NFL CAREER – After parts of five seasons with Kansas City, Edwards-Helaire returned to his home state and was signed onto the Saints practice squad in Week 15. The Baton Rouge native has played in 50 regular season games with 32 starts for the Chiefs (2020-23), and Saints (2024), carrying 454 times for 1,891 yards (4.2 avg.) with 12 touchdowns, while catching 92 passes for 789 yards (8.6 avg.) and seven touchdowns. In 2024, the former Catholic High School standout played in the final two games for the Saints after joining the practice squad in Week 16, rushing for 46 yards on 13 carries and caught three passes for 24 yards. The former first-round pick will compete for snaps in the running back room under first-year Head Coach Kellen Moore.
CAREER TRANSACTIONS – Re-signed with New Orleans Saints to a one-year contract, 2/13/25; Gameday elevation off Saints practice squad, 1/4/25; Standard elevation off Saints practice squad, 12/28/24; Signed to Saints practice squad, 12/19/24; Released by Kansas City, 12/16/24; Activated off Reserve/NFI list by Chiefs, 10/15/24; Placed on the Reserve/Non-Football Injury list by Chiefs, 9/2/24; Re-signed by Kansas City to a one-year contract, 4/8/24; Placed by Chiefs on Injured Reserve, 11/23/22; Activated by Chiefs from Injured Reserve, 11/21/21; Placed by the Chiefs on Injured Reserve, 10/12/21; Signed by the Kansas City Chiefs to a four-year contract, 7/20/20; Originally selected in the first round (32nd overall) of the 2020 NFL Draft.
2024 – Spent the first 15 weeks of season with Kansas City before signing with New Orleans' practice squad in Week 16 following his release and played in final two contests...Vs. Las Vegas, Dec. 29, rotated in on offense in his Black and Gold debut, rushing five times for 20 yards and caught two passes for ten yards…At Tampa Bay, 1/5/25, rotated in on offense in his 50th career NFL game, finishing with a team-high 26 rushing yards on eight carries and caught one pass for 14 yards. 2023 – Appeared in 15 regular season games for Super Bowl LVIII Champion Chiefs with three starts, finishing with 70 carries for 223 yards with a touchdown and 17 catches for 188 yards (11.1 avg.) with a TD…Vs. Detroit, Sept. 7, started the season opener, rushing six times for 22 yards and caught one pass for seven yards…Vs. Chicago, Sept. 24, rushed for season-high 55 yards on 15 carries with a TD and added a two-yard one reception…Vs. Buffalo, Dec. 10, started and rushed 11 times for 39 yards and had two catches for 39 yards…At New England, Dec. 17, started and finished with 37 yards rushing on 13 carries and caught four passes for 64 yards and a TD, his first of the 2023 campaign…Appeared in all four playoff games en route to the Chiefs' Super Bowl LVIII victory in Las Vegas, Nev., rushing 11 times for 53 yards and catching four passes for seven yards. 2022 – Appeared in ten regular season games with six starts for the Super Bowl LVII Chiefs, rushing 71 times for 302 yards with three touchdowns and caught 17 passes for 151 yards (8.9 avg.) with three touchdowns…Suffered an ankle injury in Week 11 which sidelined him for the remainder of the campaign…At Arizona, Sept. 11, started and rushed seven times for 42 yards (6.0 avg.) and caught three passes for 32 yards with two touchdowns…Vs. Los Angeles Chargers, Sept. 15, started and rushed eight times for 74 yards (9.3 avg.) and caught four passes for 44 yards (11.0 avg.)…At Indianapolis, Sept. 25, started and caught five passes for 39 yards (7.8 avg.)…At Tampa Bay, Oct. 2, started and had a season-high 19 carries for 92 yards (4.8 avg.) with one touchdown and caught one pass for a two-yard score…Vs. Las Vegas, Oct. 10, started and rushed for 15 yards and caught three passes for 20 yards…Vs. Buffalo, Oct. 16, started and rushed for 33 yards…At San Francisco, Oct. 23, rotated in on offense and rushed six times for 32 yards (5.3 avg.) with one TD…Vs. Tennessee, Nov. 6, rotated in on offense and rushed for five yards and caught one pass for a 14-yard score. 