{"id":1298,"date":"2024-07-24T18:15:35","date_gmt":"2024-07-24T18:15:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/usdailys.com\/?p=1298"},"modified":"2024-07-24T18:15:35","modified_gmt":"2024-07-24T18:15:35","slug":"chiefs-wr-kadarius-toney-going-through-running-back-drills-at-training-camp","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/usdailys.com\/?p=1298","title":{"rendered":"Chiefs WR Kadarius Toney going through running back drills at training camp"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxsports.com\/nfl\/kansas-city-chiefs-team\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Kansas City<\/a>\u00a0receiver\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxsports.com\/nfl\/kadarius-toney-player\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Kadarius Toney<\/a>\u00a0got some looks in the backfield during Monday&#8217;s training camp session, apparently going through some running back drills as the Chiefs continue to find more ways to get the ball in his hands.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">It&#8217;s a stretch to think Kadarius Toney will get a Percy Harvin role. But it&#8217;s also fun to imagine. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/ZvcU1UHyOF\">https:\/\/t.co\/ZvcU1UHyOF<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Henry McKenna (@henrycmckenna) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/henrycmckenna\/status\/1815454123405279249?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">July 22, 2024<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p class=\"mg-t-b-20 ff-h fs-16 lh-1pt88 mg-t-b-20 article-content\" data-v-eb7a7de0=\"\">This definitely caught the attention of Chiefs fans and football fans alike, but Toney is no stranger to lining up in the backfield. In fact, he&#8217;s done so 25 times during his NFL career, per Pro Football Focus. What&#8217;s more, he lined up at either running back or as an option quarterback 67 times during his four-year collegiate career at\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxsports.com\/college-football\/florida-gators-team\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Florida<\/a>, according to PFF.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mg-t-b-20 ff-h fs-16 lh-1pt88 mg-t-b-20 article-content\" data-v-eb7a7de0=\"\">Toney also worked as a wide receiver in drills and in 7-on-7 reps,\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/ByNateTaylor\/status\/1815037586399731882\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">per The Athletic<\/a>, alternating between working with the first-string offense led by\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxsports.com\/nfl\/patrick-mahomes-ii-player\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Patrick Mahomes<\/a>\u00a0and the third-string unit with QB\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxsports.com\/nfl\/chris-oladokun-player\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Chris Oladokun<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mg-t-b-20 ff-h fs-16 lh-1pt88 mg-t-b-20 article-content\" data-v-eb7a7de0=\"\">Toney, who&#8217;s entering his fourth year in the\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxsports.com\/nfl\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">NFL<\/a>, was traded to the Chiefs by the\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxsports.com\/nfl\/new-york-giants-team\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">New York Giants<\/a>\u00a0in 2022. The Chiefs had high hopes for Toney, but he has struggled to strike a balance between superstar outings and costly, big-time drops. Since arriving in K.C., Toney has played in only 20 out of 31 regular-season and postseason games due to injury.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mg-t-b-20 ff-h fs-16 lh-1pt88 mg-t-b-20 article-content\" data-v-eb7a7de0=\"\">The 25-year-old wideout recorded 27 receptions for 169 yards and one touchdown in 2023.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mg-t-b-20 ff-h fs-16 lh-1pt88 mg-t-b-20 article-content\" data-v-eb7a7de0=\"\">&#8220;He did a good job when he was in there, and we&#8217;ll see,&#8221; head coach Andy Reid said when asked about his expectations for Toney during this year&#8217;s camp,\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.si.com\/nfl\/chiefs\/news\/kadarius-toney-works-as-running-back-during-portions-of-first-chiefs-training-camp-practice-of-2024\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">via SI.com<\/a>. &#8220;Just like the other guys, he&#8217;s out there competing. We&#8217;ll see how he does.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p class=\"mg-t-b-20 ff-h fs-16 lh-1pt88 mg-t-b-20 article-content\" data-v-eb7a7de0=\"\">&#8220;Even though we won the Super Bowl last year, we felt like we didn&#8217;t play our best football, especially offensively,&#8221; Mahomes said recently. &#8220;So, it&#8217;s our goal to be better that way.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p data-v-eb7a7de0=\"\">\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Kansas City\u00a0receiver\u00a0Kadarius Toney\u00a0got some looks in the backfield during Monday&#8217;s training camp session, apparently going through some running back drills as the Chiefs continue to find more ways to get &hellip; <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":1299,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[14,13],"class_list":["post-1298","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-uncategorized","tag-chiefs","tag-kansas-city"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/usdailys.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1298","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/usdailys.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/usdailys.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/usdailys.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/usdailys.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1298"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/usdailys.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1298\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1300,"href":"https:\/\/usdailys.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1298\/revisions\/1300"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/usdailys.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/1299"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/usdailys.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1298"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/usdailys.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1298"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/usdailys.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1298"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}