Kenneth Walker III, Seattle Seahawks
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With the 2026 NFL Draft approaching in a couple of weeks, the Seattle Seahawks will likely draft a running back to help replace Kenneth Walker III, who left via free agency for the Kansas City Chiefs.
Moreover, Zach Charbonnet suffered a season-ending ACL tear during the team’s divisional round victory over the San Francisco 49ers. As a result, he won’t be ready to start the 2026 NFL season.
Seattle did add Emanuel Wilson in free agency, but that’s not a player who can potentially be an RB1. So, who could the Seahawks target in the upcoming draft? ESPN NFL analyst Mina Kimes floated two names that should be on the team’s radar.
“Just throw out running back because [the Seahawks] really need one,” Kimes said on theMarch 18 edition of “The Mina Kimes Show featuring Lenny.“ “Kenneth Walker III’s gone. Zach Charbonnet’s hurt. They brought in Emanuel Wilson, who’s just depth. [Seahawks general manager] John Schneider will probably get to do his favorite thing in the entire world, which is draft a running back in the second round.
“I wouldn’t mind, like, Jonah Coleman from Washington, although he apparently is just not athletic testing, which is weird. But he’s a good back… There are some interesting mid-round backs. We talked about this. Mike Washington Jr., who’s a really, really fast Arkansas back, would be an interesting one for them as well. But it is a glaring area of need.”
Brock Huard Also Sees Jonah Coleman as a Fit for Seahawks
Kimes isn’t the only one who believes that the Seahawks should target Jonah Coleman. Seattle Sports’ Brock Huard believes the former Washington Huskies star would be an ideal fit for the reigning Super Bowl champions.
“Could Jonah Coleman be a Seattle Seahawk?” Huard said on Feb. 24 (h/tSeattle Sports). “… Because if that body needed transformation in college, that’s not always a great projection into the NFL. But he did it, and he’s going to be in phenomenal shape here. Keep an eye on (him). In a very weak running back class with a couple of guys at the very top, he will be one of the more intriguing backs.”
Coleman has had 349 carries for 1,811 yards and has scored 27 touchdowns in 25 games for Washington in his career,per StatMuse.
Richard Sherman Talks Kenneth Walker III Departure
With the Walker era over in Seattle, former Seahawks cornerbackRichard Sherman shared his thoughts on the two sides parting ways, noting that it was best for both to go their separate paths.
“They lose the Super Bowl MVP, which is something I predicted because of the number that he was going to get to,“Sherman said on the March 9 edition of “The Richard Sherman Podcast. ““I thought other teams, like the Kansas City Chiefs, would be higher on him and have a higher number. And he gets what I believe is the highest per year for a free agent running back in the history of the National Football League at $15 million a year. And he deserves it.
“He’s going to go out there and do fantastic for the Chiefs, and I think the Seattle Seahawks will be fine. I don’t think this is going to be something that is incredibly detrimental to what they have going. I think this is a situation where what’s best for both sides kind of happened.”