The Kansas City Chiefs announced on Wednesday that the club has been awarded QB Kyle Orton via waiver claim from Denver. The Chiefs also announced that they waived WR Keary Colbert.

Orton (6-4, 225) has played in 67 games (66 starts) with Chicago (2005-08) and Denver (2009-11), completing 1,225 of 2,107 passes for 13,753 yards with 79 TDs and 55 INTs. Orton also has 104 career rushes for 278 yards with three TDs.

Orton started the first five games of the 2011 season, completing 91 of 155 passes for 979 yards with eight TDs and seven INTs. He started 13 games for Denver in 2010.

He originally entered the NFL as a fourth-round draft pick (106th overall) of the Chicago Bears in 2005.

The Altoona, Iowa native was a three-year starter at Purdue University, where he finished third in school history in passing yards (9,337), touchdown passes (63) and completion percentage (58.8 – 786 of 1,336).

Colbert (6-1, 205) has played in 75 games (49 starts) with Carolina (2004-07), Denver (2008), Seattle (2008), Detroit (2008) and Kansas City (2011). He has caught 130 passes for 1,629 yards (12.5 avg.) with eight TDs. The Oxnard, Calif. native originally entered the NFL as a second-round selection (62nd overall) of Carolina in the 2004 NFL Draft.

— Chiefs Public Relations —