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Contents:

• WILLIEGAY
• WILLIE GAY JR.
• WILLIE GAY
• CHIEFS' WILLIE GAY: TEAM-HIGH 11 TACKL W
• CHIEFS LEBACKER WILLIE GAY SPEND 4 GAM DUE TO JANUARY ARRT
• KANSAS CY CHIEFS STARTG LB WILLIE GAY SPEND FOUR GAM
• PROMISG LB WILLIE GAY QUICKLY MAKG UP FOR LOST TIME, OPPORTUNI OTAS
• CHIEFS' WILLIE GAY: LOGS 11 TACKL WEEK 11
• THE KANSAS CY CHIEFS’ SPEEDY WILLIE GAY IMPRS IN RETURN FROM SPENSN
• CHIEFS STARTG LB WILLIE GAY SPEND 4 GAM BY NFL
• CHIEFS' WILLIE GAY ARRTED MISMEANOR CRIMAL DAMAGE SE AHEAD OF DIVISNAL ROUND GAME WH BILLS
• WILLIE GAY HAD 3 TACKL AGAST THE RAIRS ON JANUARY 7.
• JAGUARS ACH KEV MAXEN OUT AS GAY HISTORIC ANNOUNCEMENT

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Gay (shoulr) practiced fully was listed as a limed participant on all three practice reports issued last week, so his progrsn to full activy Wednday pav the way for him to ntue servg as a regular lebacker for the Chiefs Super Bowl LVII this Sunday agast the Eagl.... Gay (shoulr) is listed as qutnable after the first week of preparatn ahead of Super Bowl LVII agast the Eagl on Sunday, Feb.

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Gay (shoulr) was listed as a limed participant on Wednday's timated jury suffered a shoulr jury the third quarter of the Chiefs' AFC Champnship Game w over Ccnati on Sunday and didn't return. Gay is qutnable to return to Sunday's AFC Champnship Game agast Ccnati due to a shoulr was banged up the third quarter of Sunday's matchup, and 's unclear whether he'll be available down the stretch.

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Dari Harris and Leo Chenal are ndidat to see creased playg time if Gay is unable to return.... Gay racked up five tackl the 31-13 w over the Rairs Week only played 56 percent of the fensive snaps the regular-season fale, his lowt total sce Week 7, likely as a preutnary measure wh the playoffs loomg and the Chiefs leadg fortably the ntt.

CHIEFS' WILLIE GAY: TEAM-HIGH 11 TACKL W

In addn to a reer-high 88 tackl (51 solo) 2022, Gay piled reer-bt outputs of 2.

Gay remas unr ntract wh Kansas Cy through the 2023 mpaign, at which pot the Chiefs will have some cisns to make, wh several ntributg players at or near the end of their rpective rookie als....

CHIEFS LEBACKER WILLIE GAY SPEND 4 GAM DUE TO JANUARY ARRT

Gay rerd seven tackl (five solo) durg Sunday's 27-24 w over the tied wh rnerbacks Trent McDuffie and Jaylen Watson for the Chiefs' send most tackl behd fellow lebacker Nick Bolton (10) Week 17.

The 24-year-old Gay has now rerd a rerd a reer-high 83 tackl over 12 gam this season, and he'll look to ntue playg a rotatnal role Week 18 agast the Rairs.... Gay rerd ne tackl (two solo) and two pass fensed Saturday's 24-10 w over the Seahawks.

KANSAS CY CHIEFS STARTG LB WILLIE GAY SPEND FOUR GAM

Dpe playg jt 64 percent of the Chiefs' fensive snaps this past weekend vers Seattle, Gay still managed to llect ne stops, which is the most he's logged sce his 11-tackle performance back Week 11 agast the Chargers.

