Kareem Hunt

Kareem Hunt
No. 27 – Kansas City Chiefs
Position: Running back
Personal information
Born: (1995-08-06) August 6, 1995
Willoughby, Ohio
Height: 5 ft 10 in (1.78 m)
Weight: 216 lb (98 kg)
Career information
High school: South (Willoughby, Ohio)
College: Toledo
NFL Draft: 2017 / Round: 3 / Pick: 86
Career history
Roster status: Active
Career highlights and awards
Career NFL statistics as of Week 5, 2018
Rushing yards: 1,703
Yards per carry: 4.7
Rushing touchdowns: 12
Receptions: 58
Receiving yards: 521
Receiving touchdowns: 4
Player stats at NFL.com
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. Hunt was drafted by the Chiefs in the third round of the 2017 Draft and he shined in his rookie season. He was selected to the Pro Bowl and led the NFL in rushing yards.

Early years

Hunt attended South High School in Willoughby, Ohio, where he played for the Rebels football team.[1] He rushed for 2,519 yards and 39 touchdowns as a junior and 2,685 yards and 44 touchdowns as a senior.[2] Hunt was rated by Rivals.com as a three-star recruit and committed to the University of Toledo to play college football.[3][4]

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. He had a strong four-game stretch in the season with 127 rushing yards and two touchdowns against Navy, 114 rushing yards and a touchdown against Bowling Green, 168 rushing yards and two rushing touchdowns against Eastern Michigan, and 186 rushing yards and a touchdown against Buffalo.[5][6][7][8][9] As a sophomore, he played in 10 games, missing three due to an injury. In the 10 games that he appeared in, he rushed for at least 101 yards in all of them. He rushed for 1,631 yards on 205 carries with 16 touchdowns.[10][11] 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.[12] Hunt was suspended for the first two games of his junior year in 2015 due to a violation of team rules.[13] He returned for the third game, but was injured during the game and missed the next two games.[14] Overall, in the 2015 season, he finished with 973 rushing yards and 12 rushing touchdowns.[15] 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.[16] 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).[17]

College statistics

RushingReceiving
YearTeamGPAttYardsAvgTDsRecYardsTDs
2013Toledo 121378666.3612680
2014Toledo 102051,6318.0169390
2015Toledo 101789735.51211450
2016Toledo 132621,4755.610414031
Totals447824,9456.344735551

Professional career

Pre-draft measurables
Ht Wt Arm length Hand size 40-yard dash 10-yd split 20-yd split 20-ss 3-cone Vert jump Broad BP
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[18]

Hunt was drafted by the Kansas City Chiefs in the third round (86th overall) of the 2017 NFL Draft.[19] He was the sixth running back to be selected in the draft.[20] In addition, he was the first of three Toledo Rockets to be selected that year.[21]

2017, Rookie Season

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.[22][23]

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 pass 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.[24] 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).[25][26] His 148 rushing yards led all NFL rushers for Week 1.[27] 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.[28] In the 31–30 loss to the Oakland Raiders, he had 117 total scrimmage yards for his seventh straight game accomplishing the feat.[29] On December 19, 2017, Hunt was named to the 2018 Pro Bowl as a rookie.[30] 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.[31] 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.[32][33] This marked the second season in a row where a rookie led the league in rushing (Ezekiel Elliott in 2016).[34]

The Chiefs finished with a 10–6 record and qualified for the playoffs in the 2017 season.[35] In the Wild Card Round against the Tennessee Titans, Hunt finished with 11 carries for 42 yards and his first career postseason rushing touchdown in the 22–21 defeat.[36]

2018

Hunt remained the Chiefs' main running back going into the 2018 season. In Week 3, he recorded his second career game with two touchdown rushes in the 38–27 victory over the San Francisco 49ers.[37] In Week 4, on Monday Night Football against the Denver Broncos, he recorded 121 rushing yards and a rushing touchdown to go along with three receptions for 54 receiving yards.[38] On October 6, Hunt was fined $26,739 for a hit where he intentionally lowered his helmet.[39]

Career statistics

Year Team Games Rushing Receiving Fumbles
GGSAttYdsAvgLngTDRecYdsAvgLngTDFumLost
2017KC 16162721,3274.969T8534558.678T311
Career16162721,3274.969T8534558.678T311

