The Kansas City Chiefs are signing former Seahawks RB Kenneth Walker III in a move to upgrade their backfield at the start of free agency, NFL Network Insiders Ian Rapoport, Tom Pelissero and Mike Garafolo reported.
Walker’s deal is for three years and is worth up to $45 million with $28.7 million fully guaranteed, per The Insiders.
The signing cannot become official until when the league year opens on Wednesday.
Walker, 25, is coming off arguably his best season, earning game MVP honors in Super Bowl LX in leading the Seahawks past the Patriots last month. He also led the NFL in postseason rushes (65), rush yards (313) and rushing TDs (four) in three games in January and February.
Walker will become the first Super Bowl MVP to sign with a new team the following season since safety Dexter Jackson left the Tampa Bay Buccaneers for the Arizona Cardinals in 2023. He’s just the fourth overall since free agency began in 1993 (Super Bowl XXXI MVP Desmond Howard went from the Green Bay Packers to the Raiders; Super Bowl XXX went from the Dallas Cowboys to the Raiders).