#9
Kenneth Walker III
SEA · 2022–2025KC · 2026–presentACT
KennethWalkerIII#9RB
Age
25
Oct 20, 2000
Height
5'9"
69"
Weight
211
lb
College
Michigan State; Wake Forest
2019-2021
Drafted
2022
Rd 2, Pk 41
Exp
4
seasons
Contract
$43M
3y · $14.3M APY
Status
ACT
ACT

2025 Season

Latest production
Rush Yds
1,027
2025
Carries
221
regular season
Yds/Carry
4.6
regular season
Rush TD
5
regular season
Targets
36
regular season
Rec Yds
282
31 rec
Updated 2026-06-02

Career

Team path from high school through the NFL, with draft context and accolades.
01 / Career

Career Path

2019 — Present · Includes honors
2026
Kansas City Chiefs · Running Back
RB · Current roster
NFL
2022–2025
Seattle Seahawks · Running Back
RB · 70 active weeks
2025Super Bowl MVP
NFL
2021
Michigan State · RB
NCAA
2019–2020
Wake Forest · RB
NCAA

Draft Profile

2022 Draft
Selection
Round 2, Pick 41
#41 overall by Seattle Seahawks
TeamSEA
Overall#41

Data Sources & Attribution

Credits
Headshot — wikipediaTime2Football. Licensed under CC BY 4.0 via Wikimedia Commons. Source file
Statistics — nflverseStats are sourced from nflverse. Carl S, Baldwin B, Sharpe L, Ho T, Edwards J (2025). nflverse: Easily Install and Load the ‘nflverse’. R package version 1.0.3.9001, https://nflverse.nflverse.com/. Advanced metrics shown here are drawn via nflverse from Pro Football Reference Advanced Stats and NFL Next Gen Stats.
Pro Football ReferenceSports Reference LLC. “Pro Football Statistics and History.” Pro-Football-Reference.com. https://www.pro-football-reference.com/. (Accessed 2026-06-02.)
Athleticism & RASCombine and pro-day measurements compiled by Ray Carpenter, nfl-draft-data. Relative Athletic Score (RAS) by Kent Lee Platte, https://ras.football/.