DeVon Walker (born November 22, 1985) is a former indoor football defensive specialist who last played Kent Predators of the Indoor Football League (IFL). He played college football at Nevada.
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| Position: | Defensive specialist |
| Personal information | |
| Born: | November 22, 1985 Compton, California, U.S. |
| Height: | 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) |
| Weight: | 188 lb (85 kg) |
| Career information | |
| High school: | Gahr (Cerritos, California) |
| College: | Nevada |
| Undrafted: | 2008 |
| Career history | |
| * Offseason and/or practice squad member only | |
Early life
editWalker attended Gahr High School.[1] While there, he lettered three times in football on offense and defense. Also during the season he was named defensive player-of-the-week three times and achieved the defensive mvp award.
In 2005, Walker, a two-star cornerback recruit began receiving offers from Division I-A schools such as: Nevada, Idaho, San Diego State, TCU, Tulsa, and Washington State.[2] He began favoring San Diego State;[3] however, he later chose to commit to Nevada.
College career
editAfter his sophomore season, was being recruited by multiple Division I-A schools. However, midway through the school year,[4] Walker transferred to Nevada, where he played for his final two college seasons. In 2006, in 10 games, he recorded 18 tackles, two passes broken up, and one forced fumble.[5] Then as a senior, in 2007, in 13 games, with 13 starts, he recorded 85 tackles, 3 interceptions, and eighteen passes broken up.[6] While at Nevada he was also a communications major with a minors in business and music.
Professional career
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| Ht. | Wt. | 40 yd. | 20 Shut. | Squat Max. | Vertical Jump | Bench Max. | Broad Jump | ||
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| 6'0" | 188 lb. | 4.42[7] | 4.01 | 610 lbs. | 39"[7] | 320 lbs. | 10'9" | ||
Walker went unselected in the 2008 NFL draft and was picked up by the Baltimore Ravens as a free agent; however, he failed to make it past training camp. Soon after Walker had several workouts with teams in the Canadian Football League, but failed to make a team as a starter. He then spent the last three weeks of the 2008 Arena Football League season with the San Jose SaberCats. He was then assigned to the Tri-Cities Fever on October 6, 2008.[8] Walker re-signed with the Tri-Cities Fever in 2010. He was the first player to be signed for the new Arena Football 1 Fever team.
Personal life
editWalker is the son of Lee Walker, a well-known football coach in Long Beach, California, and Jacqueline Harris, a hard-working nurse. He is a personal trainer at Starfit Fitness Club, as well as the general manager. He is now the owner of Limitless Sports Academy. He has six children: Amoni Walker(15), Dillon Walker(14), Mia Walker(10), Axton Walker(7) Adiyah Walker(5) Aiden Walker(3) He also is considered the best Madden player of all time due to his victory against the 10th and 2nd best player in the game.
References
edit- ^ "Devon Walker - CB". ESPN.com. ESPNU. Retrieved October 9, 2008.
- ^ "Football Recruiting - Cornerback". Scout.com. Retrieved October 9, 2008.
- ^ Ketchum, Matthew (December 2, 2005). "Cerritos College DB favors SDSU". Scout.com. AztecSportsReport.com. Retrieved October 9, 2008.
- ^ "Nevada Football Signs Five Mid-Year Transfers Wednesday Three sophomores, two juniors to join Pack in January". CSTV.com. December 21, 2005. Archived from the original on June 10, 2009. Retrieved October 9, 2008.
- ^ "2007 Nevada Wolf Pack Devon Walker #20 Junior DB 6-0 180 Cerritos, CA through 01/07/2008". CFBStats.com. January 7, 2008. Archived from the original on June 12, 2009. Retrieved October 9, 2008.
- ^ "2007 Nevada Wolf Pack Devon Walker #20 Senior DB 6-0 180 Cerritos, CA through 01/07/2008". CFBStats.com. January 7, 2008. Archived from the original on December 3, 2008. Retrieved October 9, 2008.
- ^ a b "DeVon Walker". Rivals.com. Retrieved October 9, 2008.
- ^ "DB Devon Walker first Fever signed for 2009". Tri-CitiesFever.com. Archived from the original on June 11, 2009. Retrieved October 9, 2008.