Kenneth Walker III carries Seattle’s offense, named Super Bowl MVP

On Sunday, the Seattle Seahawks used a relentless defense, a great running game, and mistake-free quarterback play to defeat the Patriots 29-13 in Super Bowl LX at Levi’s Stadium in Santa Clara, CA.

The biggest question after the game was who would be the Super Bowl MVP.  You couldn’t give it to the whole defense; maybe kicker Jason Myers, who made a Super Bowl record five field goals, deserved it.

However, after rushing for 135 yards on 27 carries, running back Kenneth Walker III was voted the winner of the Pete Rozelle Trophy, awarded to the  Most Valuable Player of the Super Bowl. He also added 26 receiving yards on two receptions, totaling 161 yards from scrimmage.

Walker was big-time for the Seahawks. He ripped off a 30-yard run early in the second quarter, which was followed by a 29-yarder two plays later, setting up a field goal. In the third quarter, Walker’s 20-yard catch and run led to another field goal.

The fourth-year running back had a great performance in front of his dad, Kenneth Walker Jr., who watched his son in person for the first time since Walker Jr. entered the NFL.

“My dad, he comes out to Seattle all the time and watches games, but he never goes to the game because he don’t like crowds,” Walker III said after the win. “So, this is his first NFL game, and we won a Super Bowl, so it means a lot to me, and I know you’re proud of me for real.”

According to Walker III, he couldn’t convince his father to come, but someone else did.

“I wasn’t the one to convince him,” Walker III said. “My agent convinced him to come out here, so I didn’t think he would come. They ended up mic’ing him up and everything, so he got out of his comfort zone.

The Seahawks went through a lot to get to this point, including losing Walker III’s running mate in the backfield, Zach Charbonnet, to a torn ACL in the Divisional Round. The two combined for 1757 yards and 17 touchdowns in the regular season. 

Once Charbonnet went down, Walker III had to carry the whole load, and Walker III finished the playoffs with 65 carries for 313 yards and four touchdowns.

Walker III said he had something special for Charbonnet if he scored a touchdown in the Super Bowl, which he did in the fourth quarter, but it was called back due to a holding penalty.

“I still got 26 on my arm. I told him if I scored, I’d show it, but I didn’t get a touchdown,” he told Sirius XM’s Kirk Morrison. “Yeah, I just knew I had to play for my brothers.”

Credit to Walker and the Seahawks. They dominated from start to finish, and now, they are Super Bowl champions.