KANSAS CITY, Missouri (KCTV) – Just before the 3 p.m. CT deadline for NFL teams to trim their rosters to reach the 53-man roster limit, the Kansas City Chiefs have completed a trade for a pass catcher.

According to a report from Tom Pelissero of the NFL Network, the Chiefs traded a conditional seventh-round draft pick in 2026 to the Dallas Cowboys in exchange for tight end Peyton Hendershot.

Pelissero said the Cowboys had planned to release Hendershot, but instead of waiting to see if he made it through the waiver claims of the other 30 teams, Kansas City jumped the queue with its second trade in the last two days.

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On Monday night, Kansas City sent another late-round draft pick to add pass rush reinforcements, signing former Arizona Cardinals outside linebacker Cam Thomas in a trade.

Hendershot played in eight games with the Cowboys in 2023 and has caught 15 passes for 141 yards and 2 touchdowns in 25 games in his first two NFL seasons. He signed with the Cowboys as a free agent in 2022 after going undrafted out of Indiana University.

The Chiefs’ signing of Hendershot is the second pass-catching option the two Super Bowl winners have brought to the team in the last two days. On Monday, Kansas City brought back former Chiefs wide receiver Juju Smith-Schuster on a veteran’s minimum contract after he was released by the New England Patriots a few weeks earlier.

Hendershot was placed on the injured list in October 2023 and played in just eight games for Dallas last season. He joins a tight end room in Kansas City that also includes Travis Kelce, Noah Gray and 2024 draft pick Jared Wiley. On Tuesday, Kansas City released veteran tight end Irv Smith Jr.

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