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Rookie phenom Kareem Hunt ready for first NFL playoff game

Kansas City Chiefs running back Kareem Hunt is lifted by teammates after Hunt's rushing touchdown against the Denver Broncos. Hunt, who won the league's rushing title on this 35-yard score, is a University of Toledo graduate and will play in his first NFL playoff game Saturday.

NFL rookie Kareem Hunt wasn’t planning to play Sunday against the Denver Broncos, let alone win the league rushing title.

With a playoff spot clinched, the Kansas City Chiefs rested many of their starters. Hunt, who grew up near Cleveland and played at the University of Toledo, was asked to just be ready in the event a depleted Kansas City backfield needed him.