Seahawks' Zach Charbonnet hit with season-ending knee injury in key playoff win

The Seattle Seahawks made casual enactment of their NFC West-rival San Francisco 49ers successful the Divisional Round of the NFL Playoffs, but it came with a cardinal nonaccomplishment heading into the NFC Championship Game. 

The Seahawks volition beryllium without moving backmost Zach Charbonnet successful yet different NFC West bout, with the Los Angeles Rams lasting betwixt Seattle and a Super Bowl berth. 

Charbonnet suffered a season-ending "significant" genu injury, which was aboriginal reported to beryllium a torn ACL successful the 41-6 triumph implicit the 49ers.

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Zach Charbonnet of the Seattle Seahawks runs with the shot during the 3rd 4th against the Carolina Panthers astatine Bank of America Stadium connected Dec. 28, 2025 successful Charlotte, North Carolina. (Kevin C. Cox/Getty Images)

Head manager Mike Macdonald confirmed that Charbonnet volition miss the remainder of the playoffs, which is simply a large nonaccomplishment considering the two-headed monster Seattle has been utilizing each twelvemonth successful the backfield.

Charbonnet and Kenneth Walker III person been 1 of the champion moving backmost tandems successful the NFL this season, with the erstwhile starring the squad successful rushing touchdowns (12) during the regular season.

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Macdonald, who didn’t specify what Charbonnet’s wounded was, said that helium would beryllium facing a "long roadworthy back," which could mean he’s missing each of adjacent play arsenic well.

Charbonnet and Walker led the mode for the 10th-best rushing squad successful the NFL this season, tallying 2,096 yards connected the ground. Walker had 1,027 for the Seahawks, though Charbonnet was trusted by violative coordinator Klint Kubiak successful the reddish area, punching successful 12 of  19 rushing scores.

Zach Charbonnet of the Seattle Seahawks reacts aft making a play during overtime of an NFL shot crippled against the Los Angeles Rams astatine Lumen Field connected Dec. 18, 2025 successful Seattle, Washington. (Brooke Sutton/Getty Images)

With Charbonnet suffering his wounded aboriginal successful the triumph astatine Lumen Field, the Seahawks relied connected Walker to enarthrosis the workload and helium didn’t disappoint.

Walker scored 3 times for Seattle and totaled 116 yards connected 19 carries successful a phenomenal show to assistance his squad enactment live successful the playoffs. Walker besides had 29 yards connected 3 catches from backmost Sam Darnold, who secured his archetypal vocation playoff triumph arsenic well.

The Seahawks volition look to Walker again this upcoming Sunday successful the 3rd gathering betwixt these divisional foes this season.

Zach Charbonnet of the Seattle Seahawks warms up anterior to facing the Atlanta Falcons astatine Mercedes-Benz Stadium connected Dec. 7, 2025 successful Atlanta, Georgia.  (Kevin C. Cox/Getty Images)

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Charbonnet completed his 3rd play successful the league aft being taken successful the 2nd circular retired of UCLA. He tallied a career-high 730 yards connected 184 unreserved attempts, portion his touchdown full is besides a idiosyncratic best.

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