{"id":809386,"date":"2026-03-13T04:09:39","date_gmt":"2026-03-13T04:09:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/809386\/"},"modified":"2026-03-13T04:09:39","modified_gmt":"2026-03-13T04:09:39","slug":"report-chiefs-are-signing-running-back-emari-demercado","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/809386\/","title":{"rendered":"REPORT: Chiefs are signing running back Emari Demercado"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1nfb3k4i _16w9vov1 _16w9vov0 ls9zuh1\">Apparently, the front office was not done adding to the room.<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1nfb3k4i _16w9vov1 _16w9vov0 ls9zuh1\">Demercado signed with Arizona as an undrafted free agent out of TCU in 2023. Over three seasons in the desert, Demercado <a href=\"https:\/\/www.pro-football-reference.com\/players\/D\/DemeEm00.htm\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">recorded 126 rushes for 819 yards and three touchdowns<\/a>. He also added 50 receptions for 324 yards and another score. In 2025, Demercado averaged 7.1 yards per rushing attempt.<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1nfb3k4i _16w9vov1 _16w9vov0 ls9zuh1\">The Chiefs are also gaining special teams experience with the newest running back to don the red and gold. Demercado played over 50 special teams snaps in each of his seasons in Arizona and has taken six kickoff returns in his career.<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1nfb3k4i _16w9vov1 _16w9vov0 ls9zuh1\">The Cardinals did not offer Demercado a restricted free agent tender ahead of the new league year. While his base salary with Kansas City is currently unknown, he will not factor into the league\u2019s compensatory picks for 2027.<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1nfb3k4i _16w9vov1 _16w9vov0 ls9zuh1\">Demercado will join Walker, second-year back Brashard Smith and ShunDerrick Powell as the team\u2019s backfield representatives on the 90-man roster heading into 2026.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Apparently, the front office was not done adding to the room. Demercado signed with Arizona as an undrafted&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":809387,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2063],"tags":[346,7,118,110,2439,922,2438,2437,6],"class_list":{"0":"post-809386","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-kansas-city-chiefs","8":"tag-chiefs","9":"tag-football","10":"tag-kansas-city","11":"tag-kansas-city-chiefs","12":"tag-kansas-city-chiefs-free-agency","13":"tag-kansas-city-chiefs-news","14":"tag-kansascity","15":"tag-kansascitychiefs","16":"tag-nfl"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/channels.im\/@nfl\/116219908388120434","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/809386","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=809386"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/809386\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/809387"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=809386"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=809386"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=809386"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}