2017-18 NFL's best offensive rookies till now

Houston Texans v Seattle Seahawks
Deshaun Watson

#4 Kareem Hunt (RB, Kansas City Chiefs)

Denver Broncos v Kansas City Chiefs
Kareem Hunt

Part of a non-power 5 conference football program, Kareem Hunt was an undervalued RB all his career and it was the same case coming into the 2017 NFL draft. Picked up by the Kansas City Chiefs with the 86th pick in the draft. He was the 6th RB off the board.

Hunt was considered to be backup for Chiefs starting back Spencer Ware but a season-ending knee injury to Ware, in a preseason game forced Andy Reid to start Hunt against the Patriots in the NFL season opener.

Against the defending champion, away from home, Hunt put in one of the most memorable performances ever by a rookie on his debut by rushing for 246 yards with 3 touchdowns. In the next two games, he amassed 253 rushing yards while making it to the end-zone 3 times.

As of now he sits safely in the top 3 of NFL's most rushing yards in the season list with 873 yards in 10 games with 6 touchdowns

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Edited by Shraishth Jain