2025 Rush/Rec Stats
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2025 Fantasy Outlook
Pacheco is an explosive running back when healthy, but that acknowledgment has always been made with some amount of trepidation given his cartoonishly violent running style. His motor always visibly runs at 110 percent, which is helpful in some situations but not others. It's sometimes useful and always entertaining when Pacheco simply berserks his way through a collision, but it would be more efficient to do a better job setting up blocks and eluding tacklers, rather than purely relying on his unusual combination of power and straight-line speed. The fibula fracture Pacheco suffered Week 2 basically ended his 2024 season, because he was a shell of his former self when he returned after an 11-week absence, averaging 3.4 YPC on 62 carries in eight games between the end of the regular season and the playoffs. Kareem Hunt is not particularly close to Pacheco's level when both are at full strength, but even the largely expired journeyman was better than Pacheco down the stretch last season. A return to full strength this offseason could allow for the breakout that fantasy investors had hoped for in 2024, but it's also possible Pacheco missed out on his chance to be deployed as a workhorse and/or fails to regain his pre-injury explosiveness. Read Past Outlooks
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First score of 2025
Pacheco rushed the ball seven times for 35 yards in Sunday's 37-20 win over the Ravens. He added two receptions on three targets for eight yards and a touchdown.
ANALYSIS
Kareem Hunt worked as the clear lead back in the game, though he averaged an abysmal 2.6 yards per attempt. Pacheco took advantage, logging a long rush of 12 yards while also finding the end zone for the first time in 2025 with an eight-yard touchdown catch late in the second quarter. Pacheco will be difficult to trust so long as he's splitting opportunity with Hunt, but he's showcased improved efficiency and volume in the last two games.
Kareem Hunt worked as the clear lead back in the game, though he averaged an abysmal 2.6 yards per attempt. Pacheco took advantage, logging a long rush of 12 yards while also finding the end zone for the first time in 2025 with an eight-yard touchdown catch late in the second quarter. Pacheco will be difficult to trust so long as he's splitting opportunity with Hunt, but he's showcased improved efficiency and volume in the last two games.
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How do Isiah Pacheco's 2025 advanced stats compare to other running backs?
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Broken Tackle %
12.0%Positive Run %
80.0%% Yds After Contact
71.7%Avg Yds After Contact
2.6Rushing TD %
0.0%Touches Per Game
9.7% Snaps w/Touch
22.1%Air Yards Per Game
-6.0Air Yards Per Snap
-0.14% Team Air Yards
-2.1%% Team Targets
5.9%Avg Depth of Target
-3.0 YdsCatch Rate
44.4%Drop Rate
0.0%Avg Yds After Catch
5.3% Targeted On Route
15.3%Avg Yds Per Route Run
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Cornerbacks
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Safeties
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Linebackers
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Measurables Review
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5' 10"Weight
216 lbs40-Yard Dash
4.37 secVertical Jump
33.0 inBroad Jump
118 inHand Length
9.25 inArm Length
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The Chiefs are careful to consistently invest in their offensive line, allowing them to provide consistently good blocking and a favorable setup for whoever is playing running back. Even so, Pacheco has proven a uniquely good fit for the Chiefs offense since they stole him out of Rutgers in the seventh round of the 2022 Draft. His 4.37 speed makes him a home-run threat, and his violent, high-motor running presents a challenging power component to defenses that are already spread thin by QB Patrick Mahomes. Pacheco's violent running does come with long-term durability concerns, especially wear-and-tear ailments like the shoulder trouble he played through in 2023, though injuries have cost him only two games through two seasons. He can handle every running back task and improved his passing-down work last year, eventually taking at least 70 percent of snaps in each of Kansas City's four playoff contests. His workloads typically haven't been that large during the regular season, but it's not out of the question for 2024 after the Chiefs settled for bringing back Clyde Edwards-Helaire in free agency and then added Samaje Perine shortly before the start of the season.
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Leads backfield with 45 yards
Pacheco took 10 carries for 45 yards and caught his only target for three yards in Sunday's 22-9 win over the Giants.
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Struggles on 10 carries Sunday
Pacheco rushed 10 times for 22 yards while catching one of two targets for seven yards in Sunday's 20-17 loss to Philadelphia.
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Limited touches in Week 1 loss
Pacheco rushed five times for 25 yards and brought in two of three targets for three yards in the Chiefs' 27-21 loss to the Chargers on Friday night.
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Cracks end zone Friday
Pacheco rushed three times for 21 yards and a touchdown without receiving a target in Friday's preseason loss to the Bears.
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Big gain on only touch Friday
Pacheco had one reception for 22 yards and did not record a rushing attempt in Friday's 33-16 preseason loss to the Seahawks.
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Regains playing weight
Pacheco has regained muscle that he lost during the 2024 season when he was rehabbing a leg injury, Jesse Newell of the Kansas City Star reports.
ANALYSIS
Pacheco missed the majority of the regular season in 2024 with a broken fibula. While he managed to return in Week 13, he averaged only 3.4 yards per carry and fell into a rotational role in eight combined regular-season and playoff games. Pacheco is now seemingly back to full strength and should have a strong chance of regaining the lead-back role in Kansas City.
Pacheco missed the majority of the regular season in 2024 with a broken fibula. While he managed to return in Week 13, he averaged only 3.4 yards per carry and fell into a rotational role in eight combined regular-season and playoff games. Pacheco is now seemingly back to full strength and should have a strong chance of regaining the lead-back role in Kansas City.