{"id":7042,"date":"2024-12-18T23:06:37","date_gmt":"2024-12-18T23:06:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/breakingnews.azontree.com\/?p=7042"},"modified":"2024-12-18T23:06:37","modified_gmt":"2024-12-18T23:06:37","slug":"breaking-chiefs-waive-former-first-round-rb-clyde-edwards-helaire","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/breakingnews.azontree.com\/?p=7042","title":{"rendered":"BREAKING: Chiefs waive former first-round RB Clyde Edwards-Helaire"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.usatoday.com\/gcdn\/authoring\/authoring-images\/2024\/12\/16\/USAT\/77033392007-usatsi-22194647.jpg?crop=1638,922,x528,y149&amp;width=660&amp;height=371&amp;format=pjpg&amp;auto=webp\" alt=\"Clyde Edwards-Helaire waived by Kansas City Chiefs\" \/><\/p>\n<p class=\"gnt_ar_b_p\">Former Chiefs first-round pick Clyde Edwards-Helaire is leaving Kansas City.<\/p>\n<p class=\"gnt_ar_b_p\">The running back announced via social media on Monday that he was being waived by the Chiefs, with the team later confirming the move.<\/p>\n<p class=\"gnt_ar_b_p\">\u201cLove ya KC!\u201d Edwards-Helaire\u00a0wrote. \u201cA family I didn\u2019t know I needed, y\u2019all made a Kid from Baton Rouge dreams come true! To Chiefs Kingdom , its all love and the support I had in troubling times will forever be unmatched from you guys! With love!\u201d<\/p>\n<p>https:\/\/twitter.com\/Clydro_22\/status\/1868770936851497389?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw%7Ctwcamp%5Etweetembed%7Ctwterm%5E1868770936851497389%7Ctwgr%5Ebeadc7ae1380a1ac60a392558705772e763258ef%7Ctwcon%5Es1_&#038;ref_url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.usatoday.com%2Fstory%2Fsports%2Fnfl%2F2024%2F12%2F16%2Fclyde-edwards-helaire-waived-kansas-city-chiefs%2F77033087007%2F<\/p>\n<p class=\"gnt_ar_b_p\">The Chiefs selected Edwards-Helaire with the No. 32 overall pick in the first round of the 2020 NFL draft out of LSU. He won a College Football Playoff national championship in the 2019 season alongside teammates Joe Burrow, Ja\u2019Marr Chase and Justin Jefferson.<\/p>\n<p class=\"gnt_ar_b_p\">Edwards-Helaire produced 1,100 yards from scrimmage in 13 games as a rookie in Kansas City, but his snaps and production have since waned.<\/p>\n<p class=\"gnt_ar_b_p\">The 5-foot-7 running back lost his starting job to then-rookie RB Isiah Pacheco in 2022.<\/p>\n<p class=\"gnt_ar_b_p\">The Chiefs placed Edwards-Helaire on the non-football illness list before the start of the 2024 season. He revealed prior to the season that he suffers from post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD). He hasn\u2019t appeared in a game this year.<\/p>\n<p class=\"gnt_ar_b_p\">Edwards-Helaire has 1,845 rushing yards, 12 rushing touchdowns, 89 catches, 765 receiving yards and seven touchdown catches in 48 career regular-season games.<\/p>\n<p class=\"gnt_ar_b_p\">Edwards-Helaire won two Super Bowls while on the Chiefs&#8217; roster.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>usatoday.com wants to ensure the best experience for all of our readers, so we built our site to take advantage of the latest technology, making it faster and easier to use.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":7044,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-7042","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-kansas-city-chiefs"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v23.7 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>BREAKING: Chiefs waive former first-round RB Clyde Edwards-Helaire - 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