While the Kansas City Chiefs are riding high at 5-0 to start the season, fans have to give credit where it's due. Kenneth Walker III has completely changed the Chiefs' offense, and everyone around the league has realized what a mistake it was to let him land in Kansas City and help the Chiefs bounce back in such a big way.
Through five games, Walker has rushed for 665 yards and 6 touchdowns while adding 95 yards and two scores as a pass catcher to his résumé. Walker has clearly proven that he's an elite talent for the Chiefs to have in their backfield, and there's a chance for him to make the biggest kind of history in his inaugural season in Kansas City.
In 1984, Rams running back Eric Dickerson set the record for most rushing yards in a single season with 2,105 yards. It's a record that's continued to stand over four decades later, even after the league added an additional game in 2021. Could Walker be the one to finally break the Hall of Famer's record?
Kenneth Walker is chasing Eric Dickerson with historic Chiefs start
It might not seem like that kind of production is possible, but Walker's been crushing it through five games this season. With the extra game he has as an advantage, the record could very well be there for the taking.
Walker has 665 yards through five games and has 12 remaining regular-season matchups. To get to Dickerson's record, he'd need to rush for 1,440 yards in those final 12 games. That averages out to 120 yards per game. Considering he's averaging 133.0 rushing yards per game, that is doable. Difficult, yes, but doable, especially at the pace Walker is on.
What could keep Walker from breaking the rushing record?
Now, let's address the other side of the coin. Rushing for 2,000 yards is quite difficult. There's a reason only nine players have ever accomplished that feat. The extra game does make it a little "easier" for Walker to try to go for the record, though, but there are other aspects to take into account here as well, such as potential injuries (knock on wood), easing up his workload and letting Emmett Johnson have more carries, teams stacking the box against him, and, of course, the Chiefs potentially resting him toward the end of the season if their playoff seeding is locked up.
Right now, though, this is all just hypothetical and a fun project to look into. It'd be incredibly difficult to break Dickerson's record, hence why it's stood for over 40 years, but Walker sure looks to be on track to do just that. Through his first five games, he's only rushed for under 100 yards once, and that was against Miami. He's been pretty much unstoppable otherwise.
We're only five games and six weeks into the 2026 season, and the Chiefs clearly have their sights set on bigger prizes. But, for now, Walker is on track to make history, and that's pretty exciting to think about.
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