Source: Super Bowl MVP Kenneth Walker agrees to sign with Chiefs
Super Bowl MVP Kenneth Walker III have you ever agreed to sign with the Kansas City Chiefsa supply advised ESPN’s Adam Schefter.
The working again’s MVP efficiency in Super Bowl LX, which arguably capped one of the best season of his four-year profession with the Seattle Seahawks.
Drafted within the second spherical (No. 41) out of Michigan State in 2022, Walker topped 1,100 scrimmage yards and scored 9 touchdowns in every of his first two seasons. He missed 4 video games in that span, then six in 2024, whereas dealing with indirect, calf and ankle accidents — elevating questions on his sturdiness.
After making adjustments to his consuming and sleeping habits final offseason as he entered a contract 12 months, Walker stayed wholesome in 2025. While sharing snaps with Zach Charbonnethe totaled 1,309 scrimmage yards and averaged 4.6 yards per carry in the course of the common season, each profession highs.
Walker, 25, obtained higher because the season went on. His yards-per-carry common went from 4.4 over the primary 15 weeks to 5.9 over the ultimate three video games of the common season. He continued his tear within the playoffs, taking up as Seattle’s clear-cut RB1 after Charbonnet tore his ACL within the divisional spherical.
After scoring a career-low 5 touchdowns in the course of the common season, Walker scored 4 in three playoff video games whereas totaling 417 scrimmage yards. That included 161 on 29 touches in Seattle’s win over the New England Patriots as he turned the primary working again since Terrell Davis 28 years earlier to win Super Bowl MVP.
Walker performed in all 20 video games, didn’t miss a single observe as soon as the season started and was a full participant in all however 5 of them. He solely appeared on the Seahawks’ harm report in three of the 21 weeks through which they produced one.
An explosive runner, Walker has 34 profession carries (together with playoffs) of 20-plus yards, the fourth-most amongst working backs since 2022. That features a 55-yard landing in Seattle’s win over the Los Angeles Rams in Week 16.
ESPN’s Brady Henderson contributed to this report.
