{"id":512107,"date":"2026-03-03T18:24:10","date_gmt":"2026-03-03T18:24:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/512107\/"},"modified":"2026-03-03T18:24:10","modified_gmt":"2026-03-03T18:24:10","slug":"seattle-seahawks-running-back-kenneth-walker-iii-to-hit-free-agency","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/512107\/","title":{"rendered":"Seattle Seahawks running back Kenneth Walker III to hit free agency"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"c-paragraph\">There is no tag coming for <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tsn.ca\/nfl\/player\/kenneth-walker-iii\/868832\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" title=\"https:\/\/www.tsn.ca\/nfl\/player\/kenneth-walker-iii\/868832\" target=\"_blank\">Kenneth Walker III<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph\">ESPN\u2019s Adam Schefter reports the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tsn.ca\/nfl\/team-page\/seattle-seahawks\/320\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" title=\"https:\/\/www.tsn.ca\/nfl\/team-page\/seattle-seahawks\/320\" target=\"_blank\">Seattle Seahawks<\/a> have decided against placing a franchise or transition tag on the Super Bowl MVP and the running back will hit free agency.<\/p>\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Sources: the Seattle Seahawks are not expected to tag Super Bowl MVP Kenneth Walker III, who now is poised to become an unrestricted free agent when the new league year opens. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/n0pEIdZULX\" rel=\"nofollow\">pic.twitter.com\/n0pEIdZULX<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Adam Schefter (@AdamSchefter) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/AdamSchefter\/status\/2028879964951470333?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">March 3, 2026<\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph\">A 25-year-old native of Memphis, Walker rushed for 135 yards on 27 carries in the Seahawks\u2019 29-13 victory over the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tsn.ca\/nfl\/team-page\/new-england-patriots\/300\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" title=\"https:\/\/www.tsn.ca\/nfl\/team-page\/new-england-patriots\/300\" target=\"_blank\">New England Patriots<\/a> in Super Bowl LX as the Seahawks claimed their second title.<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph\">Originally taken with the 41st overall pick of the 2022 NFL Draft out of Michigan State, Walker appeared in all 17 regular season games this past season. He carried the ball 221 times for 1,021 yards for five touchdowns.<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph\">For his career, Walker has appeared in 58 games over four seasons, rushing for 3,555 yards on 821 carries and 29 TDs.<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph\">The deadline for teams to place a tag on a player is 4 p.m. ET later on Tuesday. The NFL\u2019s legal tampering period begins on Monday.<\/p>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"There is no tag coming for Kenneth Walker III. ESPN\u2019s Adam Schefter reports the Seattle Seahawks have decided&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":480776,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[436],"tags":[712,49,48,194513,514,75841,82],"class_list":["post-512107","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-nfl","tag-apple-news","tag-ca","tag-canada","tag-kenneth-walker-iii-sports-football-player-player-statscom-1164402","tag-nfl","tag-seattle-seahawks-sports-football-team-team-statscom-361","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/512107","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=512107"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/512107\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/480776"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=512107"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=512107"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=512107"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}