Kenneth Walker
- RB
- , Kansas City Chiefs
- 26
- 211 lbs
- 5' 9"
- 8
- 1
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2026 Draft note
Walker produced a 97th-percentile run grade in 2025, second-best among qualified backs, so the talent is real. The problem in Seattle was opportunity–221 carries, five touchdowns, while sharing the backfield with Zach Charbonnet. Kansas City represents a significant change in scenery: the Chiefs enter 2026 with 288 vacated RB carries, the most of any team in the NFL, clearing the runway for a genuine workhorse role. The concern is the blocking environment. KC's run-block win rate fell from 7th to 25th last season, and the team was a net loser in offensive line spending this offseason with no early-round picks. Creed Humphrey remains an elite center, but run blocking was a weakness last year and it really didn't get addressed. Walker's elite elusiveness (89th-percentile elusive rating, 88th-percentile broken-tackle rate) gives him a chance to generate on his own, which is probably why the Chiefs went after him. He’s a high-upside RB2 with some environment risk.
2026 Strength of Schedule - KC
| W1 | W2 | W3 | W4 | W5 | W6 | W7 | W8 | W9 | W10 | W11 | W12 | W13 | W14 | W15 | W16 | W17 | W18 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 19 DEN | 28 IND | 29 @MIA | 26 @LV | BYE | 21 LAC | 7 @SEA | 19 @DEN | 20 NYJ | 25 @ATL | 6 ARI | 27 @BUF | 4 @LAR | 10 @CIN | 3 NE | 17 SF | 21 @LAC | 26 LV |
Schedule difficulty based on schedule-adjusted, positional defensive ranking. Top DEF = 1, bottom DEF = 32.
Game Stats
| Week | Opp | RuAtt | RuYds | RuTD | Fum | YPC | Rec | RecYds | RecTD | Tgts | YPR | STD | 0.5 PPR | PPR | Snaps | % |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | DEN | 23 | 173 | 1 | 0 | 7.52 | 3 | 18 | 1 | 6 | 6.00 | 31.1 | 32.60 | 34.1 | 47/69 | 68.1% |
| 2 | IND | 24 | 117 | 0 | 0 | 4.88 | 6 | 61 | 0 | 10 | 10.17 | 17.8 | 20.80 | 23.8 | 66/80 | 82.5% |
| 3 | @MIA | 18 | 70 | 1 | 0 | 3.89 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 1.50 | 19.3 | 20.30 | 21.3 | 38/52 | 73.1% |
| 4 | @LV | 22 | 177 | 2 | 0 | 8.05 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 2.00 | 29.9 | 30.40 | 30.9 | 45/60 | 75.0% |
| 5 | BYE | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 6 | LAC | 19 | 128 | 2 | 0 | 6.74 | 2 | 11 | 0 | 3 | 5.50 | 25.9 | 26.90 | 27.9 | 45/61 | 73.8% |
| 7 | @SEA | 14 | 36 | 0 | 0 | 2.57 | 4 | 21 | 0 | 5 | 5.25 | 5.7 | 7.70 | 9.7 | 39/53 | 73.6% |
| 8 | @DEN | 21 | 69 | 0 | 0 | 3.29 | 4 | 15 | 0 | 5 | 3.75 | 8.4 | 10.40 | 12.4 | 56/69 | 81.2% |
| Per game | 20.14 | 110.00 | 0.86 | 0 | 5.46 | 3.14 | 18.71 | 0.29 | 4.57 | 5.95 | 19.73 | 21.30 | 22.87 | 48.00/63.43 | 75.32% | |
| Totals | 141 | 770 | 6 | 0 | 5.46 | 22 | 131 | 2 | 32 | 5.95 | 138.1 | 149.1 | 160.1 | 336/444 | 75.32% | |
Previous Games vs. NYJ
| Season | Week | Opp | RuAtt | RuYds | RuTD | Fum | YPC | Rec | RecYds | RecTD | Tgts | YPR | STD | 0.5 PPR | PPR | Snaps | % |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 13 | @NYJ | 16 | 49 | 0 | 0 | 3.06 | 2 | -3 | 0 | 3 | -1.50 | 4.6 | 5.60 | 6.6 | 39/64 | 60.94% |
| 2022 | 17 | NYJ | 23 | 133 | 0 | 0 | 5.78 | 1 | 9 | 0 | 1 | 9.00 | 14.2 | 14.70 | 15.2 | 41/72 | 56.94% |
| Average | 19.50 | 91.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 4.42 | 1.50 | 3.00 | 0.00 | 2.00 | 3.75 | 9.40 | 10.15 | 10.90 | 40.00/68.00 | 58.94% | ||
