After his monster NFL debut, Kansas City Chiefs running back Clyde Edwards-Helaire shared what his headspace was during their game against the Houston Texans.

Per Matt Derrick of Chiefs Digest, Edwards-Helaire admitted that he still couldn't accept the fact that he rushed for 138 yards and had one touchdown in his professional debut. Despite being overwhelmed by his own performance, Edwards-Helaire noted that he felt he was in a zone all game long.

“I feel like I could go out there and play two more quarters. I'm just kind of floating.”

In the Chiefs' 34-20 win, Edwards-Helaire snagged several “youngest” NFL records. He became the youngest rookie to rush 130-plus yards, including a touchdown in his pro debut.

Also, he is just the first running back with 100-plus rushing yards and a rushing touchdown in a debut since Saquon Barkley of the New York Giants.

Below is his lone rushing TD which breached the 100-plus yard mark.

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During the game as Edwards-Helaire was racking up the yards, color analyst Cris Collinsworth tagged the running back “a special guy.”

“Coming out of the backfield, he's going to get a lot of one on one opportunities. Of course, nobody in college could cover him. You see some of the quickness. You see some of that power. He's so compactly built, people have a hard time with arm tackles bringing him to the ground. He's going to a special guy,” per 247 Sports.

From the looks of it, the Chiefs got a gem in Edwards-Helaire. Expect the young RB to wreak havoc in the years to come.