Kareem Hunt is an American footballer who defied all odds to rise to the top of his game and is today ranked among the best players in American football. Hunt’s career is still in its infancy, but it has shown promising signs.
Here, we’ll take a look at his profile, find out what team he plays for, and how he was able to stand out among a pool of competing talent.
Profile and age of Kareem Hunt
Kareem Hunt is no older than those born in 1995 as he was born the same year on August 6 in Willoughby, Ohio to Stephanie Riggins (mother) and Kareem Hunt (father).
As an adult, Kareem enrolled at South High School in Willoughby, Ohio where he started playing football with his school team called ‘Rebels’. In high school, he racked up 2,519 rushing yards with 39 rushing touchdowns. 2,685 rushing yards and 44 touchdowns. Rivals.com listed him as a three-star recruit at the end of his senior year.
Kareem then left for the University of Toledo where he enrolled in 2013 to pursue his career in college football. In college, as a freshman, he played in 12 games including 3 wins and a total of 866 rushing yards with 137 carries with 6 touchdowns. During Kareem’s second season, he played 10 games and missed three due to injury. For the games he played, the boy recorded a rush of 101 yards. His 217 rushing yards with 5 touchdowns in the 2015 GoDaddy Bowl victory over the Arkansas State Red Wolves football team at the University of Arkansas saw him become the most valuable player in the tournament.
His 2015 season got off to a rather dismal start as he violated team rules which came with a suspension of their first two games of his junior season. By the time Kareem Hunt was on the pitch for his third and first game of the season, he had suffered an injury which made him ineligible for two more games and the season ended when he was performing poorly against the previous season.
Nonetheless, Kareem Hunt returned to form and was in fine form for the 2016 season where he played 13 games with 262 rush attempts and 1,475 rushing yards. He had an impressive college season and was expected to be selected in the 2017 NFL Draft.
The boy was named by Kansas City Chiefs as the 86th pick in the 3rd round of the 2017 NFL Draft. He was the first of three players from his college to be selected and the sixth to be selected in the draft.
Hunt found a spot on the first team due to a knee injury as their first-choice running back Spencer Ware was injured in his third game of the season. Thus, he witnessed his first action in the NFL in a game against one of the league’s best teams, the New England Patriots, on September 7, 2017. The Chiefs took the victory with a 42-to-1 victory. 27 on a Kareem win of 148, 98 to receive (246 total scrimmages) which was the first of his NFL debut for an all-time player.
He continued his impressive form in the league leading as the highest runner in the first week. Kareem was instrumental in his team’s wins over the Philadelphia Eagles and Los Angeles Chargers, earning him AFC Offensive Player of the Month honors (September) with 401 yards rushing, 538 yards rushing. game and 8.53 yards per carry.
The Toledo Rockets product would go on to be named a 2018 Pro Bowl rookie on December 19, 2017. He still plays for the Chiefs and will steadily improve his game there.
Career statistics
| ATT | YDS | AVG | TD | REC | YDS | AVG | TD |
| 272 | 1,327 | 4.9 | 8 | 53 | 455 | 8.3 | 3 |
Height, weight and other facts
- Kareem Hunt is 1.78m tall with a weight of 216kg or 98kg.
- In the cradle of his career, he was named to the All-MAC Second Team (2015) and twice to the All-MAC First Team (2014-2016).
- Hunt was on the PFWA All-Rookie Team List and NFL Speed Yard Leader (2017).
- He has a girlfriend named Julianne Orso, the two reportedly met when they were students at Ohio University.
- Although his net worth is not yet known, his salary has been assessed at $465,000.
