Kenneth Walker III, the Michigan St. RB, sits at No. 46 on the consensus board across 26 public boards. The tier model reads him as a role player — 7% elite, 38% starter.
Physicality
NFL.com's Lance Zierlein: “Walker is a compact back with a very powerful, sturdy base.”
Production Context
NFL.com's Lance Zierlein: “Walker is a very determined runner who is more reactive than instinctive, which leads to wild shifts in his rush track.”
Production Context
NFL.com's Lance Zierlein: “He can handle RB1 workload in terms of carries but needs work as a third-down option.”
Instincts
NFL Network's Bucky Brooks: “Walker is a gritty runner with a combination of balance, body control and vision that makes him effective in any style of offense.”
Technique
NFL Network's Bucky Brooks: “Although he lacks elite speed and acceleration, Walker has a knack for moving the chains with the ball in his hands.”
Role and scheme fit
The archetype rules read him as a rotational-RB.
Sources · 4 · quotes 2
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- Lance Zierlein, NFL.com
- Bucky Brooks, NFL Network
- Lance Zierlein, nfl_com_zierlein
- Bucky Brooks, nflcom_bucky_brooks
“…Walker is a compact back with a very powerful, sturdy base. He can find his own yards with twitchy directional change when run-blocking breaks down and possesses plus-rated contact balance to add on to his yardage throughout the game. Walker is a very determined runner who is more reactive than instinctive, which leads to wild shifts in his rush track. He can handle RB1 workload in terms of carries but needs work as…”
“…Walker is a gritty runner with a combination of balance, body control and vision that makes him effective in any style of offense. Although he lacks elite speed and acceleration, Walker has a knack for moving the chains with the ball in his hands.…”
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