The Buffalo Payments did not assume Xavier Worthy was worthy of their No. 28 choose within the draft.
He is making them pay within the AFC Championship Sport.
Worthy, who the Kansas Metropolis Chiefs chosen after a draft-day commerce with the Payments in April, had an enormous first half on Sunday.
Worthy, 21, caught an 11-yard landing cross from Patrick Mahomes to present the Chiefs a 14-10 lead within the second quarter. He made a spectacular catch on Kansas Metropolis’s subsequent possession.
Kansas Metropolis confronted third-and-5 from the Payments’ 29-yard line. Mahomes fought off stress from defensive finish Dawuane Smoot, and launched a cross close to the proper sideline as he was being taken down by his legs. Worthy and security Cole Bishop every leaped for the ball. It appeared Bishop had the interception within the air however the benefit flipped to Worthy as he got here down on his again cradling the ball.
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It was dominated a 26-yard completion. Payments head coach Sean McDermott challenged the decision and the play was upheld.
Mahomes scrambled for a 1-yard landing three performs later to place Kansas Metropolis forward 21-10. Buffalo scored a landing with 23 seconds left within the first half to chop its deficit to 21-16.
Worthy had 5 catches for 62 yards and a landing and two carries for 16 yards within the first half.
Payments and Chiefs 2024 draft commerce
Buffalo entered the 2024 NFL Draft with the No. 28 general choose. They traded down with Kansas Metropolis for the No. 32 choose. The Payments then traded down from No. 32 with the Carolina Panthers for the No. 33 choose. Buffalo chosen extensive receiver Keon Coleman with the primary choose of the second spherical at No. 33.
Right here was the Invoice and Chiefs commerce:
Payments obtain:
- Spherical 1, No. 32, traded to Panthers for No. 33 and took WR Keon Coleman
- Spherical 3, No. 95: DT DeWayne Carter
- Spherical 7, No. 221: OT Travis Clayton
Chiefs obtain:
- Spherical 1, No. 28: WR Xavier Worthy
- Spherical 4, No. 133: S Jaden Hicks
- Spherical 7, No. 248: G C.J. Hanson
Xavier Worthy stats
Worthy performed in all 17 video games in his rookie season, ending with 59 receptions for 638 yards and 6 touchdowns. He had 20 carries for 104 yards in three touchdowns.
Xavier Worthy 40 time
Worthy holds the quickest 40-yard time on the NFL Mix at 4.21 seconds. It broke John Ross’ earlier report of 4.22 seconds in 2017.
Xavier Worthy wage
Worthy is within the first 12 months of a four-year, $13,790,264 contract, together with a signing bonus of $6,849,284.