Clyde Edwards-Helaire with the Kansas City Chiefs, 2020
With the Kansas City Chiefs, 2020. Photo: Bobak Ha’Eri, CC BY 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons

Running back, LSU, 2017–⁠19

Clyde Edwards-Helaire

Number
No. 22
Height
5′8″
Weight
209 lb
Class (2019)
Junior
Hometown
Baton Rouge, LA
Born
Apr 11, 1999, in Baton Rouge, Louisiana

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Clyde Edwards-Helaire played running back at LSU (2017–⁠19). He led the 2019 national champions in rushing. The Kansas City Chiefs took Edwards-Helaire in the first round, No. 32 overall in the 2020 NFL Draft.

At a glance

Best season
1,414
Rushing yards, 2019 (LSU, 15–⁠0)
Drafted
No. 32
Overall, 2020 NFL Draft (Kansas City Chiefs)

Career highs

188rushing yards, career highvs. Arkansas, 20193rushing touchdowns, career hightwice; last vs. Arkansas, 20199catches, career highat Alabama, 2019

Honors

Team titles: National champions, 2019; SEC champions, 2019

Rushing

Rushing yards, season by season, with his team’s record
SeasonTeamCarYdsAvgTDLong
2017LSU9313.4010
2018LSU1336034.5747
2019LSU2151,4146.61689
Career3572,0485.72389

Returns

SeasonTeamKRYdsTD
2017LSU132470
2018LSU164060
2019LSU162140
Career458670

Receiving

SeasonTeamRecYdsAvgTDLong
2017LSU34615.3027
2018LSU10979.7030
2019LSU554538.2126
Career685968.8130

Season lines from CollegeFootballData, regular season and bowls.

On the roster

SeasonTeamNo.PosClassHtWt
2017LSU22RBFr.
2018LSU22RBSo.
2019LSU22RBJr.5′8″209

As each season’s roster listed the player (CollegeFootballData). Classes before the latest listing are counted back from it; “Yr 1” is the year on file where that count can’t place a season he played (a redshirt, transfer or 2020 year); height and weight as last listed.

Per play

SeasonTeamPlaysEPA/playPctileMedianTotalUsageAdj. rush
2017LSU120.02––0.2––
2018LSU1480.1034th (n=300)0.1514.016%0.16
2019LSU2780.3596th (n=287)0.1398.125%0.46

Expected points added: how much the player’s plays moved the team’s expected score, per play and in total. Plays: total EPA divided by EPA per play, the plays the source credits to him (for a receiver roughly his catches and runs, not every target; for a passer, not every attempt), so it can differ from attempts plus carries. Percentile: against the position’s regulars that season across all divisions on file (quarterbacks with 150+ plays, backs 60+, receivers and tight ends 30+), with how many there were (n) and their median; a dash means too few plays to rank. A season in progress uses the full-season bar scaled by games played, never below 75 plays for quarterbacks, 30 for backs and 20 for receivers. The cohort grows or shrinks with the source’s coverage each season (2025 lists far more players), so compare percentiles rather than raw EPA across years. FCS seasons are marked. Usage: the share of the team’s plays the player was part of (shown from 20 plays). Adjusted pass and rush: EPA per play adjusted for the defenses faced (CollegeFootballData’s WEPA). From CollegeFootballData, 2013 on.

Game by game

2019 LSU 15 games, 1,414 rushing yards, 16 TD
DateOpponentResultCarRush ydsRush TDKRYds
Aug 31vs.Georgia SouthernW 55–⁠3945110
Sep 7atTexasW 45–⁠3815871––
Sep 14vs.Northwestern StateW 65–⁠1413502376
Sep 21atVanderbiltW 66–⁠38141061322
Oct 5vs.Utah StateW 42–⁠614720138
Oct 12vs.FloridaW 42–⁠28131342320
Oct 19atMississippi StateW 36–⁠1311530224
Oct 26vs.AuburnW 23–⁠2026136110
Nov 9atAlabamaW 46–⁠41201033119
Nov 16atOle MissW 58–⁠37231721––
Nov 23vs.ArkansasW 56–⁠2061883––
Nov 30vs.Texas A&MW 50–⁠718871115
Dec 7vs.GeorgiaW 37–⁠1015570––
Dec 28 ✦vs.OklahomaW 63–⁠282140––
Jan 13 ✦vs.ClemsonW 42–⁠25161100––
2018 LSU 12 games, 603 rushing yards, 7 TD
DateOpponentResultCarRush ydsRush TDKRYds
Sep 2vs.MiamiW 33–⁠178240238
Sep 8vs.SE LouisianaW 31–⁠08271––
Sep 15atAuburnW 22–⁠2110211––
Sep 22vs.Louisiana TechW 38–⁠21201362241
Sep 29vs.Ole MissW 45–⁠1611671251
Oct 13vs.GeorgiaW 36–⁠1619145017
Oct 20vs.Mississippi StateW 19–⁠316460––
Nov 3vs.AlabamaL 0–⁠296140271
Nov 10atArkansasW 24–⁠1717561125
Nov 17vs.RiceW 42–⁠105321237
Nov 24atTexas A&ML 72–⁠74330126
Jan 1 ✦vs.UCFW 40–⁠32103203110
2017 LSU 10 games, 13 returns, 247 yards
DateOpponentResultCarRush ydsRush TDKRYds
Sep 2vs.BYUW 27–⁠06280––
Sep 9vs.ChattanoogaW 45–⁠10120372
Sep 16atMississippi StateL 7–⁠37110240
Sep 23vs.SyracuseW 35–⁠26–––113
Sep 30vs.TroyL 21–⁠24–––121
Oct 14vs.AuburnW 27–⁠23–––120
Oct 21atOle MissW 40–⁠24–––120
Nov 4atAlabamaL 10–⁠24–––123
Nov 25vs.Texas A&MW 45–⁠21100124
Jan 1 ✦vs.Notre DameL 17–⁠21–––214

Box scores from CollegeFootballData, 2004 on. ✦ postseason; ★ a career high on file.

Before the draft

DrillCombine 2020
Height5′7¼″
Weight207 lb
Arm length29″
Hand size9⅝″
Wingspan70⅝″W
40-yard dash4.60 s
10-yard split1.60 sW
Vertical jump39½″
Broad jump10′3″
Bench press15 reps

Unmarked: Combine and pro day results compiled by array-carpenter (nfl-draft-data); W: Pre-draft measurables: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA).

In the NFL

6 seasons, 52 games with a stat; latest team: Kansas City Chiefs.

SeasonTeamGCarYdsTDRecRec yds
2020Kansas City Chiefs13181803436297
2021Kansas City Chiefs10119517419129
2022Kansas City Chiefs1071302317151
2023Kansas City Chiefs1570223117188
2024New Orleans Saints213460324
2025Kansas City Chiefs2713029
NFL career524611,9041294798

Regular seasons, from nflverse (CC BY 4.0). G counts games in which the player recorded a stat.

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