The Kansas City Chiefs traded up in the NFL draft to select Texas Longhorns wide receiver Xavier Worthy with the 28th overall pick in Round 1 on Thursday.
Kansas City traded picks 32, 95 and 221 to Buffalo for the 28th, 133rd and 248th overall picks.
Last season, Worthy had 1,014 yards and five touchdowns for a Longhorns team that earned its first College Football Playoff berth. That was good enough to earn him First Team All-Big 12 honors.
Worthy wowed scouts at the NFL scouting combine last month, running the fastest 40-yard dash in combine history at 4.21 seconds.
In his three years at Texas, Worthy had 26 touchdown receptions, the third-most in Texas football’s history. He was also fourth all-time in career receiving yards with 2,755.
Worthy was the second player from Texas selected in the first round of the draft, joining Byron Murphy II, who was taken 16th overall by the Seattle Seahawks.
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