The Kansas City Chiefs have agreed a contract with JuJu Smith-Schuster to return to the team for the 2024 season.

Smith-Schuster spent the 2022 season with the Chiefs and was the leading wide receiver in their Super Bowl-winning team, catching 78 passes for 933 yards and three touchdowns.

He spent 2023 with the New England Patriots after joining from the Chiefs but was released from his three-year contract earlier this month after struggling to replicate that form. He finished the season having caught 29 passes for 260 yards and one touchdown.

Prior to his first spell in Kansas City, Smith-Schuster spent five years with the Pittsburgh Steelers, who drafted him in the second round of the 2017 draft.

At wide receiver, the Chiefs also added Marquise Brown and drafted Xavier Worthy, though the former dislocated his shoulder in their first preseason game against the Jacksonville Jaguars. 

The Chiefs will kick-off the new NFL season on September 5 against the Baltimore Ravens at Arrowhead. 

The champ is back. We have officially signed @TeamJuJu! pic.twitter.com/jEHJxOQaQE

— Kansas City Chiefs (@Chiefs) August 26, 2024