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Kareem Hunt
No. 27 – Kansas City Chiefs
Position:Running back
Personal information
Born: (1995-08-06) August 6, 1995 (age 28)
Elyria, Ohio
Height:5 ft 10 in (1.78 m)
Weight:216 lb (98 kg)
Career information
High school:Willoughby (OH) South
College:Toledo
NFL draft:2017 / Round: 3 / Pick: 86
Career history
Roster status:Active
Career highlights and awards
Career NFL statistics as of 2017
Rushing yards:1,327
Yards per carry:4.9
Rushing touchdowns:8
Receptions:53
Receiving yards:455
Receiving touchdowns:3
Player stats at PFR

Kareem AJ Hunt (born August 6, 1995) is an American football running back for the Kansas City Chiefs of the National Football League (NFL). He played college football at Toledo.

Early years

Hunt attended South High School in Willoughby, Ohio, where he played football. He rushed for 2,519 yards and 39 touchdowns as a junior and 2,685 yards and 44 touchdowns as a senior. Hunt was rated by Rivals.com as a three-star recruit and committed to the University of Toledo to play college football.[1][2]

College career

As a freshman at Toledo in 2013, Hunt played in 12 games with three starts and rushed for 866 yards on 137 carries with six touchdowns.[3] As a sophomore, he played in 10 games, missing three games due to injury. He rushed for 1,631 yards on 205 carries with 16 touchdowns.[4] He was the MVP of the 2015 GoDaddy Bowl victory over Arkansas State after rushing for 271 yards and five touchdowns, which tied an NCAA record with Barry Sanders.[5] Hunt was suspended for the first two games of his junior year in 2015 due to a violation of team rules.[6] He returned for the third game, but was injured during the game and missed the next two games.[7] In 2016, Hunt played all 13 games, leading the MAC in both rush attempts (262) and yards (1,475), including 200 rushing yards in the loss at #14 Western Michigan.[8] His 4,945 career rushing yards broke Chester Taylor's school record, and was third all time in MAC conference history. In addition, he holds career school records for yards per rush (6.3, with a minimum of 100 rushes), and total yards from scrimmage (5,500).[9]

College statistics

Rushing Receiving
Year Team GP Att Yards Avg TDs Rec Yards TDs
2013 Toledo 12 137 866 6.3 6 12 68 0
2014 Toledo 10 205 1,631 8.0 16 9 39 0
2015 Toledo 10 178 973 5.5 12 11 45 0
2016 Toledo 13 262 1,475 5.6 10 41 403 1
Totals 44 782 4,945 6.3 44 73 555 1

Professional career

Pre-draft measurables
Height Weight Arm length Hand span 40-yard dash 10-yard split 20-yard split 20-yard shuttle Three-cone drill Vertical jump Broad jump Bench press
5 ft 10+1⁄2 in
(1.79 m) 		216 lb
(98 kg) 		31+3⁄8 in
(0.80 m) 		9+5⁄8 in
(0.24 m)		 4.62 s 1.59 s 2.67 s 4.53 s 7.22 s 36+1⁄2 in
(0.93 m)		 9 ft 11 in
(3.02 m)		 18 reps
All values from NFL Combine[10]

Hunt was drafted by the Kansas City Chiefs in the third round (86th overall) of the 2017 NFL Draft.[11] He was the sixth running back to be selected in the draft. In addition, he was the first of three Toledo Rockets to be selected that year.[12]

Following a knee injury to starting running back Spencer Ware in the Chiefs' third preseason game against the Seattle Seahawks, Hunt was named starting running back for the Chiefs on August 27, 2017.[13]

