On one particular play Saturday, the first day of the Chiefs’ three-day rookie minicamp, receiver Jehu Chesson showed a glimpse of the talent that prompted general manager John Dorsey to trade two fifth-round picks to move back up into the fourth round of this year’s NFL Draft and select him.
Chesson, who checked in at 6 feet 3 and 204 pounds at the Combine, put his impressive combination of size, catch radius and ball skills on display when he skied high in the air to haul in a deep ball from quarterback Joel Stave.
Based on the reaction from new receivers coach Greg Lewis, however, Chesson would soon learn that plays like this in the NFL were the expectation, not the exception – not that he had any doubt, of course.