Complex sentence: The next day, Barksdale signed a contract to play for the Kansas City Chiefs, which made Barksdale the first player in the history of the University at Albany to make an NFL 53-man roster.
Split into simpler sentences: The next day, Barksdale signed a contract to play for the Kansas City Chiefs. Signing with the Chiefs made Barksdale the first player in the history of the University at Albany to make an NFL 53-man roster.