{"id":260607,"date":"2025-08-04T08:16:10","date_gmt":"2025-08-04T08:16:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/260607\/"},"modified":"2025-08-04T08:16:10","modified_gmt":"2025-08-04T08:16:10","slug":"seahawks-third-year-standout-earning-praise-in-push-to-take-starting-job-3","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/260607\/","title":{"rendered":"Seahawks third-year standout earning praise in push to take starting job"},"content":{"rendered":"

The Seattle Seahawks might have a running back battle on their hands, and if Ken Walker III isn\u2019t careful, Zach Charbonnet could start stealing some of his offensive snaps.<\/p>\n

As a rookie in 2023, Charbonnet had 108 rushing attempts for 462 yards and one touchdown. He also caught 33 passes for 209 yards. His production increased in 2024 when he had to step in for Walker, who was dealing with injuries.<\/p>\n

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Last season, Charbonnet emerged as an option out of the backfield for the Seahawks (909 scrimmage yards, nine total touchdowns in 17 games), and while Walker is the starter, it might not stay that way for long.<\/p>\n

\u201cZach, he’s just a stud,\u201d Seahawks head coach Mike Macdonald said (h\/t Brady Henderson of ESPN<\/a>). \u201cHe\u2019s just everything you want in a person and a football player, that\u2019s him. He just does it every day. Same person, great spirit, strong as an ox, does everything right. I mean, what do you want from a football player? Zach Charbonnet.\u201d<\/p>\n

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Charbonnet\u2019s strong performance on the field will definitely earn him playing time, but the 24-year-old\u2019s chance could also come from Walker\u2019s ongoing struggles with staying healthy.<\/p>\n

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Last season, Walker missed six games due to oblique, calf, and ankle injuries, adding up to 10 missed games over the past three seasons. On top of that, the 24-year-old dealt with an ankle injury this spring and has now missed the past two days due to a foot issue.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt\u2019s just a little soreness with his foot right now,\u201d Macdonald added. \u201cBut he\u2019s fine. We’re just taking care of him right now throughout camp.\u201d<\/p>\n

Seattle have a new quarterback in Sam Darnold, and he will likely have to rely on the running game early as he gets comfortable with the offense and his weapons. Whether it’s Walker or Charbonnet, Darnold should have reliable help on the ground to open up the passing game.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The Seattle Seahawks might have a running back battle on their hands, and if Ken Walker III isn\u2019t…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":260608,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2081],"tags":[29552,18869,2870,7,51294,2860,6,1878,238,237,261,2635,12062],"class_list":{"0":"post-260607","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-seattle-seahawks","8":"tag-ankle-injuries","9":"tag-charbonnet","10":"tag-dk-metcalf","11":"tag-football","12":"tag-ken-walker-iii","13":"tag-mike-macdonald","14":"tag-nfl","15":"tag-sam-darnold","16":"tag-seahawks","17":"tag-seattle","18":"tag-seattle-seahawks","19":"tag-seattleseahawks","20":"tag-zach-charbonnet"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/channels.im\/@nfl\/114969508986875927","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/260607","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=260607"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/260607\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/260608"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=260607"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=260607"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=260607"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}