Position: Safety Role American football player Height 1.85 m | Undrafted: 2013 Weight 78 kg Name Devon Walker Career start May 2014 | |
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Date of birth: (1990-11-29) November 29, 1990 (age 25) High school: Destrehan (LA) Destrehan High School Current team New Orleans Saints (Safety) College Tulane Green Wave football | ||
Place of birth: New Orleans, Louisiana | ||
Devon walker for the college football assistance fund
Devon Walker (born November 29, 1990) was playing college football at Tulane University when he was paralyzed during a college game. He signed with the New Orleans Saints in May 2014.
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- Devon walker for the college football assistance fund
- Devon Walker Inspires From The Sideline
- Background
- Injury
- Signing
- References
Devon Walker Inspires From The Sideline
Background
Walker grew up in the New Orleans suburb of Destrehan and graduated from Destrehan High School. He attended Tulane University in New Orleans, where he graduated in May 2014 with a degree in cell and molecular biology.
Injury
Walker was injured on September 8, 2012 during a game against Tulsa when he collided with a Tulane teammate and injured his C4 vertebrae. He was paralyzed from the neck down. He was a senior at Tulane at the time.
Signing
In May 2014, the New Orleans Saints surprised Walker when they signed him and welcomed him to their rookie minicamp. As coach Sean Payton said, “He is an outstanding young man, who is not only an inspiration to his coaches and teammates at Tulane, but to all of us. Devon’s character, determination, intelligence and work ethic are everything that we look for in a New Orleans Saint when we sign a player.”
