{"id":35202,"date":"2025-10-11T23:16:14","date_gmt":"2025-10-11T23:16:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/breakingnews.azontree.com\/?p=35202"},"modified":"2025-10-11T23:16:14","modified_gmt":"2025-10-11T23:16:14","slug":"kansas-city-chiefs-rookie-brashard-smith-is-unlocking-another-part-of-his-game-thats-just-as-new-as-playing-running-back","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/breakingnews.azontree.com\/?p=35202","title":{"rendered":"Kansas City Chiefs rookie Brashard Smith is unlocking another part of his game that\u2019s just as new as playing running back"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/atozsports.com\/.image\/w_1080,q_auto:good,c_limit\/Mzk6MDAwMDAwMDAwMjgyMzE3\/nfl-kansas-city-chiefs-at-jacksonville-jaguars-282317.jpg\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Kansas City Chiefs\u00a0rookie running back Brashard Smith is earning praise for a play in Week 5 against the\u00a0Jacksonville Jaguars\u00a0that ultimately didn\u2019t count.<\/p>\n<p>Smith had a 63-yard kick return that was called back on a holding penalty, one that was questionable and had no impact on the play, in the third quarter of the Week 5 road loss. Leading up to this point, Smith had shown flashes as a kick returner, but he was still very much a work in progress. Now, Chiefs special teams coach Dave Toub has something tangible to further build upon with Smith.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cYeah, I mean, I think Brashard Smith keeps getting better and better each week, and it was really good to see,\u201d Toub said. \u201cHe hit that return and he was north and south in a hurry. I\u2019m not sure if I\u2019m glad if he didn\u2019t score because it would\u2019ve been even worse. It was a great return nonetheless, and we\u2019re going to build on that and look at the positives.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Smith\u00a0had one of his best games yet against the Jaguars, catching 100% percent of his passes on three targets for 30 yards. However excited fans may be for his contributions on offense, it\u2019s the kick return role that should really be turning heads at the moment.<\/p>\n<h2 id=\"chiefs-rb-brashard-smith-has-quietly-become-one-of-the-nfl-s-best-kick-return-specialists\" class=\"wp-block-heading has-h-m-font-size\">Chiefs RB Brashard Smith has quietly become one of the NFL\u2019s best kick return specialists<\/h2>\n<p data-wp-block-name=\"core\/paragraph\" data-wp-block=\"{&quot;dropCap&quot;:false}\">Just as the running back position is still new to Brashard Smith after only playing the position for a year at SMU, so is the kick return position. Smith did play kickoff return in college\u00a0when he played wide receiver at Miami, but the NCAA doesn\u2019t have the same dynamic kickoff return rules that the NFL currently has. Despite this position being somewhat new to Smith, he\u2019s managed to elevate his game and ranks in the top half of the league in most categories among NFL kick returners.<\/p>\n<div class=\"wp-block-group is-style-pairing-4 is-layout-grid wp-container-core-group-is-layout-1 wp-block-group-is-layout-grid is-style-pairing-4--1\" data-wp-block-name=\"core\/group\" data-wp-block=\"{&quot;className&quot;:&quot;is-style-pairing-4 is-style-pairing-4--1&quot;,&quot;style&quot;:{&quot;spacing&quot;:{&quot;margin&quot;:{&quot;top&quot;:&quot;var:preset|spacing|m&quot;,&quot;bottom&quot;:&quot;var:preset|spacing|m&quot;}}},&quot;layout&quot;:{&quot;type&quot;:&quot;grid&quot;,&quot;minimumColumnWidth&quot;:null,&quot;columnCount&quot;:1},&quot;tagName&quot;:&quot;div&quot;}\">\n<h3 id=\"chiefs-rb-brashard-smith-2025-kickoff-return-stats\" class=\"wp-block-heading has-h-m-font-size\">Chiefs RB Brashard Smith 2025 Kickoff Return Stats<\/h3>\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\" data-wp-block-name=\"core\/list\" data-wp-block=\"{&quot;ordered&quot;:false,&quot;values&quot;:&quot;&quot;}\">\n<li data-wp-block-name=\"core\/list-item\" data-wp-block=\"[]\"><strong>Returns:<\/strong>\u00a012 (t-5th)<\/li>\n<li data-wp-block-name=\"core\/list-item\" data-wp-block=\"[]\"><strong>Yardage:\u00a0<\/strong>322 (11th)<\/li>\n<li data-wp-block-name=\"core\/list-item\" data-wp-block=\"[]\"><strong>Long:\u00a0<\/strong>37 (t-17th)<\/li>\n<li data-wp-block-name=\"core\/list-item\" data-wp-block=\"[]\"><strong>Yards per return:<\/strong>\u00a026.8 (10th)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<p data-wp-block-name=\"core\/paragraph\" data-wp-block=\"{&quot;dropCap&quot;:false}\">If Smith\u2019s 63-yard return, which was called back on a penalty from Jack Cochrane, had counted, he would\u2019ve had the fourth-longest kick return in the NFL this season. He also would\u2019ve ranked third in the league in kick return yardage through the first five weeks of the 2025 NFL season. It would have brought his yards per return averaged up from 10th to 3rd place.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Kansas City Chiefs\u00a0rookie running back Brashard Smith is earning praise for a play in Week 5 against the\u00a0Jacksonville Jaguars\u00a0that ultimately didn\u2019t count. 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