Tracy Walker (American football)
No. 47 – Detroit Lions | |||
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Position: | Safety | ||
Personal information | |||
Born: |
Brunswick, Georgia | February 1, 1995||
Height: | 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) | ||
Weight: | 206 lb (93 kg) | ||
Career information | |||
High school: |
Brunswick (Brunswick, Georgia) | ||
College: | Louisiana | ||
NFL Draft: | 2018 / Round: 3 / Pick: 82 | ||
Career history | |||
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Roster status: | Active | ||
Career NFL statistics | |||
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Tracy Walker (born February 1, 1995) is an American football safety for the Detroit Lions of the National Football League (NFL). He played college football at Louisiana.[1]
Professional career
On December 16, 2017, it was announced that Walker had accepted his invitation to play in the East-West Shrine Game.[2] Walker impressed scouts and team representatives during Shrine Game practices which added value to his draft stock.[3] On January 20, 2018, Walker played in the 2018 East–West Shrine Game and recorded two tackles and deflected a pass, but dropped an interception and was part of the East team that lost 14–10 to the West.[4] Walker attended the NFL Scouting Combine and completed all of the required combine and positional drills. On April 5, 2018, Walker attended Louisiana-Lafayette's pro day, but chose to stand on his combine numbers and only performed positional drills. At the conclusion of the pre-draft process, Walker was projected to be a fifth or sixth round pick by NFL draft experts and scouts.[5] He was ranked as the seventh best strong safety prospect in the draft by DraftScout.com and was ranked as the 12th best safety by Scouts Inc.[6][7]
Ht | Wt | Arm length | Hand size | 40-yard dash | 10-yd split | 20-yd split | 20-ss | 3-cone | Vert jump | Broad | BP | |
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6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) |
206 lb (93 kg) |
33 1⁄2 in (0.85 m) |
8 3⁄4 in (0.22 m) |
4.51 s | 1.56 s | 2.64 s | 4.28 s | 7.00 s | 33 in (0.84 m) |
9 ft 11 in (3.02 m) |
14 reps | |
All values from NFL Combine[8] |
The Detroit Lions selected Walker in the third round (82nd overall) of the 2018 NFL Draft. Walker was the sixth safety drafted in 2018.[9]
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On May 16, 2018, the Detroit Lions signed Walker to a four-year, $3.51 million contract that includes a signing bonus of $881,988.[10]
References
- ↑ http://www.theadvocate.com/acadiana/sports/ul_lafayette/article_2f4925c8-1ffe-11e8-b199-7b23d626e837.html
- ↑ Buckley, Tim (December 16, 2017). "UL's Walker accepts invite to East-West Shrine Game". theadvertiser.com. Retrieved August 20, 2018.
- ↑ Peloquin, Steve (January 19, 2018). "Former UL DB Tracy Walker Impressing At Shrine Game". espn1420.com. Retrieved August 20, 2018.
- ↑ Risdon, Jeff (January 20, 2018). "5 Shrine Game week standouts who can help Texans right away". texanswire.usatoday.com. Retrieved August 20, 2018.
- ↑ "Tracy Walker, DS #7 SS, Louisiana-Lafayette". draftscout.com. Retrieved August 21, 2018.
- ↑ Buckley, Tim (April 30, 2018). "Lions pick: NFL Draft stock skyrocketed for UL's Walker". theadvertiser.com. Retrieved August 21, 2018.
- ↑ "NFL Tracy Walker-ESPN". ESPN.com. Retrieved August 21, 2018.
- ↑ "NFL Draft Profile: Tracy Walker". National Football League. Retrieved August 20, 2018.
- ↑ Monarrez, Carlos (April 27, 2018). "Detroit Lions pick safety Tracy Walker in Round 3 of 2018 NFL draft". Detroit Free Press. Retrieved April 27, 2018.
- ↑ "Spotrac.com: Tracy Walker contract". Spotrac.com. Retrieved August 20, 2018.