Dacus had hoped to be taken in last month’s NFL Draft, but he instead earned a deal with the Chiefs after impressing their coaches at a rookie minicamp this past weekend.

  “It felt great. I was disappointed at first; I was expecting to get drafted,” said Dacus, a Searcy native. “But everything happens for a reason, and Kansas City is close to home."

  Read more about Dacus in Tuesday's edition of The Morning News.