Fresno native Xavier Worthy drafted in first round by the Chiefs

On the travel to the NFL Draft, Worthy broke the NFL Combine's 40-yard dash record.

FRESNO, Calif. (KFSN) -- The Central High School alum is disconnected the board.

Xavier Worthy has been drafted by the Kansas City Chiefs with the 28th wide prime successful the archetypal circular of the 2024 NFL Draft.

The Chiefs person won the past 2 Super Bowls with backmost Patrick Mahomes.

He's the archetypal subordinate from Central California taken successful the archetypal circular since Firebaugh's Josh Allen was taken 7th wide successful the 2018 NFL Draft.

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Worthy's vocation with the Texas Longhorns ended with a College Football Playoff semi-final quality against the Washington Huskies, who were headed by erstwhile Bulldogs caput manager Kalen DeBoer.

He started successful each 14 games of the Longhorns' 2023 play and led the squad with 75 receptions, 1,014 receiving yards, 5 receiving touchdowns and 1 punt instrumentality touchdown. In total, helium caught 26 touchdowns, which is the 3rd astir successful programme history.

On the travel to the NFL Draft, Worthy broke the NFL Combine's 40-yard dash grounds by mounting a tally clip of 4.21 seconds.

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"I had rappers substance me, erstwhile radical successful the league substance me, radical successful the league substance me... determination was a batch of buzz going on," Worthy said.

As a junior, Worthy helped the Central Grizzlies triumph the 2019 Division-one Double A authorities title.