1. Kareem AJ Hunt was born on August 6,1995 and is an American professional football running back for the Kansas City Chiefs of the National Football League.
39 Facts About Kareem Hunt
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Kareem Hunt played college football for the Toledo Rockets and was selected by the Chiefs in the third round of the 2017 NFL draft.
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Kareem Hunt rushed for 2,519 yards and 39 touchdowns as a junior and 2,685 yards and 44 touchdowns as a senior.
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Kareem Hunt 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.
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Kareem Hunt rushed for 1,631 yards on 205 carries with 16 touchdowns.
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Kareem Hunt 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.
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Kareem Hunt was suspended for the first two games of his junior year in 2015 due to a violation of team rules.
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Kareem Hunt returned for the third game, but was injured during the game and missed the next two games.
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Kareem Hunt was selected by the Kansas City Chiefs in the third round of the 2017 NFL draft.
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Kareem Hunt was the sixth running back to be selected in the draft.
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Kareem Hunt made his NFL debut on September 7,2017, against the New England Patriots.
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On his first career NFL carry, despite never losing a fumble during his college career, Kareem Hunt fumbled, with the ball being recovered by the Patriots' safety Devin McCourty.
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Kareem Hunt finished with 246 total yards from scrimmage, the most ever in an NFL debut.
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Kareem Hunt joined stars Marshall Faulk and Billy Sims, as the only NFL players since 1970 to debut with over 150 scrimmage yards and three touchdowns.
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Kareem Hunt's 148 rushing yards led all NFL rushers for Week 1.
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On December 19,2017, Kareem Hunt was named to the 2018 Pro Bowl as a rookie.
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On his first and only carry of the game, he rushed for a 35-yard touchdown, passing both Bell and Gurley, giving Kareem Hunt the rushing yards title for the 2017 season with 1,327 yards.
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Kareem Hunt was ranked 33rd on the NFL Top 100 Players of 2018.
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Kareem Hunt remained the Chiefs' primary running back going into the 2018 season.
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Kareem Hunt continued his momentum in Week 8 against the Broncos, rushing for 50 yards and catching five passes for 36 yards and a touchdown.
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Kareem Hunt was released by the Chiefs on November 30,2018, after a videotape surfaced of Kareem Hunt pushing a woman to the ground and then kicking her.
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Kareem Hunt was signed by the Browns on February 11,2019.
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On March 15,2019, the NFL announced that Kareem Hunt had been suspended without pay for the first eight games of the 2019 season for violating the league's personal conduct policy.
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Kareem Hunt was eligible to participate in all off-season workouts and all preseason games.
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Kareem Hunt made his first appearance with the Browns in Week 10 against the Buffalo Bills.
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Kareem Hunt finished the 2019 season with 43 carries for 179 rushing yards and two rushing touchdowns along with 37 receptions for 285 receiving yards and a receiving touchdown.
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Kareem Hunt entered the 2021 season as the backup to Nick Chubb.
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Kareem Hunt suffered a calf injury in Week 6 and was placed on injured reserve on October 19,2021.
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On September 20,2023, Kareem Hunt signed a one-year contract worth $4 million to return to the Browns following a season-ending injury to Chubb.
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Kareem Hunt finished the 2023 season with 135 carries for 411 yards and nine touchdowns in 15 games and two starts.
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Kareem Hunt scored one rushing and one receiving touchdown in the Browns' Wild Card Round loss to the Texans.
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On September 16,2024, it was reported that Kareem Hunt would visit with the Kansas City Chiefs the next day after an injury to running back Isiah Pacheco in the Chiefs week 2 game against the Cincinnati Bengals.
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The next day, Kareem Hunt was signed to the Chiefs' practice squad, and promoted to the active roster a week later.
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Kareem Hunt finished the 2024 season with 200 carries for 728 rushing yards and seven rushing touchdowns to go with 23 receptions for 176 receiving yards.
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Kareem Hunt scored a rushing touchdown in both the Chiefs' Divisional Round win over the Texans and the AFC Championship over the Bills.
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Kareem Hunt re-signed with the Chiefs on a one-year contract on March 17,2025.
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On November 30,2018, TMZ released a February 2018 video of Kareem Hunt assaulting a woman in a hotel after his friends claimed she called him a racial slur.
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Later that same day, Kareem Hunt was placed on the commissioner's exempt list, prohibiting him from practicing and playing with the team.
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Chiefs co-owner and CEO Clark Kareem Hunt released a statement following his release indicating that Kareem Hunt was not truthful when the Chiefs asked him about the incident.