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Kenneth Walker — fantasy football 2026

Every game, every stat category, and what the board says. 11.29 points per game in 2025, an ADP of 21.4, usage worth 12.7.

25 years old · 4 seasons of experience · 2022 draft class

Updated 2026-08-16 · free, no account, no paywall
Every figure below comes from our database. Where a stat is not held, the row is absent rather than zero.
ADP 21.4
Consensus across 4 books, standard deviation 2.9, 6.8 picks between cheapest and priciest. Cheapest on espn, priciest on underdog.
SLEEPER20.5
ESPN24.7
YAHOO17.9
UNDERDOG14.7
CBS22.6
FFA14

Draft-room facts

Goes aroundRound 2, pick 9 in a 12-team draft
Positional rankRB12
Bye week5
ADP standard deviation2.9 picks

The offense he plays in, 2026

Seattle Seahawks returns 4 of 6 continuity slots, replacing rb1, oc. Sam Darnold at quarterback, Mike Macdonald as head coach, Brian Fleury calling it. The offense projects to 30.4 pass attempts a game at medium confidence and 28.4 rushes.

In: Rashid Shaheed (wr2), Emmanuel Henderson Jr (wr6), Levi Wentz (wr7), Jadarian Price (rb1), Emmanuel Wilson (rb3). Out: Rasheed Shaheed (wr2), Kenneth Walker III (rb1), Zach Charbonett (rb2).

The projected carry split across the offense:

Jadarian Price57.9%
Zach Charbonnet30.1%
Emmanuel Wilson6.7%
George Holani5.4%

Our written view on this offense in 2026

What the offense looks like: High powered offense that SHOULD be ok without OC Klint Kubiak (could possibly be a concern). Capable of putting up 40 points any game.

Key additions: Extended WR Rashid Shaheed on 3 year deal. Signed RB Emmanuel Wilson from Packers in free agency (HIGHLY CAPABLE BACKUP), Drafted RB Jadarian Price in the 1st round from ND.

Key departures: SuperBowl MVP RB Kenneth Walker III left for Chiefs in free agency. OC Klint Kubiak left to become Raiders HC this offseason.

Notes: RB Price round 1 RB. with Charbonnet recovering from torn ACL. Lose OC Kubiak to Raiders. JSN top dynasty asset (ELITE). Shaheed could see expanded role in 2026 with full offseason with team. Charbonnet has never truly broken out & torn ACL places concern on productivity when back from injury. Signed RB Emmanuel Wilson in free agency & he could really hurt Price production early (this is a real concern). Cooper Kupp is dust & totally cooked. Tory Horton could be a break out candidate in 2026. Darnold needs to be rostered in all formats & decent low end QB1 with a high powered offense.

How the volume number was reached: Same QB Sam Darnold returning — anchor to 2025 actuals (28.2 att/g); Regressed 42% toward league mean 33.5, floored at 30 → 30.4 att/g; New OC Brian Fleury — pass rate and tempo may shift.

Offensive environment: SEA rates 25 against a league average of 23, 2 points above it on opponent-adjusted least squares (multi-capture merge).

2026 schedule

Opponent-adjusted run defense faced, against 2025 ratings. Positive is an easier slate.

Full season+2.5 · easier
Weeks 1–6-1.7 · harder
Weeks 12–17+7.2 · easier
Fantasy playoffs (15–17)+1.8 · easier

Read this narrowly. Our own testing found that season-long strength of schedule does not survive as a draft input — defensive quality is among the least stable team properties year to year, and a preseason slate is built on last year's identities. The playoff-weeks column is the only one we would let break a tie, and even then it is a tiebreaker rather than a reason. The finding.

What happened when he missed time

From the absence record rather than a depth chart — who actually gained when he was out.

SeasonGames missedMain beneficiaryTheir PPR gain
20244Zach Charbonnet+10.4
20232Zach Charbonnet+7.7

Dynasty context not redraft

Everything in this section is about his dynasty trade value — what he is worth as a long-term asset in the trade market. It is not a forecast of his 2026 fantasy scoring. A player can be a fine redraft pick while his dynasty value falls, and the reverse. The redraft read is above; this is a different question with a different answer.

The five most similar seasons, and what their dynasty value did next

Matched on production profile — production-driven (pedigree ignored). The last column is how that player’s dynasty value moved the following year — a market outcome, not a scoring one.

