The Kansas City Chiefs are set to sign Super Bowl MVP-winning working again Kenneth Walker III as much-needed assist for Patrick Mahomes and his offense.
Walker starred with 161 yards from scrimmage to assist information the Seattle Seahawks to a 29-13 victory over the New England Patriots at Super Bowl 60 in Santa Clara in February.
In doing so he turned the primary working again since Terrell Davis in 1998 to win Super Bowl MVP, and can now spearhead a Kansas City speeding assault that ranked eighth-worst within the league final season.
NFL Network’s Ian Rapoport reported on Monday that Walker is set to sign a three-year $45m cope with the Chiefs, the information arriving on the identical day it was introduced tight finish Travis Kelce will delay retirement to play a 14th season at Arrowhead.
The introduction of Walker comes as a serious enhance to quarterback Patrick Mahomes as he continues his restoration from a torn ACL suffered in December final yr.
Mahomes himself notably recorded 422 speeding yards final yr as the Chiefs stuttered on the bottom behind Kareem Hunt and Isiah Pacheco, the latter of whom was hindered by damage.
Walker was instrumental for Seattle on their path to Super Bowl glory, posting 313 speeding yards and 4 touchdowns on the bottom in three playoff outings.
He had produced 1,027 speeding yards and 5 touchdowns at a career-high 4.6 yards per carry throughout the common season, sharing the workload with Zach Charbonnet earlier than turning into a focus within the wake of his teammate’s damage late within the marketing campaign.
The Seahawks drafted Walker out of Michigan State within the second spherical in 2022, earlier than he managed 1,050 speeding yards and a career-high 9 touchdowns in his rookie marketing campaign.
