# 2025 Kansas City Chiefs season

The 2025 season will be the Kansas City Chiefs' 56th in the National Football League (NFL), their 66th overall, their ninth under the leadership of general manager Brett Veach and their 13th under head coach Andy Reid. The Chiefs will enter the season as three time defending AFC champions.

## Offseason

All transactions below have occurred in the 2025 offseason.

### Futures contracts

Futures contracts are signed beginning with the conclusion of the previous season. They typically consist of players who spent a portion of the previous season on the practice squad of a team.
2025 Kansas City Chiefs Futures contracts :
| Player | Position |
| Chris Oladokun | QB |
| Chukwuebuka Godrick | T |
| Baylor Cupp | TE |
| Anthony Firkser | TE |
| Keaontay Ingram | RB |
| Jason Brownlee | WR |
| Justyn Ross | WR |
| Tyquan Thornton | WR |
| Darius Rush | CB |
| Deon Bush | S |
| Eric Scott | DB |
| Jason Taylor | DB |
| Shaun Bradley | LB |
| Siaki Ika | DT |
| Fabien Lovett | DT |

### Players lost

Below are players who were on the roster at the end of the 2024 season, but were either released or did not re-sign after their contract expired.
2025 Kansas City Chiefs Players lost :
| Player | Position | Reason | New team |
| Carson Wentz | QB | UFA | TBD |
| Samaje Perine | RB | UFA | Cincinnati Bengals |
| Jody Fortson | TE | UFA | TBD |
| Peyton Hendershot | TE | UFA | TBD |
| Mecole Hardman | WR | UFA | Green Bay Packers |
| Deandre Hopkins | WR | UFA | Baltimore Ravens |
| Justin Watson | WR | UFA | Houston Texans |
| Justin Reid | S | UFA | New Orleans Saints |
| Keith Taylor | CB | UFA | Atlanta Falcons |
| Charles Omenihu | DE | UFA | TBD |
| Joshua Uche | DE | UFA | Philadelphia Eagles |
| Derrick Nnadi | DT | UFA | New York Jets |
| Mike Pennel | DT | UFA | TBD |
| Marlon Tuipulotu | DT | UFA | TBD |
| Tershawn Wharton | DT | UFA | Carolina Panthers |
| Spencer Shrader | K | UFA | Indianapolis Colts |

### Signings

2025 Kansas City Chiefs signings :
| Player | Position | Previous team |
| Jaylon Moore | T | San Francisco 49ers |
| Elijah Mitchell | RB | San Francisco 49ers |
| Robert Tonyan | TE | Kansas City Chiefs Practice squad |
| Gardner Minshew | QB | Las Vegas Raiders |
| Bailey Zappe | QB | Cleveland Browns |
| Blake Lynch | LB | Kansas City Chiefs Practice squad |
| Kristian Fulton | CB | Los Angeles Chargers |
| Jerry Tillery | DT | Minnesota Vikings |

### Trades

Trades below only are for trades that included a player. Draft pick only trades will go in draft section.
2025 Kansas City Chiefs trades :
| Team | Received | Compensation |
| Chicago Bears | 4th round selection 2026 NFL draft | N/A |

### Draft

2025 Kansas City Chiefs draft selections :
| Round | Selection | Player | Position | College | Notes |
| 1 | 31 | | | | |
| 2 | 63 | | | | |
| 3 | 66 | | | | From Titans |
| 3 | 95 | | | | |
| 4 | 133 | | | | |
| 5 | 167 | Traded to the Tennessee Titans | Traded to the Tennessee Titans | Traded to the Tennessee Titans | |
| 6 | 207 | Traded to the New York Jets | Traded to the New York Jets | Traded to the New York Jets | |
| 7 | 225 | Traded to the Arizona Cardinals | Traded to the Arizona Cardinals | Traded to the Arizona Cardinals | From Jets |
| 7 | 226 | | | | From Panthers |
| 7 | 247 | Traded to the Carolina Panthers | Traded to the Carolina Panthers | Traded to the Carolina Panthers | |
| 7 | 251 | | | | Compensatory selection |
| 7 | 257 | | | | Compensatory selection |
Draft trades
* ↑ The Chiefs traded a 2024 seventh-round selection and CB L'Jarius Sneed to the Tennessee Titans in exchange for a third-round selection and a 2024 seventh-round selection.
* ↑ The Chiefs traded a conditional fifth-round selection to the Tennessee Titans in exchange for WR DeAndre Hopkins. The condition – that Tennessee would receive a fifth-round pick if the Chiefs failed to advance to Super Bowl LIX or Hopkins played in less than 60% of the Chiefs' snaps – was converted at the end of the regular season, with Hopkins having played in less than 50% of the Chiefs' 2024 snaps following the trade.
* 1 2 The Chiefs traded a sixth-round selection to the New York Jets in exchange for a seventh-round selection and WR Mecole Hardman.
* ↑ The Chiefs traded a seventh-round selection to Arizona in exchange for DE Cameron Thomas.
* 1 2 The Chiefs traded a conditional seventh-round selection and WR Ihmir Smith-Marsette to Carolina in exchange for a conditional seventh-round selection.

## Preseason

The Chiefs' preseason opponents and schedule will be announced in May, in conjunction with the release of the regular season schedule.

## Regular season
### 2025 opponents

Listed below are the Chiefs' opponents for 2025. Exact dates and times will be announced in May.
| Category | Home | Away |
| Division opponents (AFC West) | Denver Broncos Las Vegas Raiders Los Angeles Chargers | Denver Broncos Las Vegas Raiders Los Angeles Chargers |
| Conference opponents (AFC South) | Houston Texans Indianapolis Colts | Jacksonville Jaguars Tennessee Titans |
| Conference opponents (based on 2024 division placement) | Baltimore Ravens | Buffalo Bills |
| Interconference opponents (NFC East) | Philadelphia Eagles Washington Commanders | Dallas Cowboys New York Giants |
| Interconference opponent (based on 2024 division placement) | Detroit Lions | — |