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| No. 9 – Kansas City Chiefs | |||||||||||||||
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| Position | Running back | ||||||||||||||
Roster status | Active | ||||||||||||||
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| Born | October 20, 2000 Memphis, Tennessee, U.S. | ||||||||||||||
Listed height | 5 ft 9 in (1.75 m) | ||||||||||||||
Listed weight | 211 lb (96 kg) | ||||||||||||||
| Career information | |||||||||||||||
| High school | Arlington (Arlington, Tennessee) | ||||||||||||||
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| NFL draft | 2022: 2nd round, 41st overall pick | ||||||||||||||
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Kenneth Walker III (born October 20, 2000) is an American professional football running back for the Kansas City Chiefs of the National Football League (NFL). Nicknamed "K9",[1][2][3] he played college football for the Wake Forest Demon Deacons and Michigan State Spartans, winning the Walter Camp and Doak Walker Awards in 2021. Walker was selected by the Seattle Seahawks in the second round of the 2022 NFL draft. He spent four seasons in Seattle, being named the MVP of Super Bowl LX in the 2025 season. The following offseason, he signed with the Chiefs.
Walker was born on October 20, 2000, in Memphis, Tennessee.[4] He attended Arlington High School and played for their football team,[5] where he rushed for 3,485 yards with 41 touchdowns. He committed to Wake Forest University to play college football.[6]
Walker played at Wake Forest in 2019 and 2020. During those two years he rushed for 1,158 yards on 217 carries with 17 touchdowns.[7][8] After the 2020 season, Walker transferred to Michigan State University.[9][10] He became the starter his first year at Michigan State.[11][12] In his debut with the Spartans, he rushed for 264 yards and four touchdowns.[13][14] His four touchdowns doubled the Michigan State 2020 season total, and was the first time for a Spartan running back, in a single game, since the 2019 season.[15] Walker III was awarded the Doak Walker and Walter Camp Player of the Year Award and finished 6th in the Heisman for the 2021 NCAA season.[16][17] He earned Consensus All-American honors for the 2021 season.[18] Following the season, he announced that he would forgo his senior year and declared for the 2022 NFL draft.[19]
| Height | Weight | Arm length | Hand span | Wingspan | 40-yard dash | 10-yard split | 20-yard split | Vertical jump | Broad jump | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 5 ft 9+1⁄4 in (1.76 m) |
211 lb (96 kg) |
30+3⁄8 in (0.77 m) |
9+1⁄2 in (0.24 m) |
6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) |
4.38 s | 1.49 s | 2.53 s | 34.0 in (0.86 m) |
10 ft 2 in (3.10 m) | |||
| All values from NFL Combine[20][21][22] | ||||||||||||
Walker was drafted by the Seattle Seahawks in the second round with the 41st overall pick in the 2022 NFL draft.[23]
Walker made his NFL debut in Week 2 against the San Francisco 49ers.[24] In Week 5, against the New Orleans Saints, he had a 69-yard rushing touchdown in the 32–39 loss.[25] He was named the starting running back for the Seattle Seahawks after Rashaad Penny was placed on injured reserve.[26] In Week 7, against the Los Angeles Chargers, Walker rushed for 167 yards and two touchdowns in the 37–23 victory.[27] On November 3, Walker was named the NFL's Offensive Rookie of the Month for October.[28] In Week 9, he rushed for 109 yards and two touchdowns in a 31–21 victory over the Arizona Cardinals.[29] In Week 12, he had another game with two rushing touchdowns in the 40–34 loss to the Las Vegas Raiders.[30] He closed out the regular season with three consecutive games with over 100 rushing yards. He finished his rookie season with 228 carries for 1,050 rushing yards and nine rushing touchdowns to go along with 27 receptions for 165 receiving yards.[31] He joined Curt Warner as the only players in franchise history to rush for at least 1,000 yards as a rookie.[32] On January 14, 2023, during the 2022–23 NFL playoffs, Walker rushed the ball 15 times for 63 yards and a touchdown, during a 41–23 Wild Card Round loss to the 49ers.[33][34] He was named to the 2022 Pro Football Writers of America All-Rookie Team.[35]
In Week 3, Walker totaled 156 scrimmage yards with a pair of rushing touchdowns in a 37–27 win over the Carolina Panthers, earning National Football Conference Offensive Player of the Week.[36] Walker finished the 2023 season with 219 carries for 905 rushing yards and eight rushing touchdowns to go with 29 receptions for 259 receiving yards and one receiving touchdown in 15 games.[37]
