Jalon Walker

COLLEGE

• Walker spent three seasons (2022-24) at Georgia, totaling 89 tackles (56 solo), 12.5 sacks, three passes defensed and one forced fumble in 43 games for the Bulldogs. The 6-foot-2, 245-pound linebacker tallied 60 tackles (37 solo), 10.5 tackles for loss, 6.5 sacks, two passes defensed and one forced fumble in 14 games in 2024, earning the Butkus Award for the nation's top linebacker. Walker recorded seven quarterback pressures, three sacks and a fumble recovery against Texas in 2024, earning SEC Defensive Player of the Week honors.
• In 2024, Walker appeared in 14 games (11 starts), logging 60 tackles (37 solo), 11 tackles for loss, 6.5 sacks, two passes defensed, and two fumble recoveries. Walker earned All American honors as well as the Butkus award, given annually to the nation's top linebacker. Walker led the team in tackles for loss with 10.5 for a combined loss of 50 yards and tied for the first on the team with 6.5 sacks for a loss of 41 yards.
• In 2023, he appeared in all 14 games for the bulldogs, logging 20 tackles (14 solo), six tackles for loss, a team-leading five sacks, five quarterback hits and one forced fumble.
• In 2022, he appeared in 15 games and logged nine tackles (five solo), one sack, and one pass defense. Saw action as a reserve LB and on kick coverage units in all 15 games...blocked a first-quarter Kent State punt that resulted in a safety.

PERSONAL

• Salisbury HS, major: Communication Studies, recipient of the Michael A. Kahn Family Football Scholarship and the Erskine "Erk" Russell Football Scholarship.