Well that was quick!

Following a Monday workout with the Chiefs, RB Ray Lawry is signing with the team per Yahoo Sports’ Terez Paylor.

Lawry was most recently with the Bengals and played for Old Dominion collegiately. He finished his college career with nearly 700 carries for 4080 yards and 45 touchdowns. During that four-year span he had a 6.2 yard-per-carry average. He was highly productive over the course his college career and never once had a season with under 700 total rushing yards.

Lawry did play in the Bengals preseason game this past week against the Chicago Bears, but he only received one carry that went for two yards. He didn’t receive any special teams snaps either.

Why do the Chiefs need another running back? Well right now Damien Williams is dealing with a shoulder injury. Even though Charcandrick West is back at practice he’s not yet a full participant. Additionally, Spencer Ware is not entirely cleared for contact as the Chiefs ease him back from injury. That leaves starter Kareem Hunt (who won’t get a lot of carries), Kerwynn Williams and Darrel Williams to carry the load. If one of those guys gets injured the team could be down to a single running back for an entire preseason game.

The Chiefs need a guy to fill in and do the job if others are unable to be available. I doubt this signals any sort of trade availability or anything like that when it comes to the Chiefs other running backs, but we’ll keep an eye out if anything comes up there.