had 31 catches for 279 receiving yards and 2 touchdowns last season. It was a fall from the sophomore season he enjoyed with 35 catches for 451 yards and another 2 touchdowns. However, the Chiefs passing game is getting increasingly crowded with the emergence of Tyreek Hill, the breakout of Travis Kelce, the presence of Jeremy Maclin and the competition with DeMarcus Robinson, Chris Conley and anyone else the Chiefs draft this weekend.