Seventh-round rookie running back Isiah Pacheco was crucial in the Kansas City Chiefs’ campaign to win Super Bowl 57. While Pacheco did not come into the season expecting to be the starter—that role was given to former first-round pick Clyde Edwards-Helaire—he eventually took over by midseason.
With his unforeseen success and the Chiefs’ decision to decline Edwards-Helaire’s fifth-year option, Pacheco is expected to be the RB1 in 2023 for the Chiefs.
Statistically speaking, what does that mean for the second-year running back out of Rutgers?
2022 Campaign
Going into the 2022 season, Pacheco was not on the radar of many analysts, but there was reason to believe in the rookie when he won the endorsement of head coach Andy Reid in the preseason.