The Kansas City Chiefs have announced the dates for their upcoming rookie mini-camp as well as the team’s mandatory minicamp for all players.
On Wednesday, the NFL announced the official dates for all minicamps, both the mandatory one for all players and the rookie minicam that each team holds for their latest draft picks and undrafted free agents or those invited to try out.
For the Kansas City Chiefs, the rookie minicamp will be held on May 6-8, this coming weekend, and will be the first official team activities for Patrick Mahomes, the team’s first round pick and young quarterback sensation. All players will be forced to report to the team on June 13-15 for mandatory minicamp, and it will be then that the team will learn of any player who is unhappy with his pay and is planning to hold out.
For now the Chiefs are still in offseason activity mode with ongoing training and conditioning sessions, but these are all voluntary activities. In the weekends leading up to the mandatory minicamp, voluntary OTAs will continue to take place on three consecutive weekends — from May 23-25, May 30-June 1, and June 6-9. The mandatory minicamp will cap all of the Chiefs spring/summer activities until training camp officially opens in August.
Fans should expect to see further player movement in terms of rookie free agents invited to minicamp as well as potential deals being reached with rookies and veterans alike as teams form their 90-man rosters.