Gay rerd five tackl (five solo) and an terceptn returned for a 47-yard touchdown Sunday's 34-28 w over the ma one of the more imprsive fensive plays of the season, leapg to flect a pass to himself before stiff armg quarterback Rsell Wilson (ncsn) on his way to a 47-yard touchdown the send quarter. Gay rerd 11 tackl (seven solo), cludg one sack, Sundays 30-27 victory agast the saw his hight playg time of the season sce Week 2, lg up on 82 percent of the Chiefs' fensive snaps Sunday.

After beg spend four gam for a vlatn of the league's personal nduct policy, Gay now has 48 tackl (28 solo), 2. Gay rerd eight tackl (six solo), cludg one sack, and a pass fend durg Sunday's 27-17 w over the logged his first solo sack of 2022 as he brought down Jacksonville quarterback Trevor Lawrence at the le of scrimmage early the third quarter. ANALYSISGay was listed as a limed participant on all three practice reports issued last week, so his progrsn to full activy Wednday pav the way for him to ntue servg as a regular lebacker for the Chiefs Super Bowl LVII this Sunday agast the Eagl.

PROMISG LB WILLIE GAY QUICKLY MAKG UP FOR LOST TIME, OPPORTUNI OTAS

Gay handled a rotatnal role as a rookie and still put up reasonably good numbers -- 39 tackl (29 solo) and a sack -- but missed the postseason due to an ankle spra and then a torn menisc that required surgery. While Gay is somewhat unproven, havg played jt 31 gam at Mississippi State, he posss a size (6-foot-1, 243) and speed (4.

Gay is thought to be a ndidate for the weaksi lebacker, but early reports dite that he has been workg as a backup strongsi backer, which uld lim his fantasy value the Chiefs' fense.

Gay (shoulr) was listed as a limed participant on Wednday's timated jury report. Gay is qutnable to return to Sunday's AFC Champnship Game agast Ccnati due to a shoulr jury.

CHIEFS' WILLIE GAY: LOGS 11 TACKL WEEK 11

Gay rerd 11 tackl (six solo), cludg two for loss, and add two pass fens durg Thursday's 27-24 w over the and Nick Bolton each registered double-dig tackl, but the former outpaced the latter by one and was the only Chiefs player to rerd multiple pass flectns. Across two gam, Gay has totaled 16 tackl over 109 fensive snaps and appears to have rved out a much bigger role than he had last year, when he fished wh a reer-high 48 tackl across 12 appearanc. Kansas Cy Chiefs startg lebacker Willie Gay was spend for four gam due to a vlatn of the NFL’s personal nduct spensn stems om a January arrt Overland Park, Kansas, where Gay was charged wh crimal property damage of ls than $1, 000, which is a mismeanor.

He had agreed to a diversn program for the se to be spensn begs immediately, so Gay won’t be able to play until Week 7 agast the San Francis 49ers.

He will miss gam, orr, agast the Indianapolis Colts, Tampa Bay Bucneers, Las Vegas Rairs and Buffalo HERE FOR MORE SPORTS COVERAGE ON Willie Gay of the Kansas Cy Chiefs celebrat agast the Los Angel Chargers at GEHA Field at Arrowhead Stadium Kansas Cy on Sept.

THE KANSAS CY CHIEFS’ SPEEDY WILLIE GAY IMPRS IN RETURN FROM SPENSN

(Cooper Neill/Getty Imag)Gay is also not allowed to e the Chiefs’ practice facily or have any ntact wh team officials for the next two weeks.

Once that has passed, he’s allowed to enter the facily and attend BEZOS HANGS WITH ROGER GOODELL, OTHER NFL ROYALTY IN AMAZON'S THURSDAY NIGHT FOOTBALL DEBUTOver the first two gam this season, Gay has 16 tackl, which is tied for send-most on the team. Willie Gay of the Kansas Cy Chiefs reacts to missg an terceptn durg the fourth quarter agast the Los Angel Chargers at GEHA Field at Arrowhead Stadium Kansas Cy on Sept.

