Kelce, Hardman active for AFC Championship Game

KANSAS CITY, Mo. (KCTV) - The Kansas City Chiefs have released their list of inactive participants for Sunday’s AFC Championship Game.

After being added to the injury report on Friday due to back spasms, tight end Travis Kelce will be active for Sunday’s game. Along with Kelce, wide receiver Mecole Hardman is active.

It will be the first game that Hardman has played in since Kansas City’s overtime victory against the Tennessee Titans on Nov. 6.

Here are our inactives for the AFC Championship:

QB Shane Buechele
DE Joshua Kaindoh
T Darian Kinnard
TE Blake Bell
WR Ihmir Smith-Marsette
WR Justin Watson
DE Malik Herring
— Kansas City Chiefs (@Chiefs) January 29, 2023

Wide receiver Justin Watson, who was listed as questionable due to an illness, is inactive.

Chiefs quarterback Patrick Mahomes was not listed with any injury designation after being a full participant in practices this week. He suffered a high ankle sprain in last week’s AFC Divisional win over the Jacksonville Jaguars.