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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 proposal bets drawing strong action as the Seahawks prepare to fulfill the New England Patriots in Sunday’s Super Bowl.

BetMGM Sportsbook has taken a big amount of cash on Walker to go over 20 1/2 receiving lawns and under 72 1/2 hurrying yards.

Walker went beyond that getting yardage overall in both playoff video games and in 4 of his past 5 games including the regular season. He reached the hurrying total in 3 of those.

The rushing yards prop bet opened at 78 1/2 backyards.

“That is the most-bet under for any prop throughout the board,” said John Ewing, BetMGM’s PR media insights manager. “Usually, players tend to desire to wager on favorable results, however this is one situation where the rushing backyard prop has actually come down rather a bit.”

Walker is a popular bet at DraftKings Sportsbook too. He is +350 to score the game’s first touchdown and -195 to strike completion zone at any time.

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

Wagers on touchdowns by several players are showing popular for DraftKings gamblers.

“That’s one prop that’s taking a lot of action,” stated Johnny Avello, DraftKings director of race and sportsbook operations. “And it normally does take a lot of action throughout the year. It does not shock me that’s most likely going to be the biggest prop of anything for the Super Bowl.”

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

Super Bowl wagerers have a lot of options. They can bet on everything from whether there will be a security to if the video game will go into overtime to who will be called MVP.

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

“Caesars helped fire up the Super Bowl prop betting craze back in the 1980s,” said Craig Mucklow, Caesars Sportsbook vice president of trading. “This is our most comprehensive and diverse prop menu ever.”

Avello said posting many various props isn’t as challenging as it sounds.

“It’s since we do it every Sunday on every game,” Avello stated. “We have our design and we just plug in the teams that are new to the players and everything to do with that specific game. We have actually had a great deal of these props up since Sunday night two Sundays earlier.”

Some states will take a sportsbook’s full slate of prop bets, but others have laws limiting what can be bet on.

Not all states permit bets on whether the coin toss will show up heads or tails. Only a handful authorization banking 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 removes any of the obscurity,” Ewing said. “That’s why most props are ones most gamblers are utilized to.”

Offshore sportsbooks and predictions markets do not play by the exact same rules and can use many subjective props, such as the length of the national anthem. That is not allowed the U.S. for numerous factors. The time that the tune begins and ends can be interpreted in a different way, and there is also the possibility that gamblers might have inside info about the performance.

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

“Today, we have a majority of the action on the Seahawks’ spread, which is the most-bet market,” Ewing said. “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 at least 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)