Walker dealt with injury throughout the 2024 campaign, making 11 total starts and compiling 573 rushing yards, seven rushing touchdowns, 299 receiving yards, and one receiving touchdown.[38] On December 26, 2024, Walker was placed on injured reserve with an ankle injury, ending his season.[39]
Walker started all 17 games for the Seahawks for the first time in his career, finishing with 1,027 rushing yards on 221 carries, averaging 4.6 yards per attempt. His rushing touchdown total was lower than in previous years, at five, as fellow running back Zach Charbonnet handled the majority of Seattle’s goal-line carries. Walker also tallied 31 receptions for 282 receiving yards.[40]
Walker's workload increased during the postseason after Charbonnet tore his ACL in the first half of the Seahawks' Divisional round game against the San Francisco 49ers.[41] Walker finished the game with 116 yards and three touchdowns on 19 carries as Seattle won 41–6.[42] Against the Los Angeles Rams in the NFC Championship game, Walker totaled 111 yards from scrimmage and a touchdown, helping the Seahawks secure a 31–27 win and a berth in Super Bowl LX.[43] In Super Bowl LX, Walker amassed 27 carries for a season-high 135 yards and 26 receiving yards, leading the Seahawks to a 29–13 victory over the New England Patriots and earning Super Bowl MVP honors.[44] Walker's 135 rush yards were the most in a Super Bowl since Terrell Davis in Super Bowl XXXII, who was also the last running back named Super Bowl MVP before Walker.[44]
On March 12, 2026, Walker signed a three-year, $45 million contract with the Kansas City Chiefs.[45] In his first game with the team, against the Denver Broncos, he rushed for a career-high 173 yards, plus 18 receiving yards and two touchdowns, earning AFC Offensive Player of the Week honors.[46][47] In addition, Walker was named AFC Offensive Player of the Month for September.[48]
| Legend | |
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| Super Bowl MVP | |
| Won the Super Bowl | |
| Led the league | |
| Bold | Career High |
| Year | Team | Games | Rushing | Receiving | Fumbles | ||||||||||
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| GP | GS | Att | Yds | Y/A | Lng | TD | Rec | Yds | Y/R | Lng | TD | Fum | Lost | ||
| 2022 | SEA | 15 | 11 | 228 | 1,050 | 4.6 | 74T | 9 | 27 | 165 | 6.1 | 33 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2023 | SEA | 15 | 15 | 219 | 905 | 4.1 | 45 | 8 | 29 | 259 | 8.9 | 64T | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| 2024 | SEA | 11 | 11 | 153 | 573 | 3.7 | 28 | 7 | 46 | 299 | 6.5 | 21 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| 2025 | SEA | 17 | 17 | 221 | 1,027 | 4.6 | 55 | 5 | 31 | 282 | 9.1 | 46 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 2026 | KC | 5 | 5 | 106 | 665 | 6.3 | 76 | 6 | 14 | 95 | 6.8 | 22 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Career | 63 | 59 | 927 | 4,220 | 4.6 | 76 | 35 | 147 | 1,100 | 7.5 | 64 | 4 | 3 | 0 | |
| Year | Team | Games | Rushing | Receiving | Fumbles | ||||||||||
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| GP | GS | Att | Yds | Avg | Lng | TD | Rec | Yds | Avg | Lng | TD | Fum | Lost | ||
| 2022 | SEA | 1 | 1 | 15 | 63 | 4.2 | 9 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 3.0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2025 | SEA | 3 | 3 | 65 | 313 | 4.8 | 30 | 4 | 11 | 104 | 9.5 | 30 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Career | 4 | 4 | 80 | 376 | 4.7 | 30 | 5 | 12 | 107 | 8.9 | 30 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Year | Team | Games | Rushing | Receiving | |||||||
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| GP | GS | Att | Yds | Avg | TD | Rec | Yds | Avg | TD | ||
| 2019 | Wake Forest | 13 | 0 | 98 | 579 | 5.9 | 4 | 3 | 17 | 5.7 | 0 |
| 2020 | Wake Forest | 8 | 8 | 119 | 579 | 4.9 | 13 | 3 | 30 | 10.0 | 0 |
| 2021 | Michigan State | 12 | 12 | 263 | 1,636 | 6.2 | 18 | 13 | 89 | 6.8 | 1 |
| Career | 33 | 20 | 480 | 2,794 | 5.8 | 35 | 19 | 136 | 7.2 | 1 | |
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Kenneth Walker III (born October 20, 2000) is an American professional football running back for the Kansas City Chiefs of the National Football League (NFL). Nicknamed "K9", he played college football for the Wake Forest Demon Deacons and Michigan State Spartans, winning the Walter Camp and Doak Walker Awards in 2021. Walker was selected by the Seattle Seahawks in the second round of the 2022 NFL draft. He spent four seasons in Seattle, being named the MVP of Super Bowl LX in the 2025 season. The following offseason, he signed with the Chiefs.
