Free Agency Begins with WR Tyrone Timmons

The Kansas City Chiefs thought enough of Tyrone Timmons that they signed the former Tampa Bay Tech star to their practice squad earlier this season. Though Timmons didn't stick long in KC, he'll have a better shot at cracking into the line-up of the Storm, which signed him to a two-year contract Tuesday.

A quarterback throughout his high school career, Timmons switched to wide receiver three days after arriving on Mississippi Valley State's Bena, Miss. campus. During his junior and senior seasons, The 6-foot-3, 210-pound Thonotosassa resident combined to catch 105 passes for 1,674 yards and 15 touchdowns.

During his junior season, Timmons had a chance to work out with MVS's most famous alumnus, a former NFL wide receiver by the name of Jerry Rice.

Rice, who starred for the Delta Devils from 1981-84 before moving on to a Hall of Fame career with the San Francisco 49ers, spent a day working with Timmons 1-on-1.

It isn't clear how Timmons will fit in with the Storm, but the team liked what it saw out of the player when he finished the season on the team's practice squad. At 6-foot-4, he has an NFL-type frame that isn't often found in arena football. With Lawrence Samuels getting up there in age, it would behoove the Storm to start looking for its future possession receiver, and Timmons will certainly get a look-see.

Stay tuned this week as we keep you abreast of all the free agent news involving the Storm and the league at large.