Must-draft second-rounder with 60-catch upside could rival elite RBs.
Hayden Winks identifies Kenneth Walker as a must-draft RB target very close to Saquon Barkley in the second round with league-winner upside, drawing historical parallels to 2024 Derrick Henry and Josh Jacobs as free agent RBs who landed and crushed. Key factors: (1) Best offensive line of his career behind Creed Humphrey; Seahawks ranked bottom four or five in OL talent, Chiefs are above average; (2) Chiefs offense scoring top 10-ish points with Mahomes healthy; (3) Eric Bieniemy back instead of Matt Nagy; (4) Andy Reid's historical RB success (Duce Staley, Brian Westbrook, Jamaal Charles, LeSean McCoy were top fantasy players); LeSean McCoy on pace for 1,800+ scrimmage yards in his last three seasons with Reid, and Winks sees LeSean McCoy traits in Walker's game; (5) No one behind Walker; Chiefs paid him significant money and made no other offensive moves; (6) Will get all touches and catch more passes than ever before. Walker had 46 catches in 2024; if he reaches 60 catches, he could be RB3; even north of 50 catches would be a massive win as a second-round pick, providing delta against CMC/Gibbs.
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View Kenneth Walker III 2026 fantasy football value pagePlayer profile with fantasy value, ADP, projections, news, and source-backed STACKED insightsKenneth Walker... could Kenneth Walker be like this year's version of 2024 Derrick Henry, 2024 Josh Jacobs, like the next free agent running back to land somewhere and absolutely crush?... this is going to be the best offensive line of his career behind Creed Humphrey... If you look at the last three seasons that LeSean McCoy had with Coach Reid, he was on pace um, 17 games for over 1,800 scrim- scrimmage yards. I think there is a little bit of LeSean McCoy to Kenneth Walker's game... I think he's going to get all the touches. I think he's going to catch more passes than he ever has before... if Kenneth we we see a 46-catch season for for Walker back in 2024. If we can get Walker to 60 catches... he could be running back three.
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- Hayden Winks identifies Kenneth Walker as a must-draft RB target very close to Saquon Barkley in the second round with league-winner upside, drawing historical parallels to 2024 Derrick Henry and Josh Jacobs as free agent RBs who landed and crushed. Key factors: (1) Best offensive line of his career behind Creed Humphrey; Seahawks ranked bottom four or five in OL talent, Chiefs are above average; (2) Chiefs offense scoring top 10-ish points with Mahomes healthy; (3) Eric Bieniemy back instead of Matt Nagy; (4) Andy Reid's historical RB success (Duce Staley, Brian Westbrook, Jamaal Charles, LeSean McCoy were top fantasy players); LeSean McCoy on pace for 1,800+ scrimmage yards in his last three seasons with Reid, and Winks sees LeSean McCoy traits in Walker's game; (5) No one behind Walker; Chiefs paid him significant money and made no other offensive moves; (6) Will get all touches and catch more passes than ever before. Walker had 46 catches in 2024; if he reaches 60 catches, he could be RB3; even north of 50 catches would be a massive win as a second-round pick, providing delta against CMC/Gibbs.
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