Former Kansas City Chiefs WR Dexter McCluster has been out of the NFL since the 2017 season, but he’s not letting that stop his football dreams.

McCluster spent four years with the Chiefs after being drafted out of Mississippi in 2010. Versatility was the name of his game; he started his career in Kansas City as a running back and finished as a slot receiver. He amassed 1,500 receiving yards and 662 rushing yards to go with six total touchdowns on offense with the Chiefs. He also was a punt and kick returner with Kansas City, adding 4,208 all-purpose return yards and three punt return touchdowns.

Once the NFL was in the rearview mirror, McCluster sought to play in other leagues. In 2018, he went to play for the CFL’s Toronto Argonauts. He was unable to carve out a starting role and was released in early May of this year. A few weeks later McCluster signed a contract with a National Arena League team, the Massachusetts Pirates.

Most recently McCluster, who will turn 30 next month, took part in the invitation-only XFL tryout in New York ahead of the eight-team league’s reboot in February.

Here is the list of some of the activities players go through at each tryout:

• Height, weight and additional measurements for each player • Light combine-like athletic testing, including the 40-yard dash and shuttle drills • Individual positional workouts and 1-on-1 drills led by XFL coaching staff

Basically, the tryouts are like a pro day workout or combine for players. The coaching staff and personnel people for each XFL team are working on evaluating promising unsigned players that could staples for their particular franchise.

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