Super Bowl LX featured an unlikely MVP.

Seattle Seahawks running back Kenneth Walker III was named the MVP of Super Bowl LX after rushing for 135 yards and catching two passes for 26 yards in the win over the New England Patriots.

Walker totaled 417 yards and four touchdowns in Seattle’s three postseason games.

Why didn’t Kenneth Walker play for the Tennessee Vols?

Walker, who is from Arlington, TN, played college football at Wake Forest and Michigan State.

Shortly after Walker was named the MVP of Super Bowl LX, there were plenty of fans from the Volunteer state wondering why the Tennessee native didn’t play college football in Knoxville.

VolQuest’s Brent Hubbs answered that very question Tuesday during an appearance on WNML’s SportsTalk.

“Walker was a two-star prospect coming out of high school in Arlington,” said Hubbs. “And he was ranked as the No. 226 tailback nationally that year. And the No. 100 player in the state of Tennessee was his ranking. Tennessee signed a four-star prospect at tailback that year by the name of [Eric] Gray from Memphis. And that was the decision that they went with at the tailback spot, much like everybody else in the SEC, [they] went somewhere else other than Kenneth Walker.”

“I don’t want to take anything away from him, but I would classify him as a late bloomer,” added Hubbs.

Walker was initially committed to Kent State before flipping to Wake Forest late in the recruiting process.

There are always going to be players that get overlooked in high school that end up being “late bloomers” and taking off in college. And it can be tough to tell who those players are going to be. Tennessee didn’t miss on Walker, he simply developed into a high-level player later in his career.

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