A year ago, one of the early stars at the Kansas City Chiefs’ training camp at Missouri Western State University in St. Joseph was running back Deneric Prince, who had been signed as a free agent from Tulsa following 2023’s NFL Draft.
Prince was getting key reps with Kansas City’s first-team offense — although this was while starter Isiah Pacheco was recovering from offseason surgery. Still, many observers rushed to put the rookie on their initial roster predictions.
Kansas City’s public relations team even joined in the hype, releasing a tantalizing video of Prince taking off after catching a pass from quarterback Patrick Mahomes.