The Kansas City Chiefs have signed 5-foot-5 running back Terion Stewart as an undrafted free agent. Stewart is noted for being one of the most elusive running backs in college football history.
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The Kansas City Chiefs are bringing Terion Stewart on board as an undrafted free agent, which isn't a sentence that likely caught most NFL fans' eyes.
Except there's two key points about Stewart that make him a fascinating UDFA signing out of Virginia Tech.
For one, he measured 5-foot-5 and 7/8 in the pre-draft process. That's about as short as any RB entering the NFL in a long time.
The second is that Stewart was incredibly elusive in his college career.
Pro Football Focus measured him as the most elusive RB in college football history:
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Stewart is just one of a bunch of new RBs to the Chiefs, so it won't be a given that he makes the team.
He does have that intriguing skillset, and it's not just based on shiftiness. He's also sturdy and breaks right through tackles, too.
Stewart is originally from Sandusky, Ohio, where he had 6,133 rushing yards in high school for the local Blue Streaks.
He then stayed in northwest Ohio to shine at Bowling Green before wrapping up his college career with the Hokies.
He ran 82 times for 469 yards at Virginia Tech, but his total body of work clearly caught the attention of the Chiefs.
It'll be an uphill climb, but Stewart has the uniqueness factor working in his favor, at least.
Terion Stewart earned the title of the most elusive running back due to his exceptional ability to evade tackles and make quick cuts during his college career.
Terion Stewart is 5-foot-5 and 7/8, making him one of the shortest running backs to enter the NFL in recent years, which raises questions about his performance at the professional level.
Terion Stewart was signed by the Kansas City Chiefs as an undrafted free agent after the NFL draft.
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