KANSAS CITY, Mo. -- Charcandrick West set his career high for carries last year in a game against the Denver Broncos when he got the ball 24 times. His career-high in rushing yards is 110, which happened in 2015 against the Pittsburgh Steelers.
Keep those numbers ready for easy reference. West will be the Kansas City Chiefs’ featured back on Sunday when they play against the Jacksonville Jaguars at Arrowhead Stadium. The Chiefs said starting running back Spencer Ware wouldn’t play against the Jaguars because of a concussion.
That leaves only West and Bishop Sankey as their running backs against the Jaguars. Sankey was signed only this week off the practice squad of the New England Patriots.
“Each one of them has a got plays, and we’ll see how that rolls," coach Andy Reid said. “Charcandrick is going to get most of them, obviously, and we’ll see how he holds up.’’
The Chiefs have running back Darrin Reaves on their practice squad. He played well for them in the preseason, but the Chiefs won’t elevate him to the active roster in time for Sunday’s game because he has a groin injury.
“It’s bad timing because he’s a pretty good little player,’’ Reid said.
West led the Chiefs in rushing last season with 634 yards. He had some big games last year, including 97 yards against the Detroit Lions and 76 yards against the Baltimore Ravens.
West until last week’s game hadn’t played as much this season because Ware was getting most of the work. But he replaced the injured Ware in the second half of last week’s game against the Indianapolis Colts and rushed for 52 yards on 14 carries.
Sankey has been working overtime this week with running backs coach Eric Bieniemy to learn the plays.
“I’m ready for whatever, however many plays they want me to play,’’ he said.
He might get more snaps as a runner than as a pass receiver or blocker. The running game is easier to learn in such a compressed period than the pass routes and protections.
