Prop Bets On Seahawks' Kenneth Walker III Draw Heavy Action Ahead

LAS VEGAS (AP) - Seattle running back Kenneth Walker III is at the center of proposition bets drawing strong action as the Seahawks prepare to fulfill the New England Patriots in Sunday's Super Bowl.


BetMGM Sportsbook has taken a large amount of money on Walker to review 20 1/2 receiving lawns and under 72 1/2 rushing lawns.


Walker went beyond that getting yardage total in both championship game and in four of his previous five games consisting of the routine season. He reached the rushing total in 3 of those.


The hurrying lawns prop bet opened at 78 1/2 lawns.


"That is the most-bet under for any prop across the board," stated John Ewing, BetMGM's PR media insights manager. "Usually, gamers tend to want to bet on favorable results, but this is one situation where the hurrying lawn prop has actually boiled down a fair bit."


Walker is a popular bet at DraftKings Sportsbook too. He is +350 to score the video game's very first goal and -195 to hit the end zone at any time.


Seattle Seahawks running back Kenneth Walker III (9) ratings a goal past Los Angeles Rams linebacker Byron Young (0) during the very first half of the NFC Championship NFL football game Sunday, Jan. 25, 2026, in Seattle. (AP Photo/Stephen Brashear)


Wagers on goals by a number of players are proving popular for DraftKings gamblers.


"That's one prop that's taking a great deal of action," stated Johnny Avello, DraftKings director of race and sportsbook operations. "And it usually does take a lot of action during the year. It doesn't shock me that's most likely going to be the most significant prop of anything for the Super Bowl."


Seahawks wide receiver Jaxon Smith-Njigba is the +550 favorite to score the very first TD and -110 to score a touchdown whenever. Teammate Cooper Kupp holds 14-1 chances to score the first goal.


Super Bowl wagerers have a lot of choices. They can wager on everything from whether there will be a security to if the video game will enter into overtime to who will be named MVP.


A sportsbook normally will provide more than 1,000 prop bets, however many are variations of the same base wager. Each quarterback, for example, will have different odds posted on whether he might pass for at least 200, 250 or 300 lawns.


"Caesars assisted spark the Super Bowl prop betting craze back in the 1980s," said Craig Mucklow, Caesars Sportsbook vice president of trading. "This is our most thorough and diverse prop menu ever."


Avello said publishing so many various props isn't as difficult as it sounds.


"It's since we do it every Sunday on every single game," Avello said. "We have our design and we simply plug in the groups that are brand-new to the gamers and whatever to do with that particular video game. We have actually had a lot of these props up given that Sunday night two Sundays earlier."


Some states will take a sportsbook's full slate of prop bets, but others have laws restricting what can be wagered on.


Not all states on whether the coin toss will come up heads or tails. Only a handful permit wagering on what color Gatorade will be sprinkled on the winning coach.


"What BetMGM is focused on are props that occur on the field, so that takes away any of the obscurity," Ewing said. "That's why most props are ones most wagerers are used to."


Offshore sportsbooks and forecasts markets do not play by the exact same guidelines and can use lots of subjective props, such as the length of the national anthem. That is not allowed the U.S. for various reasons. The time that the song starts and ends can be interpreted in a different way, and there is also the possibility that bettors might have details about the efficiency.


For those making traditional bets on the result of the game, the Seahawks are agreement 4 1/2-point favorites.


"Today, we have a bulk of the action on the Seahawks' spread, which is the most-bet market," Ewing stated. "The Seahawks on the future market is our only liability staying, so we are going to be cheering for the Patriots to maybe pull the upset or a minimum of keep it close."


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A view of Levi's Stadium ahead of Super Bowl LX in between the Seattle Seahawks and the New England Patriots, in Santa Clara. Calif., Wednesday, Feb. 4, 2026. (AP Photo/Godofredo A. Vásquez)