Chiefs to host Alabama WR Jameson Williams on top-30 visit

The Kansas City Chiefs are bringing in one of the top receivers in the 2022 NFL draft for a top-30 visit on Friday.

Alabama WR Jameson Williams shared a photo on his Instagram story from The Country Club Plaza, tagging his location as Kansas City, Missouri on Thursday evening. A source confirmed to Chiefs Wire that Williams is in town to take a visit with the Chiefs.

Kansas City is bringing Williams in on a medical-related top-30 visit. He tore his ACL during the national championship game on January 10. Williams told reporters at the 2022 NFL Scouting Combine that doctors had told him he was ahead of schedule, just several weeks after undergoing surgery. Williams will meet with Chiefs Vice President of Sports Medicine and Performance, Rick Burkholder, who will get a chance to see how he’s progressing now several months after surgery.

A St. Louis, Missouri native, Williams began his collegiate career at Ohio State. Williams found himself looking for more opportunities despite producing in a crowded receiver room that featured Chris Olave, Garrett Wilson and Jaxon Smith-Njigba. He transferred to Alabama in 2021 and lit the SEC on fire with 79 catches for 1,572 yards and 15 touchdowns before suffering his injury. He also has a knack for big plays on special teams with 10 kick returns for over 350 yards and two kick return touchdowns.

Our friends at Touchdown Wire profiled Williams as the closest thing to a replacement that exists for Tyreek Hill in the 2021 NFL draft. He excels in the vertical passing game because of his speed, but he can also take a quick slant or screen pass to the house.

Many believe that the Chiefs won’t have a chance to draft Williams unless they were to trade up in the first round of the draft. Well, this pre-draft visit will go a long way toward determining whether that’s a feasible course of action for the team. It’ll tell Kansas City whether the risk of drafting a player who suffered an ACL injury back in January is worth the reward.

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