On Sunday evening, NFL Network’s Ian Rapoport reported that the Kansas City Chiefs’ right guard Trey Smith has signed his 2025 franchise tag.
Source: #Chiefs G Trey Smith has signed his franchise tag, locking in $23.4M on a 1-year, fully guaranteed deal and officially making him the NFL's highest-paid guard. KC would like to work out a long-term deal. https://t.co/5ukA9UotTj
— Ian Rapoport (@RapSheet) March 10, 2025
This means that unless the Chiefs sign Smith to a long-term deal — or trade him to another team, which would likely sign Smith to a new contract — he will play the 2025 season in Kansas City on a fully-guaranteed one-year contract worth $23.