Former Chiefs WR Cody White, OG Jovahn Fair sign with new teams
A pair of players who were previously on the Kansas City Chiefs’ offseason roster have signed with new teams.
The New York Giants have added WR Cody White, while OG Jovahn Fair has signed with the Cleveland Browns. Both White and Fair were among the 18 undrafted free agents that Kansas City signed after the 2020 NFL Draft. Fair was waived by the Chiefs in late July, along with five other players in an effort to trim the roster down to 80 players, which is the new offseason limit agreed upon by the NFL and NFLPA. White was waived with a non-football injury designation along with Javaris Davis, who briefly caught on with the Dolphins but was waived with the same designation.
White was atypical compared to the receivers that the Chiefs usually have on the team. He’s long and tall but doesn’t create much separation with his speed and route-running. That made him expendable in Kansas City when the changes to the offseason roster were first announced.
Fair also wasn’t the average offensive lineman that you see in Kansas City. While he started all four years at guard at Temple, at 6-2 and 310 pounds, he’s a bit undersized for what the Chiefs usually like at the position. That too made him expendable in the offseason altered by the COVID-19 pandemic.
The players are both late additions for their respective teams, so that means they’ll have be fighting an uphill battle to make the 53-man roster. It’s possible that both are in line to earn a practice squad spot for the 2020 season.