CHIEFS STARTG LB WILLIE GAY SPEND 4 GAM BY NFL

Willie Gay of the Kansas Cy Chiefs fends agast the Los Angel Chargers at GEHA Field at Arrowhead Stadium Kansas Cy on Sept.

(Cooper Neill/Getty Imag) CLICK HERE TO GET THE FOX NEWS APPLeo Chenal, a third-round rookie this year, and Dari Harris uld fill Gay's snap unt at lebacker.

-- Chiefs lebacker Willie Gay has been spend by the NFL for four gam for a vlatn of the league's personal nduct was arrted January Overland Park, Kansas, on a charge of crimal property damage of ls than $1, 000, a 's spensn will beg immediately. He will miss gam agast the Colts, Bucneers, Rairs and Bills and is eligible to return after the Week 6 game agast agreed over the summer to enter a diversn program to rolve the crimal the next two weeks, acrdg to NFL l, Gay is prohibed om enterg the Chiefs' practice facily or havg any ntact wh team officials.

CHIEFS' WILLIE GAY ARRTED MISMEANOR CRIMAL DAMAGE SE AHEAD OF DIVISNAL ROUND GAME WH BILLS

— Although lebacker Willie Gay has been the NFL for 14 months now, he’s still gog through experienc that ually happen durg a player’s rookie summer has been the first time Gay has practiced wh his Chiefs teammat a more loose settg, one which a young player n rrect his mistak more quickly bee the repetns are aplenty.

And unlike last year, amid the height of the ronavis panmic, Gay went through his first voluntary on-field workouts the past three weeks at the Chiefs’ trag facily as the first phase of his anticipated send season, which he is expected to be one of the team’s this time of the year, most send-year players n scribe, often rather great tail, the difference they have terms of the nfince their abili and their knowledge of their team’s scheme. Gay, along wh all NFL rooki last season, knows that parg the two years is unreasonable bee the panmic ncelled the Chiefs’ on-field workouts last summer.

WILLIE GAY HAD 3 TACKL AGAST THE RAIRS ON JANUARY 7.

”In the Chiefs’ voluntary practic, Gay was been on the field plenty, as the team prrized passg the ball for s potent offense and pass verage for s sendary and lebackers. Gay has worked on his footwork, his zone verage — when observg the opposg quarterback while also beg aware of the receivers enterg and leavg his area — and his timg when attemptg to break up a pass.

He has also vered every skill posn player available on the oppose si of the le of scrimmage, om nng back to fullback to wi repetns, and the on upg this week durg the Chiefs’ mandatory mimp, are signed to prepare Gay for a larger role the team’s younger fensive un led by ordator Steve year, the first time Spagnuolo and ach Andy Reid worked wh their players on the field after Super Bowl LIV was at the start of trag mp. “(You’re) able to teach Willie Gay, as a rookie, on how to move and drop and your fundamentals and techniqu and the different verag that he’s got to take re of, and the n-f rponsibili, ” Reid said April reference of the lsons Gay had to learn later than ual last season. ”Gay’s reer began wh no rookie mimp repetns, no voluntary OTAs repetns and no mimp repetns.

— Kansas Cy Chiefs (@Chiefs) April 27, 2021As a rookie, Gay played jt 267 fensive snaps, which which was jt 25 percent.

JAGUARS ACH KEV MAXEN OUT AS GAY HISTORIC ANNOUNCEMENT

One way to measure Gay’s growth this season is by how often Spagnuolo keeps him on the field on send- and third-down plays.

Gay rerd jt 96 bed snaps such suatns last year, acrdg to Tmedia and Pro Football Foc. That statistic should rise sce Gay is expected to replace lebacker Damien Wilson (230 snaps on send- and third-down plays), an eight-year veteran who joed the Jacksonville Jaguars via ee Flajole, the Chiefs’ new outsi lebackers assistant, scribed Gay, who is listed at 6-foot-1 and 243 pounds, as a bigger, more athletic fensive back.