Kenneth Walker

Seattle Seahawks rookie running back Kenneth Walker III has emerged as one of the NFL's most dynamic young offensive players.

“He’s a star in the making. The way he gets better each and every week, you can tell the more and more opportunities he gets, the more comfortable he gets, and the more electrifying he is. Walker was part of what’s looking like a fantastic 2022 Seahawks draft class that accounted for six of the team’s 22 starters in Sunday’s win. His 411 rushing yards are 14th among NFL running backs, but none of the 13 ahead of him have a better average (6.1). It makes sense that Walker is running away from linebackers and safeties in the NFL. Walker was the driving force behind that team’s 11-2 campaign. Walker said Sunday that getting into the open field is “a great feeling, because it’s rare. The others? Walker went for 168 yards (most among NFL backs in Week 7) in the Seahawks’ 37-23 road victory against the Los Angeles Chargers. He is averaging a 20+ yard gain once every 13.4 carries and a first down once every 3.9. Walker is a bonafide home threat. Pete Carroll’s squad is 4-3 and alone atop the NFC West.

"He had a great three-yard run one time when he got caught in the backfield. He just has a ton of ability. He's really a natural football player. There is ...

All he needs is a crease and he can be gone. He can run it. The way he gets better each and every week, you can tell the more and more opportunities he gets, the more comfortable he gets, and the more electrifying he is. He was ranked as a three-star prospect by the industry-generated 247Sports Composite. We knew what he could do, and Everybody on the team is excited he's with us." He can run off tackle. He can run short yardage. That's amazing just for a guy to hit that crease and he was gone. He can catch it. Having a guy like that who can explode at any minute is awesome." He can break big plays. There is nothing he can't do.

Walker is adjusting well to his time with the Seattle Seahawks. He had 168 yards rushing with 2 touchdowns, including a 74-yard score to put the game away in ...

Walker is adjusting well to his time with the Seattle Seahawks. Seattle took Walker in the 2nd round of this year’s NFL Draft, and it looking like it’s starting to pay dividends. Walker eclipsed 100 yards rushing for the first time in his NFL career on Sunday.

Dallas logged 19 snaps in Week 7 and touched the ball eight times, but rookie second-round running back Kenneth Walker stole the show with 168 yards and two ...

Since the Seahawks took the young running back 41st overall in the 2022 draft, he's spent the first two months of his NFL career working his way up the depth ...

Walker didn’t get an invite to the Heisman show, and that was a bit of a sore spot, but he was a unanimous All-American, a Doak Walker winner as the best running back in the country, and the recipient of an off-brand Heisman, the Walter Camp award. With such a high risk of injury, and the way that even a few years of wear-and-tear can erode what makes them special, and the drastically decreased willingness of teams to risk a big commitment for a back instead of piecing one together by committee (especially when, like Walker, they don’t play a role in the passing game), the greats at this position are more meteors than stars. The way he gets better each and every week, you can tell the more and more opportunities he gets, the more comfortable he gets, and the more electrifying he is. And in the two games since Walker has taken over for the injured Rashaad Penny as the top running option, the rookie has helped the Seahawks pull above .500 and sit atop their claustrophobic division, just above a [Three Stooges Syndrome](https://youtu.be/gmBj8r1-fDo?t=46) of three-win rivals. In his first and only year as a Spartan, on a team picked to finish near the bottom of the Big Ten, Walker carried MSU to an 11-2 season. The Tennessee native wasn’t a very notable recruit when he arrived at Wake Forest back in 2019, and even in that middling program he didn’t serve as an offensive centerpiece.

Now, a half-season into his NFL career, he's showing the entire nation. The former Michigan State football star and reigning Doak Walker Award winner took over ...

He’s compact, but he’s so strong and surprisingly fast for a 5-9, 211-pound back. He now has over 350 yards and four touchdowns in his last three games, averaging 6.8 yards per touch. The rookie just rushed for 168 yards and two touchdowns in a big Sunday afternoon win over the Chargers.

Walker is making the most of his opportunity. He had a 69-yard touchdown run after Penny's injury and he posted 97 yards and a touchdown in a Week Six win over ...

The way he gets better each and every week, you can tell the more and more opportunities he gets, the more comfortable he gets, and the more electrifying he is. Walker ran 23 times for 168 yards and two touchdowns in Sunday’s 37-23 road win over the Chargers. Walker is making the most of his opportunity.