PlayerSeasonTheir PPGSimilarityNext year
James Cook202416.769%+27%
Devin Singletary20239.868%-18.7%
D'Andre Swift202312.568%+0.6%
David Montgomery202211.167%+40.6%
Brian Robinson202411.467%-26.2%

Of the 5 with a following season on record, 2 gained value, 2 lost it and 1 held roughly flat.

Four years of dynasty value

02,0004,0006,0002023202420252026
Monthly superflex value, 2022-03 to 2026-07. Up 18% across the series, peaking at 6,693.

The player

Draft capital and athletic profile

Drafted2022, round 2, pick 41 by SEA
CollegeMichigan St.
Age at draft21
Height5′9″
Weight211 lb
40-yard dash4.38s
Vertical34″
Broad jump122″

Availability and volatility

Career PPR per game12.9
Week-to-week variation0.5
Boom rate19.6%
Bust rate19.6%
Games missed per season1.5
Injury historyOblique, Calf, Ankle
Correlation between his posted line and his actual score-0.3

That correlation is how closely the books’ posted line tracked what he actually scored, week to week. A higher number means the market has him figured out and there is less to exploit; a lower one means his weeks are harder to price.

Injury type matters more than games missed. Measured across our injury database, knee and foot returns stay below a player’s pre-injury baseline for all three of the first games back, while hamstring returns over-recover by the third.

The record, season by season

2025 · SEA · 17 games

His best game was Week 16 against LA — 25.4 PPR on 14 touches and a 9.7% target share, in a game that finished 38-37. His worst was Week 15 against IND at 2.9, on 10 touches, final score 18-16. Across 17 games he cleared 20 points 2 times and came in under 8 points 6 times. In the 9 games decided by 8 points or fewer he averaged 11.1; in the 8 decided by more, 11.5. He scored more when the game was not close.

Earned against scored

His usage that season was worth 12.7 points per game. He scored 11.29, 4.7% above it. The engine classified the season as neutral.

WkOppScorePPRRecTgtYdsCarRushTDTgt%Snap%
1SF13-175.43341020013.6%
2PIT31-1718.811131310513.3%
3NO44-13181112163825%
4ARI23-20121229198108.3%
5TB35-389.6110108602.9%
6JAX20-124.7113103404.2%
7HOU27-196.6000176600%
9WAS38-148.12219114208.3%
10ARI44-228113146708.3%
11LA19-2120.13344166717.1%
12TEN30-2413.134301171016%
13MIN26-010.434181356017.4%
14ATL37-93.813-11029010%
15IND18-162.911291703%
16LA38-3725.433641110019.7%
17CAR27-107.7226155107.7%
18SF13-317.344361697015.4%

Production

Receptions31
Targets36
Receiving yards282
Carries221
Rushing yards1,027
Touchdowns5
Points per game11.29
Yards per target7.83
Catch rate86.11%
Yards per carry4.65

Role

Target share8.25%
Air-yards share-2.13%
WOPR0.108
RACR-0.5

Efficiency

Average depth of target-1.1
Yards after catch per reception10.9
Yards before catch per reception-1.8
Total YAC339
Broken tackles5
Drop rate0.1%
Passer rating when targeted99.3
Rushing yards over expected0
Receiving EPA per game0.4
Rushing EPA per game-0.84

Scoring position

Red-zone targets4
Red-zone target share5.1%
End-zone target share0%
Red-zone carry share44.7%
Goal-line carry share32.1%
Expected receiving TDs0.74
Actual receiving TDs0
Receiving TD luck-0.74
Expected rushing TDs6.16

Where that ranked

Against everyone in the 100+ carries pool that season:

Points per game29 of 49
Yards per target5 of 49
Target share28 of 49
Air-yards share42 of 49

Who else ate

The offense threw it 481 times. He took 7.91% of the targets. 2 team-mates cleared the competing-target threshold.

Jaxon Smith-Njigba35.82%
Cooper Kupp15.38%
A.J. Barner14.95%
Kenneth Walker 7.91%
Rashid Shaheed5.71%
Elijah Arroyo5.71%

Blowouts against close games

6 of his 17 games were blowouts, 29.2% of his snaps coming in them. He averaged 9.33 in those and 11.09 in close games — his scoring did not depend on garbage time.

