Hunt visited Kansas City for a workout on Tuesday — and it went well enough for him to join the team’s practice squad.
The Kansas City Chiefs are signing running back Kareem Hunt to their practice squad, a source has confirmed to Arrowhead Pride. Hunt visited and worked out for Chiefs personnel on Tuesday.
It has been a while for the 29-year-old, who had a falling out with Kansas City during the 2018 season. Before an off-the-field incident led to the club releasing him, Hunt was having quite the year. In 11 appearances, he had 181 carries for 824 yards and seven touchdowns, as well as 26 catches for 378 yards and another seven touchdowns through the air.
During Hunt’s next five seasons for the Cleveland Browns, he averaged 145 touches for 668 scrimmage yards and six touchdowns a season.
The need for Hunt came after starting running back Isiah Pacheco fractured his fibula in the team’s 26-25 win over the Cincinnati Bengals. The current expectation is for Pacheco to be placed on injured reserve and miss somewhere in the range of six to eight weeks.
Pertaining to the workout, the Chiefs were happy with how Hunt looks physically but feel he could use some time to get into game shape.
In the meantime, undrafted rookie Carson Steele and late-offseason veteran signee Samaje Perine are expected to handle the bulk of the work. Kansas City is also likely to call up Keontay Ingram or Emani Bailey from the practice quad.
The Chiefs travel to Atlanta this weekend to play the Falcons on “Sunday Night Football.”
