Position Linebacker | Class RS Junior | |
Major Learning and Organizational Change Date of birth (1995-08-08) August 8, 1995 (age 21) | ||
Anthony Laron Walker Jr. is an American football linebacker for the Northwestern University Wildcats. Walker first saw action in his redshirt Freshman season when Collin Ellis went down with a series of injuries. In his first career game, Walker returned an interception for a touchdown against Penn State that capped a Northwestern win. In his first full season as a starter, Walker found tremendous success as he recorded 122 tackles to lead the team and 20.5 tackles for loss which was fourth in the nation. For his performance that season, Walker received All-American recognition from the AP and Sports Illustrated as well as Consensus First-Team All Big 10 honors. On November 29, 2016, Walker was named Second Team All-Big Ten.
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