WOODLAND HILLS, Calif. – The Rams were bound to address their secondary one way or another, especially with multiple pending free agents at cornerback.
Enter two-time All-Pro cornerback Trent McDuffie.
The Rams on Wednesday acquired McDuffie from the Chiefs in exchange for the 29th overall pick in this year's NFL Draft, a 2026 fifth-round pick, a 2026 sixth-round pick and a 2027 third-round pick. Upon acquiring McDuffie, the Rams have also agreed to terms with him on a four-year contract extension that will keep him in the horns through the 2030 season.
A two-time Super Bowl champion, the 25-year-old McDuffie amassed 246 total tackles, three interceptions, 34 passes defensed, eight forced fumbles and 5.5 sacks across his first four NFL seasons in Kansas City, starting all 56 regular season games and all 10 playoff games he appeared in. His best seasons came in 2023 and 2024: First-Team All-Pro in 2023 after posting career-highs of 80 total tackles, five forced fumbles and three sacks, and Second-Team All-Pro in 2024 after posting career-highs of 13 passes defensed and two interceptions.
McDuffie originally entered the NFL as a first-round draft pick (21st overall) by the Chiefs out of the University of Washington in 2022. The Westminster, Calif. native played his high school football at Mater Dei and St. John Bosco.
