2014: Honorable Mention All-Missouri Valley Football Conference selection ... Named to the MVFC All-Academic Team and was selected as a FCS Athletic Directors Association Academic All-Star ... Second in the MVFC with an 8.8 tackles per game average ... Tied for third with the league with three fumbles forced ... Paced the team with 123 total tackles, including 50 solo stops ... Recorded a season-best 15 tackles at No. 1 North Dakota State ... Had five double digit tackle performances, including 10 in the FCS Playoffs at Eastern Kentucky ... Notched 5.5 tackles for a loss and two assisted QB sacks against Tennessee Tech and Missouri State ... Credited with one quarterback hurry and two pass breakups.
2013: Played in 10 games for the Sycamores, starting in each of the first four games as a member of the linebacker unit ... Tallied 58 total tackles, including 23 solo stops ... Recorded five tackles for a loss, including a career-high three at Tennessee Tech ... Had one quarterback sack, also coming at TTU ... Posted a career-high 16 tackles against Western Illinois and went into double digit tackles three times (at Tennessee Tech, Western Illinois and Southern Illinois) ... Recorded three passes broken up.
2012: Saw action in all 11 games for the Sycamores, mostly in a reserve and special teams role ... Posted 10 tackles on the year, including six solo stops ... Had a career-best six total tackles, including four solos to lead the team against South Dakota ... Forced a fumble against the Coyotes.
2011: Was a valuable member of the scout team squad.
High School: A three-year letterwinner at Moeller High School under head coach John Rodenberg ... earned first-team all-conference in each of his last two seasons on the field after being selected to second-team as a sophomore ... named to the all-district teams as a junior and senior ... totaled 125 tackles as a senior, including 13 tackles for loss and 3.5 sacks ... also earned one letter in wrestling at MHS.
Personal: Born on October 6, 1992, to Carmen and Kevin Walker in Cincinnati, Ohio ... has two younger siblings, Kevin (18) and Khara (17) ... his father, Kevin, played collegiately at Maryland before spending five seasons in the NFL with the Cincinnati Bengals (1988-1992), while his uncle, Shannon, played at The Citadel ... majoring in Sport Management.
