It looks like Kareem Hunt will be suiting up for a new team in the near future.
Last summer, Browns running back Kareem Hunt thought he deserved more money. Now he’s a free agent after his current team decided not to bring him back.
In a Q&A column published on Cleveland.com, Terry Pluto reports that the Browns believe Hunt was “slipping” in terms of his speed. Pluto reports that the Browns want Jerome Ford to take over Hunt’s role in the offense moving forward, and that Hunt is not coming back to Cleveland.
Hunt is only 27, but so is Ezekiel Elliott and he is already finding out how hard it is to find a new team after your prime has come and gone. Last year, Hunt averaged a career-low 3.8 yards per carry and a career-low 6.0 yards per catch, so the numbers would seem to confirm the sense that Hunt doesn’t have the big-play speed that he once possessed.
Hunt will now join Jerick McKinnon, Ezekiel Elliott, Leonard Fournette, J.D. McKissic, Mark Ingram and other well-known veteran running backs who aren’t generating much interest.
The former third-round pick of the Kansas City Chiefs spent the last four seasons with Cleveland. Hunt played in all 17 games in 2022, but recorded just 678 yards from scrimmage and four total touchdowns.
