So could Warrick Dunn.
But he was much better with a Mike Alstott or a TJ Duckett.
Nice comps! Walker and Dunn do have a lot of similarities. FWIW, Dunn was drafted in the 1st round, #12, by the Bucs. Dunn was a more-utilized receiver, so Walker has that skillset still to further develop, which I believe he will. Agreed about the Alstott and Duckett pile-moving complementary back being a big help.
I was trying to understand why Walker has roughly double the number of TDs per carry that Dunn had. Also, Walker has a 4.6 YPC average to Dunn's 4.1 YPC. I believe it's because Walker has a much higher ratio of long, breakaway, he-takes-it-to-the-house TD runs compared to Dunn. (Walker's rookie year sample size is adequate, IMO)
So first hypothesis was, Dunn had Barry Sanders' limiting factor, world-class at being able to make guys miss but not having breakaway speed to outrun all the DBs to the end zone. (Chris Carson also had similar issue) However, when I researched it, Dunn was a 4.26 40 guy and a 10.3 100M guy, with near-world-class speed. And I saw videos of Dunn outrunning DBs over 60 yards. Next hypothesis is that Walker is 20+ lbs bigger, more muscular, stronger than Dunn, which allows him to breaks a lot of LOS and 2nd level tackles that would have brought Dunn down, thus Walker creates more breakaway opportunities for himself to turn on the warp drive and outrun DBs to the end zone. After rewatching Walker's highlights, that's only partially true... on his 50+ yard long runs, Walker was usually untouched; it was the 10-15 yard TD runs where Walker broke multiple tackles that probably make the difference here.
If somebody changed the offense's uniforms to Seahawk unis in this video and put Walker's #9 on Dunn, it would sure look just like the long Kenneth Walker TD runs we saw this year.
It's still a great comp though, Kenneth Walker and Warrick Dunn. If Walker can stay healthy, the Hawks will likely get Dunn-comparable production, which would be pretty damn good. Dunn, despite his "small body" played 11 years, nearly all of them at Pro Bowl or near Pro-Bowl level, including his final season where he still had a 4.2 YPC average.