Overview
- Walker rushed for 128 yards and two touchdowns in the Chiefs’ 22-6 win over the Los Angeles Chargers on Sunday, Oct. 18, a performance that helped Kansas City improve to 5-0.
- Through his first five games with the Chiefs, Walker has 665 rushing yards, the most ever by a player in his first five appearances with a new team.
- NFL Next Gen Stats shows Walker leads the league with 52 forced missed tackles and has generated an unusually high share of yards after contact, which explains his big per-carry gains.
- Coaches have signaled plans to manage Walker’s snaps and increase rookie Emmett Johnson’s role because the current pace projects to roughly 360 carries over a 17-game season if maintained.
- High-profile endorsements from figures like J.J. Watt and Dan Orlovsky have pushed Walker into the MVP conversation, and he will return to Seattle to face his former team on Sunday Night Football in Week 7 on Oct. 25.