With the Kansas City Chiefs remaining one of the NFL’s best teams through 15 weeks of the regular season, the team said goodbye to their former first-round pick, releasing Clyde Edwards-Helaire, per Ian Rapoport on X. “A goodbye from Clyde Edwards-Helaire,” Rapoport wrote on X, quoting Edwards-Helaire’s original post.
Following four seasons with the Chiefs after being selected with the 32nd pick in the 2020 NFL Draft, the Chiefs officially released Edwards-Helaire, the running back announced on social media.
“Love ya KC,” Edwards-Helaire wrote. “A family I didn’t know I needed, y’all made a Kid from Baton Rouge dreams come true! To Chiefs Kingdom , its all love and the support I had in troubling times will forever be unmatched from you guys! With love! -Clydro.”
Though he wasn’t thoroughly involved in winning them, Edwards-Helaire leaves the Chiefs a two-time Super Bowl champion as the 25-year-old running back looks for his next opportunity. Throughout four seasons with the Chiefs, Edwards-Helaire made just 32 starts, totaling 2,610 all-purpose yards and 19 touchdowns.
Love ya KC! A family I didn’t know I needed, y’all made a Kid from Baton Rouge dreams come true!
To Chiefs Kingdom , its all love and the support I had in troubling times will forever be unmatched from you guys! With love! ❤️-Clydro ✌
— GLYDE (@Clydro_22) December 16, 2024
It’s been an eye-opening season off the field for Edwards-Helaire, who revealed that he’s been battling symptoms caused by PTSD since 2018. The same symptoms caused the former first-round running back to miss parts of training camp and the preseason — which led to him beginning the regular season on the injured reserve.
The bond that @Chiefs’ running back Clyde Edwards-Helaire has formed with Travis Kelce is unbreakable…
“I really look at him as a big brother… and I needed somebody to lean on.”@Clydro_22 says he’s only really talked about the shooting on December 18th, 2018 with two… pic.twitter.com/R6MrGEQlXM
— Ryan Clark (@Realrclark25) November 9, 2024
Eventually, the ball carrier nicknamed “CEH” was activated off IR, but there were still questions of his availability — both mentally and physically.