{"id":57376,"date":"2026-03-09T13:17:59","date_gmt":"2026-03-09T17:17:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/newssprinters.com\/index.php\/sport\/kenneth-walker-iii-kansas-city-chiefs-set-to-sign-super-bowl-mvp-as-patrick-mahomes-gets-new-weapon-nfl-news\/09\/03\/2026\/"},"modified":"2026-03-09T13:18:07","modified_gmt":"2026-03-09T17:18:07","slug":"kenneth-walker-iii-kansas-city-chiefs-set-to-sign-super-bowl-mvp-as-patrick-mahomes-gets-new-weapon-nfl-news","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/newssprinters.com\/index.php\/sport\/kenneth-walker-iii-kansas-city-chiefs-set-to-sign-super-bowl-mvp-as-patrick-mahomes-gets-new-weapon-nfl-news\/09\/03\/2026\/","title":{"rendered":"Kenneth Walker III: Kansas City Chiefs set to sign Super Bowl MVP as Patrick Mahomes gets new weapon | NFL News"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div data-component-name=\"ui-article-body\" data-testid=\"article-body\" data-highlight-intro=\"true\">\n<p>The Kansas City Chiefs are set to sign Super Bowl MVP-winning running back Kenneth Walker III as much-needed help for Patrick Mahomes and his offense.<\/p>\n<p>Walker starred with 161 yards from scrimmage to help guide the Seattle Seahawks to a 29-13 victory over the New England Patriots at Super Bowl 60 in Santa Clara in February.<\/p>\n<p>In doing so he became the first running back since Terrell Davis in 1998 to win Super Bowl MVP.<\/p>\n<p>NFL Network&#8217;s Ian Rapoport reported on Monday that Walker is set to sign a three-year $45m deal with the Chiefs.<\/p>\n<p><em>More to follow&#8230;<\/em><\/p>\n<p>This is a breaking news story that is being updated and more details will be published shortly. Please refresh this page for the latest updates.<\/p>\n<p>Sky Sports brings you live updates as they happen. Get breaking sports news, analysis, exclusive interviews, replays and highlights.<\/p>\n<p>Sky Sports is your trusted source for breaking sports news headlines and live updates. Watch live coverage of your favourite sports: Football, F1, Boxing, Cricket, Golf, Tennis, Rugby League, Rugby Union, NFL, Darts, Netball and get the latest transfers news, results, scores and more.<\/p>\n<p>Visit skysports.com or the Sky Sports App for all the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.skysports.com\/news-wire\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">breaking sports news headlines<\/a>. You can receive <a href=\"https:\/\/www.skysports.com\/more-sports\/news\/11095\/10952996\/sky-sports-push-notifications-faq-how-to-receive-the-alerts-you-want\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">push notifications from the Sky Sports app<\/a> for the latest news from your favourite sports, you can follow <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/SkySportsNews\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">@SkySportsNews on X<\/a> to get the latest updates and you can also now follow <a href=\"https:\/\/www.whatsapp.com\/channel\/0029VaLuBby1SWsvuBCrf53l\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">Sky Sports&#8217; WhatsApp channel<\/a>.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.skysports.com\/nfl\/news\/12040\/13517405\/kenneth-walker-iii-kansas-city-chiefs-set-to-sign-super-bowl-mvp-as-patrick-mahomes-gets-new-weapon\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Kansas City Chiefs are set to sign Super Bowl MVP-winning running back Kenneth Walker III as much-needed help for Patrick Mahomes<br \/><button class=\"read-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/newssprinters.com\/index.php\/sport\/kenneth-walker-iii-kansas-city-chiefs-set-to-sign-super-bowl-mvp-as-patrick-mahomes-gets-new-weapon-nfl-news\/09\/03\/2026\/\">Read More &rsaquo;<\/a><\/button><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":57377,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_seopress_robots_primary_cat":"","_seopress_titles_title":"","_seopress_titles_desc":"","_seopress_robots_index":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[213],"tags":[638,2172,758,7739,2171,7738,1909,3332,33,190,1674,163,3663,586,1982,7740],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/e0.365dm.com\/25\/12\/1600x900\/skysports-kenneth-walker-seattle-seahawks_7114664.jpg?20251219062438","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/newssprinters.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/57376"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/newssprinters.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/newssprinters.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newssprinters.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newssprinters.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=57376"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/newssprinters.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/57376\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":57378,"href":"https:\/\/newssprinters.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/57376\/revisions\/57378"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newssprinters.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/57377"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/newssprinters.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=57376"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newssprinters.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=57376"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newssprinters.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=57376"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}