Xavier Williams is a very superstitious man.
So while the 26-year-old nose tackle had a sense there was a good chance he'd soon be playing for his hometown team, the Kansas City Chiefs, long before the news was announced Wednesday, he played this one close to the vest with his loved ones until the T's were crossed and the I's were dotted.
“I don’t want to jinx anything," said Williams, a graduate of Grandview High School. "I even talked to my agent about it and I was like, ‘You know I think the last thing I want to do is get my mom pumped up that I’ll be coming home and then something crazy happens like I end up in New York or something like that.