Chiefs 2025 offseason overview: returning players, free agents, salary cap and the draft

With the 2024 season behind us, here’s where Kansas City’s roster stands going into the offseason.

After the Kansas City Chiefs’ 40-22 loss to the Philadelphia Eagles in Super Bowl LIX, they have 73 players under contract.

Returning players (34)

All of these players were on the team’s final 2024 active roster or reserve lists and remain under contract for the coming season.

Offense

QB Patrick Mahomes
T Ethan Driskell
T Kingsley Suamataia
T Jawaan Taylor
C Creed Humphrey
OL C.J. Hanson
OL McKade Mettauer
OL Wanya Morris
OL Hunter Nourzad
RB Isiah Pacheco
RB Carson Steele
TE Noah Gray
TE Travis Kelce
TE Jared Wiley
WR Skyy Moore
WR Nikko Remigio
WR Rashee Rice
WR Xavier Worthy

Defense

CB Trent McDuffie
CB Christian Roland-Wallace
CB Jaylen Watson
CB Joshua Williams
S Chamarri Conner
S Bryan Cook
S Jaden Hicks
LB Leo Chenal
LB Cam Jones
LB Drue Tranquill
DE Felix Anudike-Uzomah
DE Michael Danna
DE George Karlaftis
DE BJ Thompson
DT Chris Jones

Specialists

K Harrison Butker

New Reserve/Future contracts (15)

All of these players were signed to Reserve/Future contracts for the 2025 season, meaning they went on the team’s 90-man roster when the new league year began at 3 p.m. Arrowhead Time on Wednesday, March 12. The players marked with an asterisk (*) were on the team’s practice squad when the season ended.