References

  1. ↑ Hopkins, Patrick. "Kareem Hunt attends Willoughby South-Mayfield football game". The News-Herald. Retrieved 2018-01-24.
  2. ↑ Podolski, Mark. "Mitchell Trubisky's and Kareem Hunt's greatest high school and college performances". The News-Herald. Retrieved 2018-02-03.
  3. ↑ "Rivals.com". sports.yahoo.com.
  4. ↑ Warsinskey, Tim. "Willoughby South tailback Kareem Hunt picks Toledo over Cincinnati, Pitt". Cleveland.com.
  5. ↑ "Navy at Toledo Box Score, October 19, 2013". College Football at Sports-Reference.com. Retrieved 2018-02-03.
  6. ↑ "Toledo at Bowling Green State Box Score, October 26, 2013". College Football at Sports-Reference.com. Retrieved 2018-02-03.
  7. ↑ "Eastern Michigan at Toledo Box Score, November 2, 2013". College Football at Sports-Reference.com. Retrieved 2018-02-03.
  8. ↑ "Buffalo at Toledo Box Score, November 12, 2013". College Football at Sports-Reference.com. Retrieved 2018-02-03.
  9. ↑ "Willoughby South graduate Kareem Hunt quickly establishing himself as a go-to running back at Toledo". News-Herald.
  10. ↑ "Kareem Hunt 2014 Game Log". College Football at Sports-Reference.com. Retrieved 2018-02-03.
  11. ↑ "Toledo running back Kareem Hunt is comfortable and flourishes in the role of underdog: MAC Football Preview 2015 (photos)". Cleveland.com.
  12. ↑ Herndon, Mike. "Toledo's Kareem Hunt joins boyhood idol Barry Sanders with record-tying GoDaddy Bowl performance". AL.com.
  13. ↑ "Toledo tailback Kareem Hunt suspended for first two games (photos)". Cleveland.com.
  14. ↑ "Injured Toledo tailback Kareem Hunt might return to face Kent State (photos)". Cleveland.com.
  15. ↑ "Kareem Hunt 2015 Game Log". College Football at Sports-Reference.com. Retrieved 2018-02-03.
  16. ↑ "Kareem Hunt College Stats". College Football at Sports-Reference.com. Retrieved 15 September 2017.
  17. ↑ "Toledo Rockets Rushing". College Football at Sports-Reference.com. Retrieved 15 September 2017.
  18. ↑ "Combine Player Profiles – Kareem Hunt". National Football League. Retrieved 28 April 2017.
  19. ↑ Sweeney, Pete (April 28, 2017). "Five Things To Know About New Chiefs RB Kareem Hunt". Chiefs.com.
  20. ↑ "Draft Finder Query Results". Pro-Football-Reference.com. Retrieved 2018-02-10.
  21. ↑ "2017 NFL Draft Listing". Pro-Football-Reference.com. Retrieved September 8, 2017.
  22. ↑ "Chiefs' Spencer Ware likely out for season, Kareem Hunt to step in". KansasCity.com.
  23. ↑ "Chiefs vs. Seahawks - Game Summary - August 25, 2017 - ESPN". ESPN.com. Retrieved 2018-02-03.
  24. ↑ "Kansas City Chiefs at New England Patriots - September 7th, 2017". Pro-Football-Reference.com. Retrieved September 8, 2017.
  25. ↑ "Pretty good company for Chiefs rookie RB Kareem Hu..." ESPN.com. September 8, 2017.
  26. ↑ Rosenthal, Gregg. "Takeaways: Alex Smith, Kareem Hunt pace Chiefs' win". NFL.com. Retrieved September 8, 2017.
  27. ↑ "Player Game Finder Query Results". Pro-Football-Reference.com. Retrieved 2018-02-03.
  28. ↑ Lewis, Edward (September 28, 2017). "Kareem Hunt, Todd Gurley among Players of the Month". NFL.com.
  29. ↑ "Kansas City Chiefs at Oakland Raiders - October 19th, 2017". Pro-Football-Reference.com. Retrieved 2017-11-05.
  30. ↑ "Three Chiefs Players Named to 2018 Pro Bowl Roster". Chiefs.com. December 19, 2017.
  31. ↑ Barnwell, Bill. "Barnwell: Should NFL teams rest starters in Week 17? Cases for and against". ESPN.com. Retrieved 2018-02-03.
  32. ↑ "Kansas City Chiefs at Denver Broncos - December 31st, 2017". Pro-Football-Reference.com. Retrieved 2018-01-24.
  33. ↑ "2017 NFL Rushing & Receiving". Pro-Football-Reference.com. Retrieved 2018-01-24.
  34. ↑ Eulitt, David. "Chiefs rookie Kareem Hunt takes his one carry to NFL rushing title". The Kansas City Star. Retrieved 2018-02-03.
  35. ↑ "2017 Kansas City Chiefs Statistics & Players". Pro-Football-Reference.com. Retrieved 2018-01-24.
  36. ↑ "Wild Card - Tennessee Titans at Kansas City Chiefs - January 6th, 2018". Pro-Football-Reference.com. Retrieved 2018-01-24.
  37. ↑ "As Chiefs air it out, Kareem Hunt is happy to share the throne with Patrick Mahomes". Kansas City Chiefs. Retrieved 2018-10-06.
  38. ↑ "Chiefs Defeat Broncos, 27-23, on Monday Night Football". Kansas City Chiefs. Retrieved 2018-10-10.
  39. ↑ "Kareem Hunt fined $26,739 for illegal hit". NFL. Retrieved October 6, 2018.
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