DeVon Walker

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Position: Defensive specialist
Personal information
Born: (1985-11-22) November 22, 1985 (age 38)
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

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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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] 4.01610 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, 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

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 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.

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References

  1. ↑ "Devon Walker - CB". ESPN.com . ESPNU . Retrieved 2008-10-09.
  2. 1 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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