Biography

BIOGRAPHY

Isiah Pacheco was born March 2, 2000, in Vineland, New Jersey. He is a running back in the NFL.

Pacheco attended Vineland High School and helped the Fighting Clan win the Thanksgiving Day Classic his senior year against rivals Millville Senior High School Thunderbolts. He played both quarterback and running back at Vineland. Heavily recruited by Syracuse, Maryland, Rutgers, Virginia Tech, and others along the East Coast, Pacheco ultimately committed to Rutgers University on June 21, 2017.

Pacheco was selected with the pick in the seventh round of the 2022 NFL Draft. 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 also returned 29 kickoffs for 597 yards. In his first professional season, Pacheco was the starting running back for the Chiefs in Super Bowl LVII. In the Super Bowl, Pacheco had 76 yards and a touchdown as the Chiefs beat the Philadelphia Eagles 38–35.