![]() Walker with Ohio State in 2020 | |
Personal information | |
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Born | Indianapolis, Indiana, U.S. | March 24, 1997
Listed height | 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) |
Listed weight | 195 lb (88 kg) |
Career information | |
High school | Arsenal Tech (Indianapolis, Indiana) |
College |
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NBA draft | 2021: undrafted |
Playing career | 2021–2022 |
Position | Point guard |
Number | 11 |
Career history | |
2021–2022 | Phoenix Hagen |
CJ Walker (born March 24, 1997) is an American former professional basketball player. He played college basketball for the Florida State Seminoles [1] and the Ohio State Buckeyes. [2]
Walker was raised in Indianapolis, Indiana and attended Arsenal Technical High School in Indianapolis. [3] During his senior season, he won the Indianapolis Coaches Association Player of the Year. [3] His senior season averages were 24.3 points, 5.6 assists and three steals per game. [3]
Walker committed to Florida State on June 20, 2015, over offers from Walker's future head coach at Ohio State Chris Holtmann at Butler, Illinois, and Cincinnati.
Name | Hometown | High school / college | Height | Weight | Commit date | |
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CJ Walker PG | Indianapolis, IN | Arsenal Tech (IN) | 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) | 180 lb (82 kg) | Jun 20, 2015 | |
Star ratings: Rivals: ![]() ![]() ![]() | ||||||
Overall recruiting rankings: Rivals: 124 247Sports: 185 ESPN: — | ||||||
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Walker played in 33 games off the bench during his freshman year, averaging 4.9 points, 1.3 assists, and 0.6 steals per game. [4] His season-high in points during the season was 13, against Illinois and Wake Forest. [5] He started every game except for one during his sophomore season at Florida State, averaging 8 points, 2.4 assists, and 1 steal per game. [4] He started every game of Florida State's Elite Eight run during the 2018 NCAA tournament, averaging 17.5 minutes per game. [6] Following the season, on March 27, 2018, he transferred from Florida State. [7]
Walker committed to Ohio State on April 8, 2018. [8] Walker sat out the 2018–19 season due to NCAA transfer rules. [9] He had a solid season during his junior season, averaging 8.7 points, 3.5 assists, and 1.3 steals per game. [4] He scored a season-high 18 points in a game against Nebraska on January 14, 2020. [10]
Walker missed four games during mid-January due to a nagging hand injury. [11] In Ohio State's Big Ten tournament championship loss, Walker scored 16 points and made a buzzer-beating three-pointer, although the three-pointer did not affect the result of the game as Illinois won the game by three points. [12] He averaged 9.5 points, 4.4 assists, and 0.9 steals per game. [4] His free throw percentage of 94.0% ranked second in the country. [13]
Walker declared for the 2021 NBA draft on April 12, 2021, forgoing his option to return to college by hiring an agent. [14]
On August 13, 2021, Walker signed his first professional contract with ETHA Engomis of the Cyprus Basketball Division A. [15] However he parted ways with the team before playing a game. On September 27, Walker signed with Phoenix Hagen of the German ProA. [16]
GP | Games played | GS | Games started | MPG | Minutes per game |
FG% | Field goal percentage | 3P% | 3-point field goal percentage | FT% | Free throw percentage |
RPG | Rebounds per game | APG | Assists per game | SPG | Steals per game |
BPG | Blocks per game | PPG | Points per game | Bold | Career high |
Year | Team | GP | GS | MPG | FG% | 3P% | FT% | RPG | APG | SPG | BPG | PPG |
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2016–17 | Florida State | 33 | 0 | 12.5 | .397 | .304 | .655 | 1.4 | 1.3 | .6 | .1 | 4.9 |
2017–18 | Florida State | 35 | 34 | 23.2 | .412 | .355 | .732 | 2.5 | 2.4 | 1.0 | .1 | 8.0 |
2018–19 | Ohio State | ![]() | ||||||||||
2019–20 | Ohio State | 31 | 29 | 29.0 | .427 | .321 | .812 | 3.1 | 3.5 | 1.3 | .1 | 8.7 |
2020–21 | Ohio State | 27 | 12 | 30.0 | .410 | .265 | .940 | 3.2 | 4.4 | .9 | .1 | 9.5 |
Career | 126 | 75 | 23.3 | .413 | .321 | .799 | 2.5 | 2.8 | .9 | .1 | 7.7 |
Walker has a daughter, Summer, in 2019 from a previous Relationship. He is married to Taylor Ramey in 2022 and they had a son in 2023, Skylar. [17] Walker serves as an assistant coach for the Girls Varsity basketball team at North Central High School in Indianapolis, Indiana.
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