Super Bowl 2026 Betting: 3 Player Prop Bets That Experts Can’t Stop Talking About

Each year, when the Super Bowl rolls around, it brings an outrageous number of options for sports bettors. The sheer number of prop bets alone is enough to make your head spin, and even if you narrow it down to player prop bets, it's bound to take countless hours of research to navigate each and find the best options. Super Bowl 60, featuring the New England Patriots and Seattle Seahawks, is no different, and if anything, it has the potential to bring even more great value in the way of player prop bets. While some bettors may seek out "expert" advice to aid their picks, or even use it as a starting point, the 2026 Super Bowl does show some consistency when evaluating popular prop bets across the internet.

Experts' Favorite 2026 Super Bowl Player Prop Bets: The Kenneth Walker Show (Sort Of)

One of the names that immediately jumps out ahead of Super Bowl 60 is Seahawks running back Kenneth Walker III. Fellow running back Zach Charbonnet tore his ACL in the divisional round matchup against the San Francisco 49ers, which led to a heavy workload for Walker against the Los Angeles Rams.

However, while Walker tallied 19 carries, he finished with 62 yards on the ground, and he now faces a stellar Seahawks run defense. This is why the popular pick isn't on Walker's rushing yards, it's on his receiving total.

Several sites and NFL betting analysts/experts have already listed Walker to clear 21.5 receiving yards as a top pick. This includes Covers' senior betting analyst Joe Osborne, and Yahoo Sports tabbed Walker's receiving yards as one of the early Super Bowl bets to lock in. Equally as interesting is that several sites are targeting the under on Walker's rushing total in Super Bowl 60, which makes sense considering the opponent, and aligns well with the likelihood of a high workload in the passing game.

For good measure, the prop bet makes plenty of sense considering how the end of the season and the playoffs panned out for Walker as a pass-catcher. He's had three or more catches and cleared 22 receiving yards in three-straight games, as well as four of the last five.

Kenneth Walker III's receiving totals over the last five games:

• 12/18 vs. Rams: 3 catches, 64 yards
• 12/28 vs. Panthers: 2 catches, 6 yards
• 1/3 vs. 49ers: 4 catches, 36 yards
• 1/17 vs. 49ers: 3 catches, 29 yards*
• 1/25 vs. Rams: 4 catches, 49 yards*

*Indicates a playoff matchup

Aside from one ugly miss against the Panthers, Walker has gotten the job done in the passing game for the Seahawks.

Super Bowl 60 Popular Player Prop Bet: Kenneth Walker over 21.5 receiving yards

Patriots QB Drake Maye Seeing Super Bowl Player Prop Bet Love, Specifically as a Runner

Patriots quarterback Drake Maye's significant leap forward in his sophomore campaign has been one of the NFL's most notable headlines this season. While he more than doubled his passing touchdowns (with a few additional games to help), Maye increased his completion percentage (66.6 percent to 72.0 percent) and QB rating (88.1 to 113.5) from year one to year two.

One thing that remained consistent in Maye's game was his ability to use his legs to keep opposing defenses guessing. Although Maye averaged more yards per carry as a rookie, he finished the 2025-26 regular season with 103 carries for 450 yards and four scores. In turn, this has made him a popular choice to clear his rushing total and possibly even find the end zone, an option offering strong +320 betting odds on FanDuel.

However, the over/under on Maye's rushing total for Super Bowl 60 vs. the Seahawks is drawing significant attention. This has become even more apparent as Maye's betting line for rushing yards continues to climb by the day.

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FanDuel even initially highlighted Maye to clear 33.5 rushing yards as one of the two best early props. Just one day later, the number sits at 36.5 on the betting site. Along with FanDuel, popular betting site RotoWire tabbed Maye's rushing yards as one of three early plays and Action Network senior betting analyst Chris Raybon also jumped on Maye to clear 35.5 rushing yards (posted mid-day Tuesday, January 27).

Although Maye had a stretch in which he failed to top this mark in five-straight games and seven of eight late in the year, the Patriots signal-caller's legs came alive of late.

Here's a look at Maye's totals for the last four games on the ground:

• 1/4 vs. Dolphins: 5 attempts, 41 yards
• 1/11 vs. Chargers: 10 carries, 66 yards*
• 1/18 vs. Texans: 4 carries, 10 yards*
• 1/25 vs. Broncos: 10 carries, 65 yards, 1 touchdown*

*Indicates a playoff game

Super Bowl 60 Popular Player Prop Bet:Drake Maye over for rushing yards (moving between 33.5-37.5)

Expert's Super Bowl 2026 Super Sleeper Prop Pick: Seahawks RB George Holani

Following Holani's expanded work in the passing game for the Seahawks during the NFC Championship Game victory over the Los Angeles Rams, he may not be quite as much of a "super sleeper" anymore. Still, Holani, who caught three-of-four targets for 27 receiving yards against the Rams, entered the game with just three catches in the regular season over two years.

It appears likely that Charbonnet's injury could point to Holani seeing an expanded workload in the passing game, and several experts and well-known sites are buying into that. The big question becomes whether the interest should be more on Holani's receiving yards (initially listed with an over/under of 7.5 by FanDuel, currently at 9.5) or his receptions (over/under 1.5).

From the look of it, most are targeting Holani's receptions as a favorite play, although FanDuel's second "early bet to target" was Holani's receiving yards. Covers' senior betting analyst Jason Logan hopped on the over 1.5 receptions for the Seahawks' new RB2. He was joined by Action Network's Brandon Kravitz, who also posted a play on Holani's over for receptions.

Super Bowl 60 Popular Player Prop Bet: George Holani over 1.5 receptions

For anyone looking to get a few additional ideas of names popping up frequently as popular picks, here are a few other props frequently seen and where they popped up:

• Rashid Shaheed over 21.5 receiving yards (Covers, Sporting News)
• Jaxon Smith-Njigba anytime TD scorer +100 (Action Network, Sportsbook Review)
• Kenneth Walker under 74.5 rushing yards (RotoWire, Action Network)

There are plenty of intriguing options out there, and that also includes former Super Bowl MVP Cooper Kupp, who's cleared the over on 2.5 receptions in each of the Seahawks' playoff games. For good measure, he's also topped 30.5 receiving yards in five of the last seven games, with one of the two misses falling short by just two yards.

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