2024 · SEA · 11 games

His best game was Week 4 against DET — 33.6 PPR on 17 touches and a 9.4% target share, in a game that finished 29-42. His worst was Week 13 against NYJ at 6.6, on 19 touches, final score 26-21. Across 11 games he cleared 20 points 3 times and came in under 8 points 1 time. In the 5 games decided by 8 points or fewer he averaged 13.4; in the 6 decided by more, 19. He scored more when the game was not close.

Earned against scored

His usage that season was worth 16.5 points per game. He scored 16.47, 0.1% above it. The engine classified the season as neutral.

WkOppScorePPRRecTgtYdsCarRushTDTgt%Snap%
1DEN26-2018.923620103112%
4DET29-4233.64536128039.4%
5NYG20-2914.67857519020.5%
6SF24-3620.988371432116.7%
7ATL34-1423.32224146927.1%
8BUF10-318.54533912018.5%
9LA20-2613.73324258308.8%
11SF20-1713.9225145416.5%
12ARI16-613.346521641021.4%
13NYJ26-216.623-31649010.3%
16MIN24-2713.98828831019%

Production

Receptions46
Targets53
Receiving yards299
Carries153
Rushing yards573
Touchdowns8
Points per game16.47
Yards per target5.64
Catch rate86.79%
Yards per carry3.75

Role

Target share13.65%
Air-yards share-2.89%
WOPR0.185
RACR-1.425

Efficiency

Average depth of target-1.2
Yards after catch per reception7.9
Yards before catch per reception-1.4
Total YAC363
Broken tackles5
Drop rate0%
Passer rating when targeted88.6
Rushing yards over expected0
Receiving EPA per game0.44
Rushing EPA per game-1.1

Scoring position

Red-zone targets10
Red-zone target share16.7%
End-zone target share0%
Red-zone carry share40.4%
Goal-line carry share44.4%
Expected receiving TDs1.58
Actual receiving TDs1
Receiving TD luck-0.58
Expected rushing TDs5.8

Where that ranked

Against everyone in the 100+ carries pool that season:

Points per game12 of 46
Yards per target26 of 46
Target share5 of 46
Air-yards share42 of 46

Who else ate

The offense threw it 593 times. He took 9.31% of the targets. 2 team-mates cleared the competing-target threshold.

Jaxon Smith-Njigba24.08%
DK Metcalf18.98%
Tyler Lockett13.01%
Noah Fant11.25%
Kenneth Walker 9.31%
Zach Charbonnet9.14%

Blowouts against close games

2 of his 11 games were blowouts, 17.6% of his snaps coming in them. He averaged 15.9 in those and 13.4 in close games — a meaningful share of his scoring came with the game already decided.

2023 · SEA · 15 games

His best game was Week 3 against CAR — 30.6 PPR on 21 touches and a 8.6% target share, in a game that finished 37-27. His worst was Week 11 against LA at 2.6, on 5 touches, final score 16-17. Across 15 games he cleared 20 points 2 times and came in under 8 points 3 times. In the 9 games decided by 8 points or fewer he averaged 13.2; in the 6 decided by more, 13.4. He scored more when the game was not close.

Earned against scored

His usage that season was worth 12.4 points per game. He scored 13.29, 7.5% above it. The engine classified the season as neutral.

WkOppScorePPRRecTgtYdsCarRushTDTgt%Snap%
1LA13-3010.74531264020.8%
2DET37-3118.41211174325.4%
3CAR37-2730.63359189728.6%
4NYG24-313.9000177910%
6CIN13-1717.93327196218.1%
7ARI20-1013.123626105012.5%
8CLE24-20812486605.6%
9BAL3-372.712191608%
10WAS29-2619.71264196314.8%
11LA16-172.611-241802.6%
14SF16-289.44533821016.1%
15PHI20-1720.23326198619.4%
16TEN20-176.6122165405.6%
17PIT23-3016.53322105319.1%
18ARI21-209.1113177803.8%

Production

Receptions29
Targets37
Receiving yards259
Carries219
Rushing yards905
Touchdowns9
Points per game13.29
Yards per target7
Catch rate78.38%
Yards per carry4.13