Kenneth Walker III (born April 1, 1994) is an American former football wide receiver. He played college football for the UCLA Bruins from 2012 to 2016. He played professionally for the Winnipeg Blue Bombers of the Canadian Football League (CFL) and the Pittsburgh Maulers of the United States Football League (USFL). He was also a sprinter on the UCLA track and field team.
The Super Bowl Most Valuable Player (MVP) award is presented annually to the most valuable player of the Super Bowl, the National Football League's (NFL) championship game. The winner is chosen by a panel of 16 football writers and broadcasters, and, since Super Bowl XXXV in 2001, fans voting electronically. The media panel's ballots count for 80 percent of the vote tally, while the viewers' ballots make up the other 20 percent. The game's viewing audience can vote on the Internet, or by using cell phones. Media voters are asked to vote with about five minutes remaining in the game, but are allowed to change their mind when the game ends. They can nominate one player from each team, with instructions to count their vote for the player on the winning team. Voters cannot select an entire unit. The Super Bowl MVP has been awarded annually since the game's inception in 1967. Through 1989, the award was presented by Sport magazine. Bart Starr was the MVP of the first two Super Bowls. Since 1990, the award has been presented by the NFL. At Super Bowl XXV, the league first awarded the Pete Rozelle Trophy, named after former NFL commissioner Pete Rozelle, to the Super Bowl MVP. Ottis Anderson was the first to win the trophy. The most recent Super Bowl MVP, from Super Bowl LX, is Seattle Seahawks running back Kenneth Walker III. Tom Brady is the only player to have won five Super Bowl MVP awards (four with the New England Patriots and one with the Tampa Bay Buccaneers); Joe Montana and Patrick Mahomes won three times and three other players—Bart Starr, Terry Bradshaw and Eli Manning—have won the award twice. Starr, Bradshaw, and Mahomes are the only ones to have won it in back-to-back years. The MVP has come from the winning team every year except 1971, when Dallas Cowboys linebacker Chuck Howley won the award, despite the Cowboys' loss in Super Bowl V to the Baltimore Colts. Harvey Martin and Randy White were named co-MVPs of Super Bowl XII, the only time co-MVPs have been chosen. Including the Super Bowl XII co-MVPs, seven Cowboys players have won Super Bowl MVP awards, the most of any NFL team. Quarterbacks have earned the honor 34 times in 59 games (and 60 awards). From Super Bowl I to Super Bowl XLIX the Super Bowl MVP won a new car as a part of their MVP award. However, since Hyundai became the official vehicle partner of the NFL, from the 2015 NFL season onward no new car has been awarded to the Super Bowl MVP since Super Bowl 50.
The 2023 season was the Seattle Seahawks' 48th in the National Football League (NFL) and their 14th and final season under the head coach/general manager tandem of Pete Carroll and John Schneider. The Seahawks matched their 9–8 record from the previous year, but unlike 2022, it was not enough to qualify for the playoffs, as they finished in third place in the division behind the San Francisco 49ers and Los Angeles Rams, and in a three-way tie with the Green Bay Packers and New Orleans Saints for the last Wild Card spot, which the Packers claimed on a strength of victory tiebreaker. Despite a 5–2 start, key injuries to Geno Smith, Kenneth Walker III, DK Metcalf, and Devon Witherspoon, and poor defensive play led to the Seahawks losing five of their next six. While the Seahawks would win two games in a row, a loss to the Steelers cost them control of their own destiny. In total, Seattle played 11 games and went 3–8 against teams that finished with a winning record (Cincinnati being the only one that missed the postseason), culminating in a collapse that cost them an appearance in the postseason. This was the second time in three seasons that Seattle missed the playoffs, and was the first season since 2009 that Dave Canales was not on the team's payroll, as the Tampa Bay Buccaneers hired him to be their offensive coordinator for one year. Canales would go on to be hired as the head coach of the Carolina Panthers the following year. On March 26, 2023, the Seahawks resigned longtime linebacker Bobby Wagner, who played for the Los Angeles Rams during the previous season, for a second stint with the team. On January 10, 2024, three days following the season's conclusion, head coach Pete Carroll and the Seahawks mutually agreed to part ways, having served since 2010. Carroll would transition to an unspecified advisory role within the Seahawks organization before subsequently being hired as head coach of the Las Vegas Raiders the following year. The Seattle Seahawks drew an average home attendance of 68,735 in eight home games in the 2023 NFL season, the 18th highest in the league.
Before the 1921 destruction of Tulsa’s Greenwood District, Black residents had created a remarkable center of business and community life. The district included stores, professional offices, entertainment venues and homes owned by Black citizens. Understanding Greenwood means learning what was built—not only what was burned.
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