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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

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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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Background

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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

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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

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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.”


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References

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