{"id":12077,"date":"2025-01-28T12:03:35","date_gmt":"2025-01-28T12:03:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/breakingnews.azontree.com\/?p=12077"},"modified":"2025-01-28T12:03:35","modified_gmt":"2025-01-28T12:03:35","slug":"breaking-andy-reid-on-kareem-hunts-second-chance-in-k-c-he-wanted-to-redeem-himself","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/breakingnews.azontree.com\/?p=12077","title":{"rendered":"BREAKING: Andy Reid on Kareem Hunt&#8217;s second chance in K.C.: He &#8216;wanted to redeem himself&#8217;"},"content":{"rendered":"<div data-require=\"modules\/smoothScroller\">\n<div>\n<div>\n<p>The Kansas City Chiefs have done so much winning and taken home so many Super Bowl trophies that it&#8217;s easy to forget that Kareem Hunt wasn&#8217;t around for most of it.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/nbcsports.brightspotcdn.com\/dims4\/default\/14d8d6a\/2147483647\/strip\/false\/crop\/2709x1524+0+450\/resize\/1200x675!\/quality\/90\/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fnbc-sports-production-nbc-sports.s3.us-east-1.amazonaws.com%2Fbrightspot%2F53%2F0c%2Ffe43b9cb4475b0f98aa077abd5dd%2Fhttps-api-imagn.com%2Frest%2Fdownload%2FimageID%3D11383568\" alt=\"Andy Reid on Kareem Hunt: People deserve a second chance if they've worked  on the first part of it - NBC Sports\" \/><\/p>\n<p>After a Pro Bowl rookie season in 2017, in which Hunt led the NFL with 1,327 yards rushing, things quickly unraveled in Kansas City. The Chiefs released the former third-round pick on Nov. 30, 2018, after a violent video of a physical altercation with a woman in a Cleveland hotel surfaced &#8212; an incident about which he wasn&#8217;t wholly truthful when alerting team brass.<\/p>\n<p>While the Chiefs were lifting Lombardis, Hunt spent the next five seasons in Cleveland as Nick Chubb&#8217;s running mate.<\/p>\n<p>In 2024, the 29-year-old went jobless all offseason until injury struck in Kansas City. Isiah Pacheco suffered a fractured fibula in Week 2. K.C. needed aid. In stepped Hunt. He&#8217;d go on to lead the Chiefs with 728 rushing yards on 200 carries with seven touchdowns.<\/p>\n<p>In Sunday&#8217;s AFC Championship win over Buffalo, Hunt again led K.C. with 64 rushing yards and a score on 17 totes. Now, he&#8217;ll play in his first Super Bowl.<\/p>\n<p>Andy Reid said he&#8217;s seen a much more mature Hunt this time around.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.kansascity.com\/latest-news\/hzv4om\/picture297433113\/alternates\/LANDSCAPE_1140\/KCM_ChiefsVsTex_122124_EJC_(2)%20(5)\" alt=\"Why Kareem Hunt grateful for KC Chiefs giving him 2nd chance | Kansas City  Star\" \/><\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I mean, he just said he wanted to be there, I knew he had changed,&#8221; Reid said Monday via the team&#8217;s official transcript. &#8220;I had spent some time with him at Pat&#8217;s (Mahomes) wedding. He&#8217;s got a good heart, even when he went through his deal, he&#8217;s got a good heart. I had confidence that he could jump in and help us. 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