RB#9
Kenneth Walker III
gsis_id 00-0038134
KC
Next Gen Stats
Source: nflverse Next Gen Stats2026 weekly average
- Rush yds over expected
- 62.0
- RYOE / attempt
- 1.63
- Efficiency
- 3.82
- Time to line of scrimmage
- 2.83s
- 8+ defenders in box
- 22.5%
- Yards / carry
- 5.30
Advanced charting
Source: Pro Football Reference advanced2026 season total / average
- Yds before contact / att
- 3.15
- Yds after contact / att
- 2.45
- Yds after contact
- 321
- Broken tackles (rush)
- 13
- Broken tackles (rec)
- 4
- Drops
- 2
Season by season
Aggregated from real weekly rows in nflverse_player_stats_weekly.
| Season | G | Car | Rush yds | Rush TD | Rush EPA | Tgt | Rec | Rec yds | Rec TD | PPR |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 7 | 141 | 770 | 6 | 10.5 | 32 | 22 | 131 | 2 | 160.1 |
| 2025 | 20 | 286 | 1340 | 9 | -10.0 | 47 | 40 | 386 | 0 | 266.6 |
| 2024 | 11 | 153 | 573 | 7 | -12.1 | 53 | 46 | 299 | 1 | 181.2 |
| 2023 | 15 | 219 | 905 | 8 | -9.3 | 37 | 29 | 259 | 1 | 199.4 |
| 2022 | 16 | 243 | 1113 | 10 | -13.1 | 36 | 28 | 168 | 0 | 216.1 |
Bio & status
- Height
- 5'9"
- Weight
- 211 lb
- College
- Michigan State; Wake Forest (Big Ten Conference)
- Draft
- 2022 · Rd 2 · Pk 41 · SEA
- Rookie season
- 2022
- Experience
- 5 yr
- Status
- ACT
Source: nflverse injury report
2025 Wk 14 · no game status listed · practice: Full Participation in Practice
Source: Highlightly injuries
2024 · Questionable · SEA
Cross-source coverage
Source: Highlightly box scoresmatched via name+birth_date
58 games with stored box-score lines (2026, 2025, 2024, 2023, 2022).
Play-by-play drill-down
Loaded on demand, one season at a time.
Similar players
Position-matched comparables scored on real Next Gen Stats season data.
Source: nflverse Next Gen Stats2026 · RB cohort of 26
Each of ryoe / att, efficiency, time to los, yards / carry, 8+ box rate is z-scored across every qualified RB in 2026; distance is the root-mean-square z gap, so lower means more alike. Only same-position players are compared.
Jaylen WarrenRB · PIT · distance 0.42
- RYOE / att
- 1.93
- Efficiency
- 3.10
- Time to LOS
- 2.80
- Yards / carry
- 5.92
- 8+ box rate
- 23.5
Bijan RobinsonRB · ATL · distance 0.50
- RYOE / att
- 1.21
- Efficiency
- 3.43
- Time to LOS
- 2.75
- Yards / carry
- 5.20
- 8+ box rate
- 24.0
Braelon AllenRB · NYJ · distance 0.67
- RYOE / att
- 1.22
- Efficiency
- 3.42
- Time to LOS
- 2.71
- Yards / carry
- 5.04
- 8+ box rate
- 25.9
Bucky IrvingRB · TB · distance 0.89
- RYOE / att
- 0.72
- Efficiency
- 3.42
- Time to LOS
- 2.98
- Yards / carry
- 4.95
- 8+ box rate
- 25.9
Jahmyr GibbsRB · DET · distance 0.99
- RYOE / att
- 0.80
- Efficiency
- 3.85
- Time to LOS
- 2.92
- Yards / carry
- 4.92
- 8+ box rate
- 18.5
Kenneth Walker baseline
- RYOE / att
- 1.84
- Efficiency
- 3.39
- Time to LOS
- 2.84
- Yards / carry
- 5.46
- 8+ box rate
- 23.4