Another great effort by Kansas City Chiefs WR Nikko Remigio, but it ends with injury

Picking up where he left off Sunday as a good-hands wide receiver, Nikko Remigio laid out for a deep pass down the sideline. He slipped behind cornerback Dicaprio Bootle and got his hands on the ball before sprawling to the turf.

But unlike Sunday, when Remigio led the Chiefs with four receptions for 71 yards in Kansas City’s preseason opener against the New Orleans Saints, he didn’t jump up and return to the huddle. Remigio stayed down, which quickly attracted the attention of the Chiefs’ medical staff.

Rick Burkholder, vice president of sports medicine and performance, was among those who escorted Remigio to the injury tent, where he received treatment before leaving practice for good.

Remigio suffered a dislocated left shoulder, head coach Andy Reid said.

Remigio was one of three wide receivers injured in Tuesday’s practice, along with Justyn Ross (leg) and Ihmir Smith-Marsette (groin).

Reid later provided updates on all three. Ross left with a knee/hamstring injury and was being checked out after practice by the team’s trainers. Reid said Smith-Marsette left with an injured groin.

As for Remigio, “The shoulder’s back in,” Reid said. “We’ll just see how this thing goes.”

Remigio has become something of a training camp darling after going undrafted this spring. He spent five years in college, the first four at California and a fifth at Fresno State. The 5-foot-9 Remigio is coming off is best college season: 74 receptions and six touchdowns; he also rushed for two touchdowns.

He’s had a solid training camp, playing mostly with the twos and threes, and is attempting to break through at a deep position group.

“Nikko Remigio, that’s my boy,” said rookie wide receiver Rashee Rice. “He’s been killing it. For him to go undrafted, I don’t really understand why. But he’s been showing everybody why he should have been drafted.”

In Sunday’s game, Remigio made the most of his 18 offensive snaps. He caught two of the three longest passes thrown by Chiefs quarterbacks, a 24-yarder from Shane Buechele and a 22-yarder from Chris Oladokun.

He also returned a kickoff and a punt.

“He had a nice game,” Reid said. “Did some really good thing specials teams-wise and in the throwing game.”

One more thing: As Remigio looks to heal up and make a name for himself in the NFL, he asks that you say his name correctly. He even took to Twitter on Monday with a pronunciation guide.

“knee-CO ruh-me-HEE-o” he tweeted.