Per the NFL transaction wire, the Chiefs have promoted TE Robert Tonyan from the practice squad to the active roster.

They also cut DT Coziah Izzard and WR Hal Presley while adding DE Ethan Downs, RB Clyde Edwards-Helaire, DT Brodric Martin, DT Zacch Pickens, DB Jammie Robinson and DE Tyreke Smith to the practice squad.

Pickens, 25, was named the Gatorade Football Player of the Year as a high school senior in 2018 and committed to South Carolina as a five-star recruit. The Bears drafted him in the third round with the No. 64 overall pick of the 2023 NFL Draft.

He was entering the third year of a four-year, $5,763,789 rookie contract that included a $1,191,846 signing bonus when the Bears waived him at the end of August.

In 2024, Pickens appeared in nine games for the Bears and recorded

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