Kareem Hunt

Kareem Hunt
No. 27 Kansas City Chiefs
Position: Running back
Personal information
Date of birth: (1995-08-06) August 6, 1995
Place of birth: Willoughby, 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
  • First-Team All-MAC (2014, 2016)
  • GoDaddy Bowl MVP (2014)
  • AP All-Bowl team (2014)
  • Second-Team All-MAC (2015)
  • North Outstanding Player (2016)
Career NFL statistics
Player stats at NFL.com

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. He rushed for 2,685 yards and 44 touchdowns as a senior and 2,519 yards and 39 touchdowns as a junior. 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 true 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 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 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]

College statistics

Rushing Receiving
Year Team GP Att Yards Avg TDs Rec Yards TDs
2013 Toledo 11 137 866 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 41403 1
College Totals 44 782 4,945 6.3 44 73 555 1

Professional career

Hunt was drafted by the Kansas City Chiefs in the third round (86th overall) of the 2017 NFL Draft.[8][9]

References

  1. ↑ Rivals.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
  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
  7. ↑ Injured Toledo tailback Kareem Hunt might return to face Kent State
  8. ↑ Sweeney, Pete (April 28, 2017). "Five Things To Know About New Chiefs RB Kareem Hunt". Chiefs.com.
  9. ↑ "Kansas City Chiefs select Toledo running back Kareem Hunt". cleveland.com. Retrieved April 28, 2017.
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