2018 Football Roster
D'Andre Walker
- Position:
- OLB
- Height:
- 6-3
- Weight:
- 245
- Class:
- Senior
- Hometown:
- Fairburn, Ga.
- High School:
- Langston Hughes
* 7 tackles at Georgia Tech in 2018
* 2.0 TFL (5X) at Georgia Tech, Auburn2, Oklahoma in 2017; at Missouri, Alabama, 2018
2018: Started all 13 games in which he played and finished with 45 total stops, along with 11.0 tackles for loss, 7.5 QB sacks and 14 QB pressures, all team highs...career-best seven tackles vs. Georgia Tech, including a second-quarter QB sack...five tackles vs. Alabama included two for loss, a QB sack, a forced fumble and a pass breakup...had a sack for a 6-yard loss, in addition to a forced fumble, vs. Tennessee...had a sack and a tackle for a 9-yard loss vs. South Carollna...had a fumble recovery and QB pressure in season opener vs. Austin Peay...had two QB sacks and four QB pressures, to go along with this four tackles, in the win at Missouri...two stops vs. Auburn included a tackle for a 6-yard loss...also had a pass breakup vs. the Tigers...co-winner of the Defensive Up Front award, given at team's post-season awards gala.
2017: Played in 15 games and had 40 total stops...second on the team in both tackles for lost yardage (13.5) and QB sacks (5.5)...one of four defensive players to win Most Improved Award, given at team’s post-season awards gala...had career-high six total stops in win at Georgia Tech, including a pair of tackles for lost yardage...matched that performance in the SEC Championship game vs. Auburn...in Rose Bowl, made five tackles, including two for lost yardage and a QB sack for a loss of eight yards...against Tennessee, blocked a punt and had one QB hurry...forced a fumble on a QB sack vs. Kentucky...made two solo tackles vs. Mississippi State...had one tackle for a loss of nine yards vs. Samford...at Notre Dame, collected three solo tackles and two tackles for a loss of two yards...made four tackles (two solo) against Appalachian State with one TFL for a loss of four yards...defensive winner of the Physicality/Head-hunter Award after spring drills.
2016: Appeared in all 13 games...had 19 total stops and seven QB pressures this season...third on the team with seven QB pressures...career-best five tackles, including one for lost yardage, in win at South Carolina...made two tackles (both solo) and had two QB pressures against UNC...tied his career high with 4 tackles against Nicholls...had four total stops at Ole Miss that included 1.5 tackles for lost yardage...made two tackles and had a QB pressure at Missouri...earned Coffee County Hustle Award for exhibiting the most desire during spring drills...recipient of the Larry Munson Football Scholarship.
2015: Played in 13 games ... nine total tackles ... tied career-high with four tackles vs. No. 13 Alabama ... career-high four tackles and had a QB hurry at Vanderbilt ... registered a tackle and blocked a punt for a safety in his UGA debut against ULM.
High School: Langston Hughes, coached by Willie Cannon … Parade Magazine All-America Honorable Mention … 2014 U.S. Army All-American … member of the Atlanta Journal-Constitution 2014 Class AAAAAA All-State Team … named to the Georgia Sports Writers Association All-State Class AAAAAA First Team Defense … PrepStar Magazine four-star prospect, #236 overall player in the PrepStar 300 All-American… Rivals.com four-star prospect, #85 player nationally, #5 WDE nationally, #19 player in Georgia … Scout.com four-star prospect, #79 player nationally, #7 OLB nationally, #1 in the South …DawgPost #8 ranked player in Georgia … 247sports.com four-star prospect, #165 overall player in the country, #10 WDE nationally, #13 player in Georgia … finished his senior season with 102 tackles, including 29 tackles for loss and 23.5 sacks … led team to a 9-2 record and the Class AAAAAA playoffs.
Personal: D’ANDRE WALKER…Major: Mass Communications...recipient of the The Leavy Family & the Brunswick News Publishing Co. Scholarship.
