This training camp, there is a new face in the Kansas City Chiefs running back room: seven-year NFL veteran Jerrick McKinnon, who they signed to a one-year contract this offseason. McKinnon began his time in the league as a third-round pick made by the Vikings, and he spent 2014-17 in Minnesota before signing with the San Francisco 49ers.
Then came the most difficult part of the 5-foot-9, 208-pound back’s career — an ACL tear in 2018 and a setback that cost him the 2019 season. McKinnon finally returned to appear in 16 games with the 49ers in 2020 — but after practice on Saturday, he revealed it took until this offseason to truly feel like his old self.