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2026 season · box score + nflverse play-by-play

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Kenneth Walker IIIRB · KC
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Austin Ekeler
Commanders logoWashington Commanders

Austin Ekeler

RBpos#30jersey31age5'10"height200lbs9seasons

Western Colorado

VS0of 8 shown metrics led8
Kenneth Walker III
Chiefs logoKansas City Chiefs

Kenneth Walker III

RBpos#9jersey26age5'9"height211lbs5seasons

Michigan State · 2022 draft, round 2, pick 41

Across the 8 shown metrics with numbers for at least two players (2026 season): Walker III leads in 8 and Ekeler leads in 0. A count of who is ahead, not a verdict: the metrics overlap and do not weigh the same.

Usage

EkelerWalker III

Percentile chips: vs 92 RBs who played half the games, 2026 season

25.0%33rdSnap share · average share of team snaps in the games he played74.0%95th

Rushing

EkelerWalker III

Percentile chips: vs 54 RBs who have 4.5+ carries a week, 2026 season

24Carries · official rush attempts15988th
83Rush yards87297th
3.5Yards per carry5.597th
0Rush TD785th
-0.165EPA per designed run+0.08592nd

Receiving

EkelerWalker III

Percentile chips: vs 20 RBs who have 2.5+ targets a week (tight ends 2+), 2026 season

8Targets3663rd
48Receiving yards17248th
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Usage

5Games with stats8
3331stPlays with EPA19697th
-1.263rdTotal EPA+18.097th

Rushing

25Designed runs in EPA · QB scrambles count as dropbacks, kneels are left out15988th
32.0%Success rate46.5%92nd
210+ yard runs2496th

Receiving

6Receptions2660th
0Receiving TD498th
75.0%Catch rate72.2%15th
6.2%Target share · of team targets in his games15.0%68th
-1.8%Air yards share-1.8%48th
+0.368EPA per target+0.12378th
9.3YAC per catch7.557th
-2.5aDOT-0.757th

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Total EPA by week (bars) and running total (lines)Austin EkelerKenneth Walker III
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Expected points added across every role (passing, rushing, receiving) in the nflverse play-by-play model, in the period you picked. Lines run the total; a missing bar is a week without plays. The dot marks the best week among the 2 players.

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Box score totals from ESPN (regular season and playoffs; “last 4” is each player's four most recent games with a box score line). EPA, success rate, CPOE, aDOT, target and air-yard share from the nflverse play-by-play over the same games; snap share from nflverse snap counts. EPA per dropback includes sacks and scrambles. Carries are the official ESPN rush attempts; EPA per designed run leaves out quarterback scrambles (they count as dropbacks) and kneel-downs, so for a quarterback the two counts differ. Per opportunity divides counting stats by nflverse dropbacks (passing), ESPN targets (receiving) and ESPN carries (rushing); other counts go per game. Percentiles rank each value among players at the same position with enough volume in the same period (the same groups as the player cards: QBs 12 dropbacks a week, RBs 4.5 carries, wide receivers 2.5 targets, tight ends 2, defenders half the games; fewer than 8 peers, no percentile). The bars compare the players on the page only, not the league.