KANSAS CITY, Mo. — The Chiefs re-signed one veteran running back, Jerick McKinnon, to a one-year contract while declining the fifth-year option on the contract of another, Clyde Edwards-Helaire on Tuesday.
General manager Brett Veach suggested on Monday that a deal with McKinnon, who turns 31 on Wednesday, was imminent.
McKinnon had the best receiving season of his career in 2022, when he was third on the team in receptions (56), fourth in receiving yards (512) and second in receiving touchdowns (9). He had a streak to end the regular season of six games with at least one touchdown catch.
McKinnon also rushed 72 times for 291 yards and a touchdown.
The Chiefs drafted Edwards-Helaire in the first round of the 2020 draft out of LSU and he led the team in rushing as a rookie with 803 yards. But injuries have interrupted each of his three NFL seasons.