Retired All-Pro offered a Chiefs coach advice to draft Emmett Johnson

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During his recent appearance on the ‘89 Podcast’ with Steve Smith and James Palmer, retired NFL All-Pro running back Maurice Jones-Drew shared his contribution to the Kansas City Chiefs selecting Emmett Johnson.

“I said, ‘Emmett Johnson from Nebraska.’ And see, here goes a little history for you,” said Jones-Drew, referring to his conversation with Chiefs offensive coordinator Eric Bieniemy, “When I was coming out of college, it was a bunch of us, right? I had such a good year that they created a position for All-American that year, so I could be All-American because I was returning kicks and punts. Three different ways, right? I had returned punts and kicks for touchdowns, I had receiving touchdowns, and I had rushing touchdowns. But that’s like, no one really did that. Like, Reggie Bush did it a little bit, but it was really like not many others did. So, when I go back, and I look, Emmett Johnson won that same award.”

Johnson earned first-team All-Big Ten honors and Academic All-Big Ten from 2023 to 2025. Jones-Drew saw another Pro Bowl-caliber running back as an accurate comparison to Johnson’s performances in college.

“To me, the last person I saw who had to have 100 (rushing yards) and 100 (receiving yards) in college was Joe Mixon,” said Jones-Drew. “You’re talking about a kid who has the ability to play running back, be a valuable option out of the backfield.”

In four seasons at Nebraska, Johnson appeared in 41 games, tallying 2,460 rushing yards and 15 touchdowns on 458 attempts. He also had 92 receptions for 702 receiving yards and five touchdowns.

This article originally appeared on Chiefs Wire: Retired All-Pro offered a Chiefs coach advice to draft Emmett Johnson

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