Hunt made his NFL debut on September 7 against the New England Patriots on Thursday Night Football. On his first career NFL carry, Hunt fumbled, with the ball being recovered by the Patriots' safety Devin McCourty, despite never losing a fumble during his college career. Hunt then caught a three-yard touchdown from quarterback Alex Smith late in the first half followed by a 78-yard receiving touchdown and a four-yard rushing touchdown in the fourth quarter.[14] The Chiefs defeated the Patriots by a score of 42–27, and Hunt finished the game with 246 total yards from scrimmage (148 rushing, 98 receiving), the most ever in an NFL debut. The only other players since 1970 to debut with over 150 scrimmage yards and three touchdowns are Marshall Faulk for the Indianapolis Colts in 1994 (174 yards) and Billy Sims for the Detroit Lions in 1980 (217 yards).[15][16] His 148 rushing yards led all NFL rushers for Week 1. On September 17, in Week 2 against the Philadelphia Eagles, he had 13 rushes for 81 yards and two rushing touchdowns to go along with three receptions for 28 yards in the 27–20 victory.[17] He continued his hot start in Week 3 against the Los Angeles Chargers. In the game, he had 17 carries for 172 yards and a touchdown.[18] Hunt was named the AFC Offensive Player of the Month for the month of September after leading the NFL with 401 rushing yards, 538 yards from scrimmage, and 8.53 yards per carry.[19] He carried his impressive rookie season into October. In Week 5, against the Houston Texans, he had 29 carries for 107 yards.[20] In Week 6, against the Pittsburgh Steelers, he was held to only 21 rushing yards but had five receptions for 89 yards to keep his streak of games with 100+ scrimmage yards intact.[21] In the next game, a 31–30 loss to the Oakland Raiders, he had 117 total scrimmage yards for his seventh straight game accomplishing the feat.[22] During Saturday Night Football against the Los Angeles Chargers in Week 15, Hunt posted 206 total yards of offense; 155 rushing yards and 51 receiving yards with 2 total touchdowns as the Chiefs won 30–13. On December 19, 2017, Hunt was named to the 2018 Pro Bowl as a rookie.[23] Heading into Week 17, Hunt was third in the NFL in rushing yards behind Todd Gurley and Le'Veon Bell. Both Gurley and Bell were inactive for Week 17 after both teams clinched the playoffs and were resting their players, giving Hunt a chance to claim the title. On his first, and only, carry of the game, he went for 35 yards for the touchdown, passing both Bell and Gurley, giving Hunt the rushing yards title for the 2017 season with 1,327 yards. This marked the second season in a row where a rookie led the league in rushing (Ezekiel Elliott in 2016).

Career statistics

Year Team Games Rushing Receiving Fumbles
G GS Att Yds Avg Lng TD Rec Yds Avg Lng TD Fum Lost
2017 KC 16 16 272 1,327 4.9 69T 8 53 455 8.6 78T 3 1 1
Career 16 16 272 1,327 4.9 69T 8 53 455 8.6 78T 3 1 1

References

  1. ^ "Rivals.com". sports.yahoo.com.
  2. ^ "Willoughby South tailback Kareem Hunt picks Toledo over Cincinnati, Pitt".
  3. ^ "Willoughby South graduate Kareem Hunt quickly establishing himself as a go-to running back at Toledo".
  4. ^ "Toledo running back Kareem Hunt is comfortable and flourishes in the role of underdog: MAC Football Preview 2015 (photos)".
  5. ^ "Toledo's Kareem Hunt joins boyhood idol Barry Sanders with record-tying GoDaddy Bowl performance".
  6. ^ "Toledo tailback Kareem Hunt suspended for first two games (photos)".
  7. ^ "Injured Toledo tailback Kareem Hunt might return to face Kent State (photos)".
  8. ^ "Kareem Hunt College Stats". College Football at Sports-Reference.com. Retrieved 15 September 2017.
  9. ^ "Toledo Rockets Rushing". College Football at Sports-Reference.com. Retrieved 15 September 2017.
  10. ^ "Combine Player Profiles – Kareem Hunt". National Football League. Retrieved 28 April 2017.
  11. ^ Sweeney, Pete (April 28, 2017). "Five Things To Know About New Chiefs RB Kareem Hunt". Chiefs.com.
  12. ^ "2017 NFL Draft Listing". Pro-Football-Reference.com. Retrieved September 8, 2017.
  13. ^ "Chiefs' Spencer Ware likely out for season, Kareem Hunt to step in". KansasCity.com.
  14. ^ "Kansas City Chiefs at New England Patriots - September 7th, 2017". Pro-Football-Reference.com. Retrieved September 8, 2017.
  15. ^ "Pretty good company for Chiefs rookie RB Kareem Hu..." ESPN.com. September 8, 2017.
  16. ^ Rosenthal, Gregg. "Takeaways: Alex Smith, Kareem Hunt pace Chiefs' win". NFL.com. Retrieved September 8, 2017.
  17. ^ "Philadelphia Eagles at Kansas City Chiefs - September 17th, 2017". Pro-Football-Reference.com. Retrieved 21 October 2017.
  18. ^ "Kansas City Chiefs at Los Angeles Chargers - September 24th, 2017". Pro-Football-Reference.com. Retrieved 2017-11-05.
  19. ^ Lewis, Edward (September 28, 2017). "Kareem Hunt, Todd Gurley among Players of the Month". NFL.com.
  20. ^ "Kansas City Chiefs at Houston Texans - October 8th, 2017". Pro-Football-Reference.com. Retrieved 2017-11-05.
  21. ^ "Pittsburgh Steelers at Kansas City Chiefs - October 15th, 2017". Pro-Football-Reference.com. Retrieved 2017-11-05.
  22. ^ "Kansas City Chiefs at Oakland Raiders - October 19th, 2017". Pro-Football-Reference.com. Retrieved 2017-11-05.
  23. ^ "Three Chiefs Players Named to 2018 Pro Bowl Roster". Chiefs.com. December 19, 2017.

External links

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