Kansas City Chiefs coach Andy Reid addressed the media to kick off 2026 NFL training camp at Missouri Western State University in St. Joseph, Missouri, on Friday. Big Red provided several notable injury updates on key players.

Patrick Mahomes is fully cleared to participate in training camp practices, which is the biggest news. However, Chiefs fans also received updates on defensive tackle Omarr Norman-Lott, wide receiver Rashee Rice, first-round cornerback Mansoor Delane, and others as rookies, quarterbacks, and injured players reported to camp.

Omarr Norman-Lott expected to start 2026 training camp on active PUP list

Chiefs second-year defensive tackle Omarr Norman-Lott will most likely start on the Active/PUP list, according to Reid. This comes after Norman-Lott suffered an ACL injury during the 2025 NFL season.

“As far as any of the injuries go right now, some updates would be Omar Norman-Lott most likely will start on PUP but is making progress,” Reid said. “He had ACL reconstruction there.”

The Physically Unable to Perform (PUP) list is designated for players who are unable to pass the conditioning test at the beginning of camp. Players on the Active/PUP list still occupy a spot on the 90-man offseason roster. They can be activated at any time during training camp. If Norman-Lott remains on the PUP list through 53-man roster cuts, Kansas City would then move him to the Reserve/PUP list, requiring him to miss the first several weeks of the 2026 NFL season.

This was expected for a player of Norman-Lott’s size. Defensive tackles and offensive linemen tend to have longer recovery periods for knee ligament injuries because the injury simply takes longer to fully heal under the weight of such a big body. It is possible that Norman-Lott will be activated at some point during training camp, but the team is clearly taking every necessary precaution.

Chiefs WR Rashee Rice cleared for full participation

Reid confirmed that wide receiver Rashee Rice, who had offseason surgery to remove debris from his surgically repaired knee, is cleared to participate in full.

“Rashee Rice with his knee debridement is doing great,” Reid said. “So he will again go. We’ll keep an eye on him, but he’s cleared to go.”

Rice has had an eventful offseason between his off-the-field situation and the knee. Now, it’s time to fully focus on football and training camp. He can get himself healthy and ready for the 2026 NFL season.

2 Chiefs cornerbacks also dealing with injuries

Reid had updates on two of the team’s cornerbacks, starting with first-round draft pick Mansoor Delane. Delane suffered a shoulder injury during OTAs and sat out of mandatory minicamp.

“Delane right now is having his final physical, so he’s right in the process of that,” Reid said. “But is doing well there.”

As of now, it’s unclear if Delane will be cleared to participate in practice or if he’ll end up on the Active/PUP list. Reid’s tone seemed to track with his earlier anticipation that Delane would be healthy and ready to go, but that has not yet been confirmed.

Reid also spoke about cornerback L’Jarius Sneed, who returned to Kansas City this offseason. It seems Sneed is picking up right where he left off with the Chiefs. He dealt with a long-term knee issue the team has consistently monitored.

“And then LJ Sneed, you know, we always, like we did before, kept an eye on him with his knee, and we’ll just take him slowly and gradually, get him back into the mix there as we go,” Reid said. “But look forward to getting him on the field.”

Expect some veteran rest days for the cornerback as he gets back into the swing of things.

Undrafted free agent TE John Michael Gyllenborg unlikely to participate in training camp

Reid spoke about TE John Michael Gyllenborg, a Kansas City local who signed with the team after the 2026 NFL Draft. Gyllenborg did not participate in practices late in mandatory minicamp, and Reid confirmed a knee injury is the reason.

“Gyllenborg, he’s still working through the knee sprain which he had,” Reid said. “They’re doing some other evaluations on him, so we’ll just see for this camp here. Most likely he won’t get much work there.”

It sounds as if Gyllenborg could end up as the team’s mystery IR stash for the 2026 offseason.

As for other injury concerns, the picture will become clearer when veterans report to camp next Tuesday. As things currently stand, the Chiefs look relatively healthy heading into 2026 training camp, which is a good sign. The challenge, as always, is maintaining that same level of health throughout training camp and the preseason. Injuries are a part of football, and there will surely be others to pop up throughout the next several weeks.