13 Facts About Clyde Edwards-Helaire

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Clyde Edwards-Helaire is an American football running back for the Kansas City Chiefs of the National Football League.

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Clyde Edwards-Helaire played college football at LSU and was drafted by the Chiefs in the first round of the 2020 NFL Draft.

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Clyde Edwards-Helaire attended Catholic High School and became the first freshman in then head coach Dale Weiner's 29 year tenure to play on the varsity football team as a freshman.

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Clyde Edwards-Helaire was named LSU's starting running back and on the watchlists for the Maxwell and Paul Hornung Awards going into his junior season.

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Clyde Edwards-Helaire finished the regular season with 1,414 rushing yards, which ranked third-most in a single season in school history, and 16 touchdowns on 215 carries, 453 receiving yards and a touchdown on 55 receptions and returned 16 kicks for 214 yards and was a consensus first-team All-SEC selection at running back and was named second-team by the league's coaches as an all-purpose performer and was the only SEC running back to be named a semifinalist for the Doak Walker Award.

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Clyde Edwards-Helaire was selected by the Kansas City Chiefs, in the first round with the 32nd overall pick of the 2020 NFL Draft.

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Clyde Edwards-Helaire made his debut for the Chiefs in Week 1 as the starting running back after Damien Williams opted out of the 2020 season.

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On Week 15 against the New Orleans Saints, Clyde Edwards-Helaire suffered a hip and ankle injury, making him unavailable for the remainder of the 2020 NFL regular season.

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On November 23,2022, Clyde Edwards-Helaire was placed on injured reserve.

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Clyde Edwards-Helaire was activated from injured reserve on February 6,2023, but was inactive for Super Bowl LVII.

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In December 2018, Clyde Edwards-Helaire was involved in a fatal self-defense shooting in Scotlandville, Louisiana.

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Clyde Edwards-Helaire's surname is taken from his biological father and his stepfather.

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Clyde Edwards-Helaire legally had it changed after meeting with an attorney at fourteen years old, keeping his biological father's last name out of respect while honoring his stepfather for his presence during his upbringing.