“Today didn’t go our way but I’m proud of what we were able to accomplish this year and the last three years together,” starting safety and defensive team leader Justin Reid wrote on X.

His high school coach remembers Reid as hardworking and highly intelligent, but Reid wasn't initially going to play football.

NOTABLE CHIEF WHO DID NOT. LAST NIGHT. WELL, TALK ABOUT A HOMECOMING. KANSAS CITY CHIEF JUSTIN REID HAS THE OPPORTUNITY TO MAKE HISTORY ON SUNDAY, NOT FAR FROM WHERE HE GREW UP. WELL, WE FOUND OUT ...