Including the opening kickoff of the Kansas City Chiefs' preseason finale against the Bears on Friday, rookie running back Brashard Smith was featured on three of the game's first seven plays. And even though the 7th-round former wide receiver dropped a pass on 2nd-and-10, he rewarded his coaches for going back to him, taking a 12-yard pass to the Bears' three-yard line three plays later to set up Pacheco's opening drive score. While seeing action in all three preseason games, Smith has seen six...

The Kansas City Chiefs have a bit of a quagmire at running back right now. Veterans Isiah Pacheco and Kareem Hunt (quad) were the team's two lead backs last season. The Chiefs also signed Elijah Mitchell, formerly of the San Francisco 49ers, and selected rookie back Brashard Smith in this year's draft.It might not be easy at first glance to try to sniff out the pecking order here. But a bit of digging should get you the information you need to know to draft the right player. That's what I'm here...

Kansas City Chiefs rookie running back Brashard Smith (finger) suffered a finger injury in training camp practice on Thursday and left early, according to Chiefs beat writer Matt McMullen. It is unknown if Smith's injury is serious, but it could keep him from taking part in the preseason opener on Saturday against the Arizona Cardinals. If the 22-year-old is healthy going into his first NFL season, he figures to be the RB4, at best, for the Chiefs, behind Isiah Pacheco, Kareem Hunt and Elijah...

The Kansas City Chiefs have used running backs Isiah Pacheco, Kareem Huntand Elijah Mitchell, as well as a "sprinkling" of Brashard Smith, with the first-team offense, according to Matt Derrick of Chiefs Digest. Pacheco is coming off an injury-marred season in which he played just seven games, rushing for 310 yards (3.7 yards/attempt) and one touchdown. Hunt was Kansas City's primary fill-in for Pacheco in 2024, rushing for 728 yards and seven touchdowns on 200 carries. Mitchell is in his first ...

ESPN's Adam Teicher writes that judging from how rookie seventh-round running back Brashard Smith was used in offseason practices, the Kansas City Chiefs have plans for him. The 22-year-old ran a 4.39-second 40-yard dash at the scouting combine and could fit in nicely with other offensive skill players on the team, including receivers Xavier Worthy and Marquise Brown and running back Elijah Mitchell. Smith was a receiver in college before moving to a RB at SMU in his final season, and the ...

DRAFT PICK: 7th Round (#228 Overall Pick)TEAM: Kansas City ChiefsROOKIE DRAFT ANALYSIS: Smith is already the best pass-catching back on his team. He is also a highly explosive athlete -- he ran a 4.39-second 40-yard dash at the 2025 NFL Combine, and his tape shows many examples of great speed, acceleration, and burst. Besides being drafted with very high draft capital (and thus not being a sleeper anymore), the best thing a player can do to put up big numbers and earn more playing time is to ...

With the 2025 NFL Draft well behind us, and most of the highest-sought-after rookies already well known and nested in their spots in fantasy football ADP rankings, many fantasy managers' attentions have shifted more towards sleepers at each position.Finding real sleepers who break out at some point in their first two seasons, despite having been drafted lower in the real NFL Draft or being on teams where their role doesn't seem clear, is a tough job. It's never easy to sift through the mountain ...

The Kansas City Chiefs' running back situation is interesting to monitor this offseason. During the 2023 season and for the first few games of 2024, it looked like this was 100 percent Isiah Pacheco's backfield. He dominated touches and was the undisputed workhorse.However, his broken fibula changed things after just a few games last season. The team signed running back Kareem Hunt off the street, and he became the team's bell cow. Even when Pacheco returned, he didn't look great, which is ...

The Kansas City Chiefs have signed rookie seventh-round running back Brashard Smith to a four-year, $4.33 million deal. Kansas City selected the 22-year-old with its final pick in April's draft, No. 228 overall. Smith spent the first three campaigns of his collegiate career as a Hurricane in Miami, and started just ten games, but was a do-it-all player contributing in the rushing, receiving, and return game. His move to SMU during his final season proved to be an excellent decision as he rushed...