2021 – Started all ten regular season contests he appeared in for Kansas City and carried 119 times for 517 yards (4.3 avg.) with four touchdowns and caught 19 passes for 129 yards (6.8 avg.) with two touchdowns…In two playoff contests, carried 13 times for 96 yards (7.4 avg.) and caught two passes for 13 yards…Posted back-to-back games of 100+ rushing yards for the first time in his career. Had 100 rushing yards versus the Los Angeles Chargers (Sept. 26) and 102 yards against the Eagles (Oct. 3), adding one receiving touchdown in each of the contests. 2020 – Started all 13 regular season games he played in for Kansas City and carried 181 times for 803 yards (4.4 avg.) with four touchdowns and caught 36 passes for 297 yards with one touchdown. Started both postseason contests he played in and carried 15 times for 71 yards (4.7 avg.) with one touchdown and caught three passes for 23 yards…With 803 rushing yards and 297 receiving yards during his rookie campaign, finished the season with 1,100 scrimmage yards. He became the third Chiefs rookie to hit 1,000 scrimmage yards in franchise history, joining RBs Joe Delaney (1,367 in 1981) and Kareem Hunt (1,782 in 2017)…His 1,100 scrimmage yards in 2020 were the fourth-most among all rookies in the NFL…2020 Mack Lee Hill Award winner, voted by teammates as the best Chiefs rookie…In NFL debut vs. Houston, Sept. 10, carried 25 times for 138 yards with a 27-yard touchdown…In Week Six of rookie campaign at Buffalo, Oct. 19, rushed for a career-high 161 yards, marking his second-career 100+-rushing yard game. His 161 rushing yards tied for the third-most rushing yards in a game by a rookie in Chiefs history. It marked the eighth time in franchise history that a rookie RB rushed for more than 150 yards in a game and he became the seventh different rookie RB to accomplish the feat. His two 100+-rushing yard games during the season tied for the fourth-most by any Chiefs rookie in franchise history…At Las Vegas, carried 14 times for 69 yards (4.9 avg.) with two touchdowns…At New Orleans, Dec. 20, carried 14 times for 79 yards (5.6 avg.)…In postseason debut of AFC Championship vs. Buffalo, 1/24/21, rushed for seven yards with one touchdown…In Super Bowl loss to Tampa Bay, 2/7/21, carried nine times for 64 yards (7.1 avg.) and caught two passes for 23 yards.
COLLEGE – Appeared in 41 games at LSU, rushing for 2,158 yards on 370 carries (5.8 avg.) with 23 rushing touchdowns, while adding 69 receptions for 595 yards and one TD. He put together one of the best seasons for a running back in school history in 2019 for the national champion Tigers with 1,414 rushing yards, the third-highest single season total in school history, and had 453 receiving yards on 55 receptions, the most catches in Tiger record books for a running back en route to unanimous first-team All-SEC honors, was a Paul Hornung Award Finalist and SEC Offensive Player of the Week (at Alabama). After final season (2019), left LSU ranked No. 15 in school history in career rushing yards. 1,414 rushing yards that year ranked as third-highest single-season total in LSU history, was named LSU's MVP and permanent team captain for the Tigers in 2019…Majored in sports administration and is currently pursuing a nursing degree.
PERSONAL – Attended Catholic (Baton Rouge, La.) HS and was a four-year letterman, carrying the ball 58 times for 496 yards with ten touchdowns as a senior...Named the 2015 Class 5A Louisiana State Championship Most Outstanding Player after leading Catholic to a 31-28 victory over Rummel in the Superdome, where he caught eight passes for a school playoff-record 161 yards and rushed for 88 yards and a TD…Became first freshman to play varsity in Head Coach Dale Weiner's 29 seasons at Catholic…For the NFL's "My Cause My Cleats" initiative, wore specially designed shoes to support mental health awareness, specifically PTSD…With his mother being a nurse, has attended nursing school in the offseason…In April, hosted a football camp for 250 local youth in his hometown…Participated in the 2025 Saints Hall of Fame Golf Tournament at Chateau Country Club…Last name pronounced: EE-lair.
