Ethan

Driskell

While the inactives list rather barren for a game in Week 5, the Chiefs are already without starting running back Isiah Pacheco and alpha wide receiver Rashee Rice through the first month of play, both of whom are expected to miss significant time. Additional emphasis is likely to be placed on veteran tight end Travis Kelce and recent re-signee Kareem Hunt in the meantime.

Not exactly the most exciting list of inactives. Hollywood Brown (shoulder) was placed on injured reserve earlier in the week, for those that missed that news.

Driskell (6'8/313) was an unranked offensive tackle prospect out of Holy Cross High School in Louisville, Kentucky in the 2019 recruiting class. The former walk-on spent six years at Marshall, eventually earning 26 starts over his last two years and Third Team All-Sun Belt Conference in 2023 while paving the way for RB Rasheen Ali and protecting QB Cam Fancher. Driskell has a gargantuan frame at 6’8” and a trim 313 pounds. One would expect better bend from a former high-level basketball player. Nevertheless, there is room to add mass to Driskell’s frame, which could portend better staying power in his future. His upright playing style leads to a number of deficiencies, specifically in recovery and overall reach in space. Driskell is primarily an upper-half athlete as of now. Perhaps a professional weight program can add lower body strength to take advantage of his fluid hips. He will always struggle to reach down to shorter rushers and be vulnerable when the edges of his blocks are attacked. Driskell only has experience at Left Tackle, but with the amount of development that still needs to be taught, a future at Right Tackle is not out of the question. His labrum surgery from 2021 seems to have healed sufficiently so as to not cause any issues in the future.