Super Bowl MVP Kenneth Walker III is headed to Kansas City after rushing for 1,027 yards and powering the Seahawks’ title run.
The Kansas City Chiefs are adding serious firepower to their offense, reportedly signing running back Kenneth Walker III after his breakout championship season with the Seattle Seahawks.
Walker arrives in Kansas City fresh off one of the most memorable postseason runs by a running back in recent memory.
The deal is reportedly for three years and $45M with a base of $14.35M annually and $28.7M guaranteed.
The 25-year-old Super Bowl MVP exploded in the playoffs, piling up 417 rushing yards and four touchdowns while helping power Seattle to a Super Bowl LX victory over the New England Patriots.
His biggest moment came on the sport’s biggest stage.
Walker rushed for 161 yards in the Super Bowl, delivering a dominant performance that earned him Super Bowl MVP honors, the first running back to win the award since Terrell Davis in 1998.
During the regular season, Walker split the backfield with Zach Charbonnet, but the workload shifted late in the year after Charbonnet suffered a knee injury in the Seahawks’ Divisional-Round win over the San Francisco 49ers.
From that moment on, Walker took over.
He finished the season with 1,027 rushing yards, five touchdowns, and a 4.6 yards-per-carry average, while also appearing in all 17 games for the first time in his career.
His ability to break explosive runs - including a 55-yarder - made him one of the most dangerous backs in the league.
Despite Walker’s production and playoff heroics, Seattle chose not to use the franchise tag, which would have cost approximately $14.186 million for running backs.
The Seahawks also declined the cheaper transition tag option of about $11.7 million, allowing Walker to test free agency.
Instead, Seattle appears focused on keeping other key pieces.
The organization is expected to prioritize an extension for Jaxson Smith-Njigba, the 2025 Offensive Player of the Year, while also continuing to build around Charbonnet, who rushed for 730 yards and 12 touchdowns last season.
For the Chiefs, Walker represents a major addition to an already explosive offense.
And if his postseason performance is any indication, Kansas City may have just landed the NFL’s next elite running back at exactly the right moment.