The Kansas City Chiefs continue to round out the practice squad after releasing several players. This time they’ve added a promising defensive end who sacked Patrick Mahomes earlier this season.
According to the NFL’s personnel notice for Thursday, the Chiefs have signed DE Joe Jackson to the practice squad. A former fifth-round draft pick by the Dallas Cowboys by way of the University of Miami, Jackson was a very consistent player in college. In each of his three seasons at The U, Jackson had over 10.5 tackles for loss and 6.5 sacks.
The 25-year-old spent just one season with the team that drafted him, playing just over 70 snaps with Dallas in 2019. He was released at the onset of the 2020 NFL season, which is when the Cleveland Browns claimed him. The 6-4 and 278-pound defensive end bounced back and forth between the practice squad and active roster in his two seasons in Cleveland.
