The Kansas City Chiefs announced on Tuesday that the team has released T Jared Gaither.

Gaither (6-9, 340) has played in 43 regular season games (28 starts) and started five postseason contests with Baltimore (2007-10) and Kansas City (2011).

He originally entered the league as Baltimore’s fifth-round pick in the 2007 NFL Supplemental Draft. He saw action in 23 games (17 starts) in two seasons at Maryland. Gaither played one season at Hargrave Military Academy in Chatham, Va.

— Chiefs Public Relations —