By MATT PIKE
It’s difficult to make an NFL roster off a rookie minicamp invite or as an undrafted free agent, but expectations were high for Carson Steele with the Kansas City Chiefs.
Steele played in all 17 games for the Chiefs in the 2024 season, rushing for 183 yards and 26 receiving yards during the season, quickly becoming a fan favorite due to his tough running style, along with his pet alligator, Crocky-J, who also became a fan favorite among Chiefs Kingdom. But after a promising 2024, things changed this past season for Steele.
The former Ball State running back, who was working to transition to a fullback role with the Chiefs, spent all of 2025 as a member of the Chiefs practice squad, buried on the depth chart behind Kareem Hunt and rookie Brashard Smith, along with Elijah Mitchell out of training camp, and later a signed Dameon Pierce.
Now, Steele will look to find a place on a new team, after signing a futures contract the the Philadelphia Eagles. If he can learn the fullback role with the Eagles, he could be in a good position, Philadelphia has utilized the fullback position more as of late, having big plans for Ben VanSumeren in 2025, but he tore his ACL on the first play of Week one, and has been out ever since.
Bringing in Steele to compete at fullback would be the best move for the Eagles, especially considering the running back room in Philadelphia will return all three players from this season with Saquon Barkley, Tank Bigsby, and Will Shipley.
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