The Kansas City Chiefs drafted WR Skyy Moore on Friday and he’s already in the building for the team’s upcoming season ticket member draft festival.
First-round draft picks Trent McDuffie and George Karlaftis have already received their jersey numbers. Now, Moore is the latest draft pick to get a new jersey number. Well, it’s not actually new to Moore because he’s sticking with the jersey number that he wore at Western Michigan, No. 24.
Fox 4 KC reporter Harold Kuntz shared a snapshot of Moore’s new jersey from the receiver’s Instagram story.
Looks like Skyy Moore is the new #24 (per his IG) #Chiefs pic.twitter.com/Ildwp67rk4
— Harold R. Kuntz (@HaroldRKuntz3) April 30, 2022
That number was last worn in Kansas City by pass-rusher Melvin Ingram, who remains a free agent. It was most notably worn by Chiefs Hall of Fame cornerback Gary Green.
Moore can now wear No. 24 as a receiver because of the jersey number expansion that first took place last season. Running backs, tight ends, fullbacks, H-backs and wide receivers are now permitted to wear numbers 1-49 and 80-89 under that rule change.
It’s going to be a little bit weird seeing a receiver wear the No. 24, though. This is a number most commonly worn by defensive backs and running backs. But seeing a receiver aligning out wide and catching passes while wearing No. 24? That’s going to be a little bit different to see.