Kenneth Walker — Week 9: 102 Yards, Three Touchdowns

Kenneth Walker scored three times against the Jets, his most in a game this season: 18 carries for 102 yards and a touchdown, plus 4 catches on 4 targets for 41 yards and two touchdowns, in a 35-12 win. His carries were worth +2.9 expected points added (EPA), what a play was worth given down, distance and field position, and his catches +6.7. 11 of his 18 carries were successful, meaning they gained what the situation asked for.

The catch that put Kansas City ahead came with 5:45 left in the second quarter, down 9-7, after Braelon Allen's fumble gave the Chiefs the ball at the Jets' 24 and Walker lost a yard on first down. On second and 11 at the 25, Patrick Mahomes threw short right and Walker took it the rest of the way for the touchdown, +3.8 EPA and 6.3 points of win probability, the estimate of each side's chance to win. His first score, a 7-yard catch on the first snap of the second quarter, was worth 9.2 points of win probability.

Most of his rushing came after halftime: 13 carries for 81 yards, opening the third quarter with an 11-yarder and adding runs of 12 and 10. Up 21-12 with 15 seconds left in the third, first and goal at the 2, he ran up the middle for the touchdown.

It was his fifth 100-yard game of the season and his first since Week 6, after 36 yards against Seattle and 69 at Denver. Through Week 8 he had 141 carries for 770 yards, 6 touchdowns and +10.5 EPA, +0.07 a carry; here it was +0.16. His catches had been worth -2.1 EPA on 32 targets before this game.

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