Kenneth Walker III

Kenneth Walker III (born April 1, 1994) is an American football wide receiver who is currently a free agent. He played college football at UCLA from 2012 to 2016. He was also a sprinter on the UCLA track and field team.

Early years
Walker was born in 1994. He grew up in Richmond in California's East Bay area. After a troubled childhood being raised by a single mother, Walker excelled in both track and football at Freedom High School in Oakley, California, and then at Richmond's John F. Kennedy High School. He won three Junior Olympics titles in the hurdles and became an excellent student and a top-rated high school football player. He received playing time in high school as a running back, receiver, punter, kick returner and quarterback.

According to ESPN, Walker received more than 12 scholarship offers to play college football. Walker orally committed in August 2011 to the University of California, Berkeley. Five months later, in February 2012, he switched his commitment from Cal to UCLA.

College athletics
Walker enrolled at UCLA in 2012 and played at the wide receiver position for the UCLA Bruins football team. He appeared in 12 games as a true freshman in 2012, missed the 2013 season with a back injury, and appeared in nine games in 2014, 13 games in 2015, and 11 games in 2016. He started nine games for UCLA in 2015 and seven in 2016. Walker had two 100-yard receiving games during the 2016 season: 115 yards and a touchdown on six receptions against Texas A&M on September 3; and 114 yards and two touchdowns on two receptions against Arizona on October 1.

Walker also competed as a sprinter for the UCLA track team.

Professional career
Walker was signed by the Jacksonville Jaguars as an undrafted free agent following the 2017 NFL Draft. He was waived on August 14, 2017. In 2018, he signed with the Arizona Hotshots for the inaugural 2019 season of the Alliance of American Football, but was waived in January 2019 as part of the final roster cuts before the season opener.