DeVon Walker

DeVon Walker (born November 22, 1985) is a former indoor football defensive specialist who last played Kent Predators of the Indoor Football League. He played college football at Nevada.

DeVon Walker
No. 8
Position:Defensive specialist
Personal information
Born: (1985-11-22) November 22, 1985
Compton, California
Height:6 ft 0 in (1.83 m)
Weight:188 lb (85 kg)
Career information
High school:Cerritos (CA) Gahr
College:Nevada
Undrafted:2008
Career history
 * Offseason and/or practice squad member only

High school career

Walker 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.

Division I-A Recruiting

Measureables
Ht. Wt. 40 yd. 20 Shut. Squat Max. Vertical Jump Bench Max. Broad Jump
6'0" 188 lb. 4.42[2] 4.01 610 lbs. 39"[2] 320 lbs. 10'9"

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.[3] He began favoring San Diego State,[4] however he later chose to commit to Nevada.

University of Nevada-Reno (2006–2012)

After his sophomore season, was being recruited by multiple Division I-A schools. However, midway through the school year,[5] 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.[6] Then as a senior, in 2007, in 13 games, with 13 starts, he recorded 85 tackles, 3 interceptions, and eighteen passes broken up.[7] While at Nevada he was also a Communications major with a minors in Business and Music.

Professional career

Walker went unselected in the 2008 NFL Draft and was picked up by the Baltimore Ravens as a free agent, however failed to make it past training camp. Soon after Walker had several workouts with teams in the Canadian Football League, however 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

Walker 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's 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 to be the BEST Madden player of all-time due to his victory against the 10th and 2nd best player in the game.

References

  1. "Devon Walker - CB". ESPN.com. ESPNU. Retrieved 2008-10-09.
  2. "DeVon Walker". Rivals.com. Retrieved 2008-10-09.
  3. "Football Recruiting - Cornerback". Scout.com. Retrieved 2008-10-09.
  4. Ketchum, Matthew (2005-12-02). "Cerritos College DB favors SDSU". Scout.com. AztecSportsReport.com. Retrieved 2008-10-09.
  5. "Nevada Football Signs Five Mid-Year Transfers Wednesday Three sophomores, two juniors to join Pack in January". CSTV.com. 2005-12-21. Archived from the original on June 10, 2009. Retrieved 2008-10-09.
  6. "2007 Nevada Wolf Pack Devon Walker #20 Junior DB 6-0 180 Cerritos, CA through 01/07/2008". CFBStats.com. 2008-01-07. Archived from the original on 2009-06-12. Retrieved 2008-10-09.
  7. "2007 Nevada Wolf Pack Devon Walker #20 Senior DB 6-0 180 Cerritos, CA through 01/07/2008". CFBStats.com. 2008-01-07. Retrieved 2008-10-09.
  8. "DB Devon Walker first Fever signed for 2009". Tri-CitiesFever.com. Archived from the original on June 11, 2009. Retrieved 2008-10-09.
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