How are former Kansas City Chiefs players faring in the UFL?

Breeland Speaks leads a group of Chiefs who are faring pretty well in the UFL these days.

There are many reasons why things might not work out for a clearly talented player in the National Football League. It happens every year, as previously successful college prospects and/or high-level draft picks end up discarded from NFL rosters following one failed attempt after another to "make it."

For some players, success never finds them after their glory years in college, but for a select few, for those who persevere to keep their dreams of playing professional football alive, the chance to still ply their trade in other football leagues besides the NFL is the very opportunity they needed all along.

In these auxiliary leagues, some players who were unable to succeed early in their careers find ways to blossom late. Perhaps they just needed time for the mental side to click. Others might have needed some failure in order to find the internal motivation to learn. For even more, perhaps the early attempts to make it were clouded by bad fits or poor coaching. It happens.

This year, the UFL—the United Football League—is giving still-young players a chance to get noticed, if they want it. The newly-merged league brought together the USFL and XFL into a new entity intent on becoming a developmental league for the NFL and that's giving some familiar faces a chance to play.

Let's check in on some former Kansas City Chiefs players to see how they're doing in the UFL this year.