Xavier Worthy injury: Chiefs WR knocked out of game after vicious collision with Travis Kelce on opening drive

Kansas City Chiefs wide receiver Xavier Worthy is out of Friday night’s game against the Los Angeles Chargers due to a shoulder injury after being involved in a brutal collision with tight end Travis Kelce on the Chiefs’ opening drive. The incident occurred when the two were running crossing routes and inadvertently ran into each other.

Worthy took the worst of the impact. He was knocked over and was slow to get up before going to the locker room with a towel over his head. The play ended with quarterback Patrick Mahomes throwing an incompletion on a pass intended for Hollywood Brown. The team later confirmed Worthy was questionable to return with what is being called a shoulder injury before downgrading him to out in the second quarter.

Worthy’s injury marks yet another major blow to a Chiefs wide receiver corps that is already short-handed to begin the year. Kansas City entered their opener without wide receiver Rashee Rice, who was suspended for the first six games of the season stemming from a violation of the league’s personal conduct policy. Worthy, the Chiefs’ first round pick in 2024, has been expected to assume a greater responsibility in Rice’s absence.

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