Kansas City Chiefs depend on undrafted players to remake defense
By Matt Conner
There’s not much more to say about Sorensen that we’ve not already said this week. (Read this.) That said, Sorensen was one of four defenders on the Chiefs who played every single defensive snap against the Texans (another is listed below) and came up big in the process.
Sorensen is a known commodity around these parts as a veteran safety who is very well-paid for being a third option behind Mathieu and Thornhill (although really, given how often the Chiefs play in DB-heavy packages, Sorensen is as much a starter as anyone). However it’s easy to forget that he was once an undrafted gem out of Brigham Young who earned a chance from Dorsey and Andy Reid back in 2014 to show what he can do.
Six years later, Sorensen just single-handedly delivered the Chiefs back from the depths of a 24-0 deficit in the postseason with two special teams plays straight from heaven—a tackle to thwart a fake punt and then a forced fumble on a kickoff return. What a career for a player passed over several times by 32 teams.