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PFF OROY!

3. KAREEM HUNT, RB, KANSAS CITY CHIEFS

PFF Grade: 89.4

PFF Elite Stat: Hunt had 19 runs of at least 15 yards this season, the most among all running backs.

In a race that was close right up until the very end, Hunt just barely edges out Alvin Kamara for PFF’s Offensive Rookie of the Year honor.

Hunt ranks third among running backs in terms of overall grade at the season’s end, second in rushing grade and 13th in receiving grade. Hunt ranked fifth among running backs with a 7.0 explosive run rate (a run of at least 15 yards), and that number gets amplified by the fact that he had the sixth-highest carry total in the league – he had the ball in his hands more than most, and more than most, he took that ball and made a big play with it.

Hunt was also wildly successful when it came to forcing missed tackles this season. He finished the season with a league-leading 77 forced missed tackles; only two other running backs (Melvin Gordon and Le’Veon Bell) broke more than 60. After the first month of the season, it looked like Hunt was going to run away with this award before Kamara stepped in and made this one of the tightest races of the year. When the smoke cleared and the dust settled, Hunt is your 2017 PFF Offensive Rookie of the Year.