KANSAS CITY, Mo. — The Chiefs on Monday waived working again Clyde Edwards-Helaire, a former first-round draft choose who had fallen far down their depth chart.
Edwards-Helaire had hinted on the transfer in a message posted to X.
“Love ya KC!” Edwards-Helaire wrote. “A household I did not know I wanted, y’all made a Kid from Baton Rouge desires come true!
“To Chiefs Kingdom , its all love and the help I had in troubling instances will perpetually be unmatched from you guys! With love!”
Edwards-Helaire, who hasn’t performed this season, was the fifth of 5 working backs on the Chiefs’ roster, behind Isiah Pacheco, Kareem Hunt, Samaje Perine and Carson Steele. The Chiefs will want the roster spot quickly.
Wide receiver Hollywood Brown returned to apply final week and may very well be activated from injured reserve in time for Saturday’s sport in opposition to the Houston Texans at Arrowhead Stadium.
The Chiefs drafted Edwards-Helaire out of LSU in 2020. He led the group in dashing that season with 803 yards, however his manufacturing decreased yearly after that. He misplaced his beginning spot to Pacheco throughout the 2022 season and by no means received it again.
During coaching camp this yr, Edwards-Helaire talked about his experience with PTSD that stems from a 2018 incident when he was in faculty.
Two LSU soccer gamers have been making an attempt to promote an digital merchandise when considered one of them fatally shot an 18-year-old man making an attempt to rob them, Baton Rouge, Louisiana, police stated. The police did not determine the gamers, however The Associated Press reported that Edwards-Helaire was considered one of them.
Edwards-Helaire sometimes missed apply throughout his time with the Chiefs to cope with his situation. The Chiefs positioned him on the non-football sickness checklist to start this season earlier than activating him.
“Sometimes I’m admitted into the hospital, one thing like I am unable to cease throwing up and it is simply, I [don’t] know [anything] just about to cease it,” Edwards-Helaire stated in August. “Real unhealthy dehydration … nevertheless it’s actually simply mentally simply not being there.”
