Kansas City Chiefs kick returner Knile Davis is a native of Missouri City, Texas, a city less than 20 miles away from Houston, and as he explained after the Wild Card game against the Texans, playing the first game of this year’s playoffs in Texas was a homecoming for him.
That is why what happened on the opening kickoff—a 106-yard return for a touchdown—meant so much.
“This is my hometown,” he said. “It was good to set the tempo in my hometown.”
Davis gave the Chiefs a 7-0 lead only 11 seconds into the game.