This Sunday night's matchup has been circled on the Kansas City Chiefs' calendar. It allows them to take a shot at the defending Super Bowl champions, a position they found themselves in during past seasons before a disappointing 2025.
But for one individual player, it is a matchup against his only other NFL home. Chiefs running back Kenneth Walker III is, of course, set to take on the team that drafted him, the Seattle Seahawks. Seattle opted not to pay a few guys from last year's championship team. But of all the names they let walk, Walker has stolen the most headlines early this season. He is also greatly outperforming anything the Seahawks have accomplished as an entire team when running the football in 2026.
How do Walker's numbers stack up to the entire Seattle rushing attack so far this season? Let's dive into the stark difference between one player and an entire unit.
Kenneth Walker's insane pace outweighs Seattle's team rushing numbers
It is important to note that Walker and the Chiefs have already had their bye week. As a result, he has already set these impressive marks in just five games. The Seahawks have played six games. And even with one extra showing, Seattle is nowhere close to Walker in certain categories. In others, their team stats nearly match what he has done with Kansas City.
There are four stats where Walker currently sits at the top in rushing. He leads the NFL in rushing yards (665), rushing yards per attempt (6.3), rushing yards per game (133), and broken tackles (52). It is key to note that he has not fumbled at all, either.
One hilarious comparison between Walker and his former team involves broken tackles. Seattle's rushing attack has only amassed seven broken tackles. A difference of 45 is simply unimaginable and speaks to part of the explosiveness Kansas City has gained this year.
In other areas, the Seahawks have 643 rushing yards through six games. That ranks 18th in the NFL and sits 22 yards below what Walker has done by himself. Seattle has tallied five rushing touchdowns as a team. Walker alone has six rushing scores.
The Seahawks are also 18th in the NFL in rushing yards per attempt (3.9). That is lower than the averages of 14 of the 20 individual running backs who have received at least 80 carries so far this season. Seattle has seen 34 of its runs move the chains for a new set of downs. Walker has 33 rushes that have moved the chains.
One other amazing comparison between Walker and the Seahawks' team rushing stats involves yards before and after contact. Interestingly, Walker has almost the exact same number of rushing yards before contact (332) as he does after contact (333) this season, courtesy of Pro Football Reference. Seattle has amassed 384 rushing yards before contact. Its rushing yards after contact have been few and far between, however. That mark is only at 259.
Seahawks shuffling through options as they await returns from injury
Emanuel Wilson has gotten the bulk of the carries. With that, he has produced average results at best. He has just over 300 rushing yards on 87 attempts, good for just 3.5 yards per carry. And George Holani has somehow been even worse from an efficiency standpoint, despite having less than half as many rushing attempts as Wilson.
Neither of those two runners offers much burst. Rookie Jadarian Price did give Seattle a few jolts from time to time. He hit the hole or the outside with juice. A chest injury knocked him out after three games, though. Price is currently on injured reserve and will not be available against Kansas City.
Seattle has sprinkled in some carries for Velus Jones recently. You can never rule out some trickery or tosses to versatile piece Rashid Shaheed as well.
Most of all, there is a chance that Zach Charbonnet comes back this week. He tore his ACL in last year's Divisional Round and has continued his recovery to open this season. There is no guarantee he will be back Sunday night. Even if he does face the Chiefs, how close to 100 percent will he be if active against Kansas City?
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