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Adam Teicher, ESPN Staff WriterApr 2, 2024, 04:38 PM ET
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KANSAS CITY, Mo.– The Chiefs consented to re-sign running back Clyde Edwards-Helaire to a 1 year offer, a source validated.
Edwards-Helaire’s return offers the Chiefs some depth at the position behind starter Isiah Pacheco and begins the very same day the group hosted totally free representative running back J.K. Dobbins on a go to.
Edwards-Helaire hasn’t measured up to the guarantee the Chiefs saw in him when they prepared him in the preliminary in 2020. He made it through a complete season in 2023 after injuries pestered his very first 3 seasons however did so as a backup behind Pacheco, who took control of the beginning task in the 2022 season.
Edwards-Helaire ended up last season with 223 backyards as the Chiefs won Super Bowl LVIII in overtime versus the San Francisco 49ers.
He led the Chiefs in hurrying as a novice with 803 backyards however late-season injuries to his ankle and hip left him at less than complete strength for the playoffs and the Chiefs’ Super Bowl LV loss to the Tampa Bay Buccaneers.
Edwards-Helaire, 24, missed out on 6 video games in 2021 with a sprained MCL and his production dipped. He ended up second on the group in hurrying that season with 517 backyards.
In 2022, a high-ankle sprain kept him out of 7 video games. Before he was hurt, he lost his beginning area to Pacheco, who was the routine included back as the Chiefs won Super Bowl LVII over the Philadelphia Eagles. Edwards-Helaire ended up that season with 302 hurrying lawns.
In his 4 seasons, Edwards-Helaire has actually balanced 4.2 backyards per continue 441 efforts for 1,845 lawns and 12 goals. He likewise captured 89 passes for 765 backyards and another 7 TDs.
The news of Edwards-Helaire’s offer was initially reported by NFL Network.
