Tag: Mike Pennel

Oct 12, 2025; Green Bay, Wisconsin, USA; Cincinnati Bengals nose tackle Mike Pennel (69) prior to the game against the Green Bay Packers at Lambeau Field. Mandatory Credit: Jeff Hanisch-Imagn Images

Chiefs bring back DL Mike Pennel

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Defensive lineman Mike Pennel signed with the Kansas City Chiefs on Wednesday.

Terms of the deal were not announced by the Chiefs for Pennel, who was granted his request for release by the Cincinnati Bengals on Tuesday after recording 15 tackles in eight games this season.

Pennel, 34, will be playing on his third stint with Kansas City. He played with the Chiefs in 2019-20 and again in 2023-24.

The two-time Super Bowl champion has 5.0 sacks, 246 tackles and three forced fumbles in 146 games (25 starts) with the Green Bay Packers (2014-16), New York Jets (2017-18), Atlanta Falcons (2021), Chicago Bears (2022), Bengals (2025) and Chiefs.

Also on Wednesday, Kansas City waived defensive end Malik Herring.

Herring, 27, played in two games this season with the Chiefs.

–Field Level Media

Jan 26, 2025; Kansas City, MO, USA; Kansas City Chiefs defensive tackle Mike Pennel Jr. (69) against the Buffalo Bills in the AFC Championship game at GEHA Field at Arrowhead Stadium. Mandatory Credit: Mark J. Rebilas-Imagn Images

Report: Chiefs re-sign veteran DT Mike Pennel

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The Kansas City Chiefs have re-signed veteran defensive tackle Mike Pennel, ESPN reported Monday.

Terms were not disclosed. Pennel, 33, is heading into his 12th NFL season and fifth with the Chiefs.

He played on a one-year, $1.2 million deal last season and recorded a career-high 3.0 sacks with 25 tackles in 17 games (seven starts) for Kansas City.

The two-time Super Bowl champion has 5.0 sacks, 231 tackles and three forced fumbles in 138 games (25 starts) with the Green Bay Packers (2014-16), New York Jets (2017-18), Chiefs (2019-20, 2023-24), Atlanta Falcons (2021) and Chicago Bears (2022).

–Field Level Media

Aug 25, 2020; Englewood, Colorado, USA; Denver Broncos tight end Jake Butt (80) during training camp at the UCHealth Training Center. Mandatory Credit: Isaiah J. Downing-USA TODAY Sports

Bears sign TE Jake Butt, DT Mike Pennel, T Tyrone Wheatley Jr.

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The Chicago Bears signed tight end Jake Butt, defensive tackle Mike Pennel and tackle Tyrone Wheatley Jr. on Friday.

The three free agents participated in full-squad minicamp this week as a tryout.

The Bears waived undrafted rookies Thomas Schaffler, a defensive lineman, and tackle Gunnar Vogel to make room on the roster.

Butt, who turns 26 next month, has been limited to just eight NFL games since the Denver Broncos selected him in the fifth round of the 2017 NFL Draft. He tore his ACL in his final college game in the Orange Bowl with Michigan and missed his rookie season. In 2018 he suffered the same injury, spent 2019 on injured reserve and was hampered by a hamstring injury in 2020.

He had 10 catches for 90 yards with the Broncos.

Pennel, 30, has played in 91 games (16 starts) with the Green Bay Packers (2014-16), New York Jets (2017-18) and Kansas City Chiefs (2019-20). He has 155 career tackles (eight for loss) and two sacks.

Wheatley, a tight end in college at Michigan and Stony Brook, moved to tackle in The Spring League, a developmental league for NFL hopefuls. His father, Tyrone Wheatley, was an NFL running back for 10 seasons with the New York Giants (1995-98) and Oakland Raiders (1999-2004).

–Field Level Media