Chiefs' Patrick Mahomes fully cleared for camp, feeling 'amazing' - ESPN

ST. JOSEPH, Mo. — As he has done throughout his rehab, Chiefs quarterback Patrick Mahomes achieved the next checkmark in his return from his left knee injury when he wanted, just two days before his Friday arrival at Missouri Western State's campus for the team's training camp.

The Chiefs' medical staff and Dr. Dan Cooper, the Dallas Cowboys' head team physician who performed the surgery to repair the torn ACL and LCL in the quarterback's left knee, cleared Mahomes on Wednesday to fully participate in camp.

«I feel stronger than I've ever felt, as far as strength and lifting [weights],» Mahomes said Friday. «I feel amazing.… I'm excited just to be able to play football. I've been seeing cinderblock walls rehabbing every single day in Kansas City. Now, to be on that practice field with my teammates, it's going to be a lot of fun.»

Just as he did during the Chiefs' offseason program, Mahomes said he'll continue wearing a compression sleeve and a brace on his left leg. The big difference from two months ago is that Mahomes is expected to lead the first-team offense during team periods — 11-on-11 repetitions — throughout camp. Earlier this week, Mahomes showed the medical staff that he can run, cut and change directions to demonstrate that he can protect himself around his teammates.

Coach Andy Reid said he doesn't plan on limiting Mahomes from his usual repetitions. For the first time since his injury in December, Mahomes will go through repetitions alongside his top skill position players — running back Kenneth Walker III, tight end Travis Kelce and receivers Rashee Rice, Xavier Worthy and Tyquan Thornton.

«He's been working so hard that you have a pretty good feel that he's in a good place,» Reid said of Mahomes. «We've