Role

Target share8.03%
Air-yards share-3.03%
WOPR0.1
RACR-1.115

Efficiency

Average depth of target-2.1
Yards after catch per reception10.9
Yards before catch per reception-2
Total YAC317
Broken tackles9
Drop rate0.1%
Passer rating when targeted104.8
Rushing yards over expected0
Receiving EPA per game0.23
Rushing EPA per game-0.62

Scoring position

Red-zone targets3
Red-zone target share4.5%
End-zone target share0%
Red-zone carry share54.3%
Goal-line carry share65.2%
Expected receiving TDs0.41
Actual receiving TDs0
Receiving TD luck-0.41
Expected rushing TDs7.82

Where that ranked

Against everyone in the 100+ carries pool that season:

Points per game20 of 49
Yards per target7 of 49
Target share29 of 49
Air-yards share44 of 49

Who else ate

The offense threw it 575 times. He took 6.78% of the targets. 3 team-mates cleared the competing-target threshold.

Tyler Lockett22.34%
DK Metcalf21.79%
Jaxon Smith-Njigba17.03%
Noah Fant7.88%
Zach Charbonnet7.33%
Kenneth Walker 6.78%

By quarterback

He caught passes from 2 quarterbacks that season, and the splits are not close.

QBGamesTargetsPPGY/TTgt%
Geno Smith132913.066.97.3%
Drew Lock2814.87.3812.75%

Blowouts against close games

3 of his 15 games were blowouts, 13.7% of his snaps coming in them. He averaged 9.1 in those and 13.22 in close games — his scoring did not depend on garbage time.

2022 · SEA · 15 games

His best game was Week 7 against LAC — 28.7 PPR on 23 touches and a 0% target share, in a game that finished 37-23. His worst was Week 4 against DET at 3.4, on 9 touches, final score 48-45. Across 15 games he cleared 20 points 2 times and came in under 8 points 4 times. In the 8 games decided by 8 points or fewer he averaged 10.4; in the 7 decided by more, 17. He scored more when the game was not close.

Earned against scored

His usage that season was worth 12.9 points per game. He scored 13.5, 5% above it. The engine classified the season as neutral.

WkOppScorePPRRecTgtYdsCarRushTDTgt%Snap%
2SF7-273.5235410010%
3ATL23-276.3331431906.8%
4DET48-453.411-582903.4%
5NO32-3914.800088810%
6ARI19-91923132197110%
7LAC37-2328.70002316720%
8NYG27-1312.2121185116.1%
9ARI31-2127.9342026109212.5%
10TB16-2113.268551017024.2%
12LV34-4016.91113142622.7%
13LA27-233.601033602.7%
15SF13-2111.945321247012.2%
16KC10-2412.522-22610705.3%
17NYJ23-615.21192313303.6%
18LA19-1613.411102911403.6%

Production

Receptions27
Targets35
Receiving yards165
Carries228
Rushing yards1,050
Touchdowns9
Points per game13.5
Yards per target4.71
Catch rate77.14%
Yards per carry4.61

Role

Target share6.87%
Air-yards share-2.67%
WOPR0.085
RACR-2.027

Efficiency

Average depth of target-2.1
Yards after catch per reception8.2
Yards before catch per reception-2.1
Total YAC221
Broken tackles3
Drop rate0.1%
Passer rating when targeted74.1
Rushing yards over expected0
Receiving EPA per game-0.8
Rushing EPA per game-0.99

Scoring position

Red-zone targets1
Red-zone target share1.3%
End-zone target share0%
Red-zone carry share76.1%
Goal-line carry share100%
Expected receiving TDs0.13
Actual receiving TDs0
Receiving TD luck-0.13
Expected rushing TDs7.24

Where that ranked

Against everyone in the 100+ carries pool that season:

Points per game15 of 42
Yards per target29 of 42
Target share31 of 42
Air-yards share41 of 42

Who else ate

The offense threw it 573 times. He took 6.33% of the targets. 2 team-mates cleared the competing-target threshold.

DK Metcalf25.5%
Tyler Lockett21.16%
Noah Fant11.39%
Marquise Goodwin7.59%
Will Dissly6.87%
Kenneth Walker 6.33%

Blowouts against close games

2 of his 15 games were blowouts, 9.2% of his snaps coming in them. He averaged 9.35 in those and 10.44 in close games — his scoring did not depend on garbage time.

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