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ArticleChiefs waive return specialist Nikko Remigio after midseason trade
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wide receiver and return specialist Nikko Remigio was waived. He has been the Chiefs' primary returner for three seasons... In each of his three NFL seasons, Remigio's punt-return average has dropped... this season his average is 5.6 yards; out of 14 "qualified" punt returners, that is the lowest average in the NFL
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Remigio waived after punt-return average fell to NFL-low 5.6 yards in 2025.

Waived after three seasons as the Chiefs' primary returner; punt-return average has declined each season, dropping to 5.6 yards per return in 2025—the lowest among 14 qualified punt returners in the NFL, down from 9.5 yards in 2024. The source notes his most memorable play was a 41-yard punt return in the AFC Championship Game that helped clinch a Super Bowl trip, but declining performance and the emergence of younger options (Emmett Johnson on kick returns, Cyrus Allen as backup returner) led to his waiver.

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