Neither relaxed nor content provides an accurate description of Chiefs lineman Austin Reiter’s demeanor when he spoke with reporters on Friday. If anything, the 6-foot-3, 300-pound Florida native was at ease with the fact that he’d found an organization that valued him enough to invest in him on more than a day-to-day basis.
Reiter, 27, has spent time with three organizations since entering the NFL as a late-round draft pick of the Washington Redskins in 2015 (seventh round, 222nd overall). He’s bounced back and forth between practice squad and being placed on the 53-man roster. A season-ending knee injury in what should have been a career benchmark, the first start of his career, wiped out an entire year with the Cleveland Browns.