DeVon Walker (born November 22, 1985) is a former indoor football

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who last played Kent Predators of the

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(IFL). He played college football at

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High school career

Walker attended

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. While there, he

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three times in football on offense and defense. Also during the season he was named defensive player-of-the-week three times and achieved the defensive mvp award.

Division I-A Recruiting

In 2005, Walker, a two-star cornerback recruit began receiving offers from

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schools such as: Nevada,

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, TCU,

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, and

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. He began favoring San Diego State; however, he later chose to commit to Nevada.

University of Nevada-Reno (2006–2012)

After his sophomore season, was being recruited by multiple Division I-A schools. However, midway through the school year, Walker transferred to Nevada, where he played for his final two college seasons. In 2006, in 10 games, he recorded 18 tackles, two passes broken up, and one forced fumble. Then as a senior, in 2007, in 13 games, with 13 starts, he recorded 85 tackles, 3 interceptions, and eighteen passes broken up. While at Nevada he was also a communications major with a minors in business and music.

Professional career

Walker went unselected in the 2008 NFL Draft and was picked up by the

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as a free agent; however, he failed to make it past training camp. Soon after Walker had several workouts with teams in the

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, but failed to make a team as a starter. He then spent the last three weeks of the

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with the

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. He was then assigned to the

Tri-Cities Fever The Tri-Cities Fever were a professional indoor football franchise based in Kennewick, Washington. The Fever joined National Indoor Football League (NIFL) in 2005 as an expansion team. The Fever were owned by Teri Carr. From 2005 to 2016, the Fe ...

on October 6, 2008. Walker re-signed with the

in 2010. He was the first player to be signed for the new Arena Football 1 Fever team.

Personal life

Walker is the son of Lee Walker, a well-known football coach in Long Beach, California, and Jacqueline Harris, a hard-working nurse. He is a personal trainer at Starfit Fitness Club, as well as the general manager. He is now the owner of Limitless Sports Academy. He has six children: Amoni Walker(15), Dillon Walker(14), Mia Walker(10), Axton Walker(7) Adiyah Walker(5) Aiden Walker(3) He also is considered the best Madden player of all time due to his victory against the 10th and 2nd best player in the game.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Walker, Devon 1985 births Living people Baltimore Ravens players Cerritos Falcons football players Nevada Wolf Pack football players San Jose SaberCats players Players of American football from Compton, California Tri-Cities Fever players Everett Raptors players