Chiefs rookie Josh Simmons earns Patrick Mahomes’ blindside duties after skipping daily off since 2025 NFL Draft

Rookie offensive sort out Josh Simmons seems to have secured the beginning left sort out spot with the Kansas Metropolis Chiefs.

In line with an ESPN report, Simmons has been named the starter because the Chiefs put together for Week One of many common season subsequent month. Simmons was chosen with the thirty second total decide within the 2025 NFL Draft.

The Ohio State product will probably be defending the quarterback Patrick Mahomes’s blindside for the foreseeable future. Common supervisor Brett Veach praised the rookie for his work ethic, noting that he noticed Simmons on the Chiefs facility on days when gamers got the time without work.

Veach pulled into the power to get some work carried out and seen that the one different automobile on the facility was Simmons’.

“It is Josh Simmons’ automobile,” Veach stated whereas smiling Friday. “I used to be like, ‘Wow.’ It is a credit score to him for the best way he is attacked this factor.”

Simmons hasn’t had a time without work because the Chiefs drafted him in April. Gamers got a month off for trip earlier than beginning coaching camp with head coach Andy Reid. Nonetheless, Simmons stayed in Kansas Metropolis to maintain rehabbing his knee, which was injured final October and prompted him to overlook the remainder of his ultimate school season.

Josh Simmons going the additional mile on highway to damage restoration

Regardless of spectacular performances throughout coaching camp, Simmons nonetheless spends time with Chiefs head coach Rick Burkholder or assistant Julie Frymyer to get “maintenance-level” remedy on his knee because the 2025 season approaches. Simmons acknowledges he possible places in additional effort than most when coping with an damage.

“I am extra proactive with it than possibly most,” Simmons stated. “I knew I used to be placing in quite a lot of work at Ohio State with (coach Adam Stewart). Then coming right here and having Julie and Rick, I knew if I simply confirmed up and put the work in, it was going to line up completely (with returning for camp).”

Simmons is an exceptionally expert pass-blocker, not permitting any pressures at Ohio State earlier than his damage final yr on 153 go blocks. If he can return absolutely wholesome and regain his Ohio State kind, the Chiefs might need a franchise left sort out who will probably be a gradual protector for Mahomes for years to come back.

The Chiefs kick off their common season towards the Los Angeles Chargers on September 5.