Four Kansas City Chiefs players you likely forgot about
By Matt Conner
Demone Harris
Demone Harris has fought hard to make three different teams now after beginning his career as a rookie free agent with the Tampa Bay Buccaneers in 2018. After going undrafted out of the University of Buffalo (Go Bulls!), he made the Bucs practice squad and was even elevated to the active roster by midseason. From there, he went back to the team’s practice squad through October of the 2019 season.
The Baltimore Ravens brought in Harris at that point and placed him on their own practice squad after losing Pernell McPhee to injury, but the Chiefs claimed him off of their PS one month later and put him on their active roster.
Harris was able to step in and earn 121 total snaps along the defensive front for the Chiefs in an important part of the season as they were fighting for a first-round bye. Steve Spagnuolo clearly trusted Harris to contribute as a rotational end when it mattered most.
Defensive end is already an overloaded position on the roster for the Chiefs, but other fringe players receive the lion’s share of the attention. For all of the talk about Taco Charlton coming in this offseason or the drafting of Michael Danna out of Michigan, the reality is that Demone Harris was earning very real reps from this coaching staff already down the stretch in a Super Bowl run.
Perhaps we should be paying closer attention here.