{"id":63302,"date":"2025-05-22T07:19:37","date_gmt":"2025-05-22T07:19:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/new365.azontree.com\/?p=63302"},"modified":"2025-05-22T07:19:58","modified_gmt":"2025-05-22T07:19:58","slug":"chiefs-draft-pick-called-clone-of-5-time-pro-bowl-playmaker","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/new365.azontree.com\/?p=63302","title":{"rendered":"Chiefs Draft Pick Called &#8216;Clone&#8217; of 5-Time Pro Bowl Playmaker"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"post-featured-container-id\">\n<div id=\"post-featured\">\n<div>\n<figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/heavy.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/Brashard-Smith2-e1747876642706.jpg?quality=65&amp;strip=all&amp;w=780\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 820px) 95vw, 780px\" srcset=\"https:\/\/heavy.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/Brashard-Smith2-e1747876642706.jpg?quality=65&amp;strip=all&amp;w=780 780w, https:\/\/heavy.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/Brashard-Smith2-e1747876642706.jpg?quality=15&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1100 1100w, https:\/\/heavy.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/Brashard-Smith2-e1747876642706.jpg?quality=35&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1350 1350w\" alt=\"Chiefs Draft Pick Called 'Clone' of 5-Time Pro Bowl Playmaker\" width=\"780\" height=\"437\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p>Getty<\/p>\n<p>Kansas City Chiefs running back Brashard Smith drew an intriguing NFL comparison.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>Kansas City Chiefs rookie running back Brashard Smith has two traits that could make him a very impactful addition to the KC offense in 2025: Speed and third-down ability as a potential receiver out of the backfield.<\/p>\n<p>Smith ran a 4.39-second 40-yard dash at the NFL Combine. He also contributed 300-plus receiving yards twice throughout his collegiate career, with a third season that topped 260 receiving yards.<\/p>\n<p>On May 15, ESPN analyst and former NFL defensive back Louis Riddick highlighted Smith as a potential rookie to watch in 2025. And he had an enticing pro comparison for the SMU speedster.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cKeep an eye on this kid Brashard Smith from SMU, who they drafted in the seventh [round],\u201d Riddick said on NFL Live. \u201cHe is an Alvin Kamara clone with like 4.3 speed.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThey have got a lot of things going on in Kansas City,\u201d Riddick continued. Concluding: \u201cHey man, they may have addressed their issues as good as anybody.\u201d<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h2>Is There Any Truth to Brashard Smith, Alvin Kamara Comp?<\/h2>\n<p>If Smith is half the player that Kamara \u2014 a five-time Pro Bowler and career 5,000-yard receiving running back (including playoffs) \u2014 has been, the Chiefs will have struck gold in round seven.<\/p>\n<p>But is there any truth to this comparison?<\/p>\n<p>Kamara has never been an elite runner of the football, despite his rise to stardom in New Orleans. Since entering the league as a third-round pick in 2017, the Saints\u2019 playmaker has actually never recorded a 1,000-yard season on the ground.<\/p>\n<p>Surprisingly, the closest he came was actually in 2024, rushing for 950 yards at age 29.<\/p>\n<p>With that in mind, Kamara has never accumulated fewer than 1,000 scrimmage yards, and four of his NFL campaigns finished at or over 1,500 scrimmage yards.<\/p>\n<p>In other words, Kamara\u2019s impact has been felt in the passing game more often than not. And that appears to be Smith\u2019s most likely avenue of production as well.<\/p>\n<p>The rookie did break out for 1,332 rushing yards with SMU during his final season, but he mostly lined up at wide receiver before that in Miami, and rushed for pedestrian totals in that role.<\/p>\n<p>It\u2019s unclear if Smith\u2019s raw and unpolished ability as a runner will translate at the NFL level, but his pass-catching should. Especially if head coach Andy Reid utilizes the running back prospect creatively in the screen game.<\/p>\n<p>Expectations should be measured, but perhaps there are similarities between Smith and Kamara after all.<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h2>Brashard Smith\u2019s Presence Is Bad News for Chiefs RBs Elijah Mitchell &amp; Carson Steele<\/h2>\n<p>Veteran running back Kareem Hunt has come up as a potential cut candidate in recent weeks, but the Smith selection could bode badly for free agent signing Elijah Mitchell and\/or 2024 UDFA Carson Steele.<\/p>\n<p>Hunt could certainly be released due to his age alone, let\u2019s say he appears to have lost a step this summer, but Smith\u2019s presence as a third-down option feels more worrisome for Mitchell and Steele.<\/p>\n<p>Mitchell is by no means a receiving back on the level of Kamara, or even ex-Chiefs\u2019 Jerick McKinnon or Samaje Perine, but he did record 19 catches for 137 receiving yards as a rookie. That was a long time ago, but it was also the only year Mitchell was given a true starter\u2019s workload in San Francisco.<\/p>\n<p>If Hunt and Smith make the team behind Isiah Pacheco, it\u2019s hard to see where Mitchell fits into this backfield.<\/p>\n<p>Steele provides that Kyle Juszczyk-type skillset as a playmaking fullback at heart. He adds a pair of reliable hands in the receiving game, as well as more of a blocking prowess than Smith, but he doesn\u2019t have the speed that the rookie draft pick does.<\/p>\n<p>Still, Steele\u2019s uniqueness makes him a candidate to sneak on the 53-man roster once again. Perhaps in place of Hunt, or Mitchell, or both.<\/p>\n<p>Michael Obermuller covers the NFL for Heavy.com, where he began writing in 2021. His areas of focus specialize on the Kansas City Chiefs, New York Giants and Pittsburgh Steelers, with expert knowledge on each based on years of coverage. An NYC area native and Quinnipiac graduate, his previous bylines include Heavy on Jets, FanDuel&#8217;s The Duel, King Fantasy Sports and Pro Football Mania. More about Michael Obermuller<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Kansas City Chiefs draft pick and running back Brashard Smith was compared to a five-time NFL Pro Bowler ahead of KC minicamp.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":6,"featured_media":63306,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-63302","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-nfl"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v23.7 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Chiefs Draft Pick Called &#039;Clone&#039; of 5-Time Pro Bowl Playmaker - News 365<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/new365.azontree.com\/?p=63302\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Chiefs Draft Pick Called &#039;Clone&#039; 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