Dexter McCluster Dexter Marquise McCluster ( born August 25 , 1988 ) is an American football running back for the Kansas City Chiefs of the National Football League ( NFL ) . He played college football at Ole Miss . He was considered one of the top athlete prospects for the 2010 NFL Draft . He was selected in the second round of the 2010 NFL Draft by the Kansas City Chiefs on April 23 , 2010 . High school career . McCluster attended Largo High School in Largo , Florida where he was an honor roll student and where he lettered in football , basketball and track & field . He was a state qualifier in the long jump and in the high jump . In football , his junior season , he rushed for 1 , 424 yards and 14 touchdowns . As a senior in leading the Largo Packers to the 2005 District Championship , he rushed for 2 , 490 yards and 39 touchdowns . Also as a senior , he was named to the First Team All - State 5A by the Florida Sports Writers Association and named All - Suncoast Player of the Year by the St . Petersburg Times Mr . 2000 . McCluster was selected Most Valuable Player in the Florida Athletic Coaches Association North - South Football All - Star Classic game . College career . As a true freshman in 2006 , McCluster started five of the first six games before suffering an injury . He finished the season with 15 receptions for 232 receiving yards , 68 rushing yards on eight attempts and two touchdown s . As a sophomore in 2007 he played in the final eight games of the year after missing the first four due to the injury . He finished with 326 yards on 27 receptions and 63 yards on 6 rushing attempts with two touchdowns . As a junior in 2008 he earned second team All - SEC honors from the " Associated Press " after rushing for 655 yards on 109 attempts and 44 receptions for 625 yards with seven touchdowns . McCluster ' s senior season was full of highlights as he set two school records against Tennessee for rushing yards in a game with 282 and all purpose yards in a game with 324 . In his final game in Vaught - Hemingway Stadium , he ran for 148 yards and threw the only collegiate touchdown pass of his career in the 25 - 23 win over then 9th - ranked LSU . He rushed for 1 , 169 yards on 181 attempts ( a 6 . 4 yards per carry average ) , and made 44 receptions for 520 yards with 12 total touchdowns that made him the only player in SEC history to rush for over 1 , 000 yards and receive for 500 yards in a single season . He finished his college career at Ole Miss with 3 , 685 yards from scrimmage and 23 TD ' s . Professional career . Pre - draft . According to CBSSports . com , McCluster was projected to be drafted in the second round of the 2010 NFL Draft . On April 23 , McCluster was drafted 36th overall by the Kansas City Chiefs in the second round of the 2010 NFL Draft . Kansas City Chiefs . McCluster signed a $ 5 . 15 million , 4 year contract with the Chiefs on July 28 , 2010 . McCluster scored his first NFL touchdown in his professional debut on a 94 yard punt return on September 13 , 2010 against the San Diego Chargers . The 94 yard return was the longest punt return in Chiefs history . McCluster scored his first rushing NFL touchdown on a run in the season finale of the Chiefs 2011 season .