When Sammy Watkins signed with the Kansas City Chiefs leading up to the 2018 season, he was ready for a change.
So at 3 a.m in the early morning, two weeks out from his first Chiefs training camp, a wide-awake Watkins decided it was time to prove to himself — and others — that change was coming.
And what better way to do so than with a symbolic new ‘do?
With a pair of scissors and an impulse decision, Watkins got up and cut off his long, iconic dreadlocks — a look he had sported for more than a decade.