The famous American football running back Isiah Pacheco plays for the Kansas City Chiefs of the National Football League.
Pacheco was brought into the world in Vineland, New Jersey, to Felicia Gun and his dad, Julio Pacheco. His father is of Puerto Rican descent, and he is the youngest of five siblings.
He began his football playing profession early on for the Vineland Barrage (Pop Warner Football Association) in Cumberland Region, New Jersey. Pacheco was a graduate of Vineland High School.
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He played college football at Rutgers and earned the nickname the Pachinko Machine.
The Chiefs selected him in the seventh round of the 2022 NFL Draft. He won Super Bowl LVII with the Chiefs in his first season.
In his NFL debut in Week 1 against the Arizona Cardinals, Pacheco scored his first career NFL rushing touchdown on a 3-yard run.
He recorded his first career start in the Chief’s Week 7 game against the San Francisco 49ers.
In a Week 11 matchup against the Los Angeles Chargers, Pacheco rushed for a career-high 107 yards on 15 carries.
Pacheco has overcome tragedy as his brother Travoise Cannon was killed in January 2016 and his sister Celeste Cannon was murdered in September 2017.
He has tattoos of his sister and brother in a mural on his right arm alongside other tattoos representing essential parts of his roots, including one representing New Jersey, Vineland South High School, and Rutgers University.
In his NFL debut in Week 1 against the Arizona Cardinals, Pacheco scored his first career NFL rushing touchdown on a 3-yard run.
He recorded his first career start in the Chief’s Week 7 game against the San Francisco 49ers.
In a Week 11 matchup against the Los Angeles Chargers, Pacheco rushed for a career-high 107 yards on 15 carries.
Pacheco is the all-time leading season scrimmage yards leader for a rookie running back drafted in the seventh round.
He finished the regular season with 830 rushing yards and 130 receiving yards (a total of 960 scrimmage yards), alongside 5 touchdowns on the ground. He returned 29 kickoffs for 597 yards.
