Exciting runner with blazing speed enters his second season in Kansas City … Is a threat to break a big play every time he touches the ball, whether as a runner, a receiver or a return man … Produced a 100-yard rushing game and a 100-yard receiving game as a rookie … An excellent blocker who isn’t afraid to get physical with larger defenders … Saw duty in all 16 games as a rookie in 2008 … Has rushed 67 times for 357 yards (5.3 avg.) and caught 27 passes for 272 yards (10.1 avg.) with a TD … Also posted 15 kickoff returns for 321 yards (21.4 avg.) to go with four special teams tackles.

Transactions: Signed with Kansas City (7/21/08) ... Originally entered the NFL as the first of three Chiefs third-round picks (73rd overall) in the 2008 NFL Draft.

Played in 16 games (two starts) ... Had 67 carries for 357 yards (5.3 avg.) and 27 catches for 272 yards (10.1 avg.) with a TD … Also had 15 kickoff returns for 321 yards (21.4 avg.) and four special teams tackles … Ranked fifth among AFC rookies with 357 rushing yards … Started at RB at New England (9/7) when the team opened with three RBs … Had a career-high two special teams tackles vs. Denver (9/28) ... Left the game in the second quarter with an ankle sprain at the N.Y. Jets (10/26) ... Toted the ball 18 times for a career-high 106 yards vs. Tampa Bay (11/2), his first career 100-yard game … Started at San Diego (11/9) before re-aggrevating his ankle injury … Caught three passes for 45 yards with a 36-yard TD vs. Buffalo (11/23) ... Had a career-long 40-yard kickoff return at Denver (12/7) ... Recorded three carries for 15 yards and three catches for a career-high 102 yards vs. Miami (12/21), including a career-long 75-yard catch. Became the first Chiefs rookie running back to post a 100-yard receiving game since RB Joe Delaney accomplished the feat vs. Oakland (10/11/81). Added a career-best three kickoff returns for a career-high 65 yards, finishing the game with 117 yards from scrimmage.

Played in 38 games (17 starts) at the University of Texas … Concluded his Longhorn career with 533 carries for 3,328 yards (6.2 avg.) and 36 TDs … Caught 49 passes for 539 yards (11.0 avg.) and three scores … Ranked fourth in Texas history with 3,328 career rushing yards … Started all 13 games as a junior in 2007, rushing 258 times for a career-high 1,619 yards and 18 TDs, the fifth-highest single-season rushing total in Texas history … Also caught 17 passes for 199 yards … Named first-team All-Big 12 … Saw action in 12 games (one start) as a sophomore in 2006, carrying the ball 156 times for 831 yards with seven TDs and adding 18 receptions for 183 yards with a score ... Played in 13 games (three starts) as a true freshman in 2005, rushing 119 times for 878 yards with 11 TDs and catching 14 passes for 157 yards with two scores … Named freshman All-America and Freshman All-Big 12 by The Sporting News … Also competed in track for the Longhorns … Placed fourth in the 60-meter dash (6.75) at the Big 12 Indoor Championships … Posted a fourth-place finish at the NCAA Indoor Championships in the 60-meter dash (6.65) ... Won the 100-meter dash (10.23) at the Big 12 Outdoor Championships … Finished fifth in the 100-meter dash (10.27) and seventh in the 200-meter dash (21.02) at the NCAA Outdoor Championships … Majored in Youth Education at Texas.

• A two-time first-team Class 5A All-State selection at Memorial High School in Port Arthur, Texas.

• Rushed for 4,107 yards and 50 TDs his final two seasons.

• Broke the Port Arthur City career rushing record held by Joe Washington.

• Recorded 49 carries for 371 yards vs. Midland as a senior.

• Added 400 yards on 31 carries and six TDs vs. Spring Westfield.

• Also lettered in track, winning state titles in the 100-meter hurdles and the 300-meter hurdles as a senior.

• Received a bronze medal in the 400-meter hurdles at the 2003 World Youth Championships.

• Brother, Shanderric Charles, played running back at SMU (2001-02).

• Full name: Jamaal RaShaad Charles.

• Single.