The Kansas City chiefs keep a familiar face in their rear field while they are preparing for the 2025 season. The club has accepted a one -year agreement with the veteran Kareem Hunt ball carrier, according to NFL media. The contract is worth $ 1.5 million but also includes incentives.
Hunt is currently in his second passage with the organization after having signed with the team in mid-September after an injury to start Isiah Pacheco during the week 2. The 29-year-old appeared in 13 regular season games for Kansas City, which included eight departures. Meanwhile, he totaled 728 yards on the ground and seven affected on the ground, while adding 176 yards.
Even when Pacheco returned to the fold, Hunt remained a notable silhouette in the rear field throughout the team’s playoff race Super bowl LIX. During these three games, he rushed 28 times for 117 yards and two affected.
Pending next season, Hunt will probably serve as a complementary / depth room for rotation of the rear field behind Pacheco and alongside the addition of free agent Elijah Mitchell and the second year rear Carson Steele.
Hunt was initially written by the Chiefs in the third round of 2017 NFL draft Out of Toledo and broke into the stage as a recruit, winning a sign of the pro Bowl after directed the league in the yards on the ground (1,327). At the start of his career, Hunt remained one of the most versatile backs in the league, turns out to be an option to capture passes capable of the rear field.
However, in 2018, a video band surfaced Hunt pushing a woman on the ground and kicking her. This not only led to his release from Kansas City, but ultimately a suspension of eight games for the start of the 2019 season when he later signed with the Cleveland Browns.
Throughout his eight -year career has spread between the chiefs and the Browns, Hunt rushed to 5,164 yards and 47 affected, while adding 2,066 yards to receive and 17 affected.
