Neiko Thorpe Neiko Thorpe ( born February 11 , 1990 ) is an American football defensive back who is currently playing for the Kansas City Chiefs of the National Football League . He signed with the Kansas City Chiefs as an undrafted free agent in 2012 . He played College football at Auburn and was a member of the 2010 BCS National Championship team . Early years . Thorpe attended Tucker High School in Tucker , Georgia , he was selected Under Armour All - America team in his senior season in high school . He was rated as the 11th best corner in the nation by Scouts . com and was ranked 53rd best player in Georgia by SuperPrep . College career . He played College football at Auburn . Neiko committed to Auburn University and played as a true freshman . Thorpe contributed on specials teams and at corner in 11 games with 29 total tackles . He was selected to the Coaches ’ All SEC - Freshmen Team . His first game he played as a Tiger , he led the Tigers in seven tackles including five solo vs . Louisiana - Monroe . In his first career start , Thorpe recorded his first career interception and returned it 59 yards against Arkansas He finished his freshmen season tied for ninth - most tackles on the team — 20 of them being solo stops . Neiko also tied for the second - most interceptions with two and most return interception yardage with 101 yards . In 2009 , Neiko started 13 / 13 games and had a total of 84 tackles — 56 of them being solo . With this breakout season , Neiko was named Phil Steele ’ s Third - Team Midseason All - SEC . In the first game of his sophomore season , he started at cornerback vs . Louisiana Tech . He continued to show contribution to the team when he totaled seven tackles , five of them being solo , in a victory against Mississippi State along with an interception against West Virginia that ended a scoring threat at the AU 25 - yard line . Against Arkansas , he set a career high of 11 tackles — 8 solo tackles . Contributing to his team , Neiko had broke up two passes against UK , one against LSU , and one against Ole Miss which is credited to his speed and ability to make plays on the ball . Thorpe finished the year with an outstanding performance in the Outback Bowl vs . Northwestern . He had a career and team high of 14 tackles ( 13 being solo ) and also an interception . The last tackle came on the last play of the game that prevented the game - winning TD on a fake field goal in overtime with Neiko make a tackle just short of the goal line . His junior season he made the Coaches ’ Second - Team Preseason SEC and proved his preseason rank throughout the season by appearing and starting in 13 / 14 games . Halfway through the season , Thorpe almost tied his career high with 10 tackles — all being solo stops and had one pass breakup . A few games later he beat his career high of tackles with 12 against Alabama and also had a tackle for loss for minus 1 yard and two PBUs . Thorpe and his team continued on to the SEC championship game vs . South Carolina and contributed four tackles . After the SEC Championship belong to the Tigers , they took on Oregon in the BCS National Championship Game where Neiko had a pair of tackles and one PBU . He finished college with a total of 279 tackles , 7 interceptions , 34 pass deflections , 2 forced fumbles and one touchdown . Professional career . Kansas City Chiefs . On April 30 , 2012 , He signed with the Kansas City Chiefs as an Undrafted free agent . On August 31 , 2012 , He was released on the day of roster cuts . On September 1 , 2012 , He was signed to the practice squad . On October 6 , 2012 , He was promoted from practice squad to the active roster after the team released Bryan Mattison . On October 9 , 2012 , He was released after the team re - signed offensive lineman Bryan Mattison . On November 11 , 2012 , He was promoted from the practice squad to the active roster after the team placed Defensive tackle Glenn Dorsey on Injured Reserve . During his time spent on the active roster , Neiko played in nine games and totaled five solo tackles for the season .