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Deone Walker

Kentucky · Edge Rusher · 2022-24

SACKS
10
TFL
21
TKL
131

Career totals · 3 seasons with stats

Scouting Report

From 2022 to 2024, Walker recorded 131 tackles, 21 tackles for loss and 10 sacks.

Walker was the No. 109 overall pick in the 2025 NFL Draft.

In 17-0 that career earns a 71 overall, the 5th-highest edge rusher rating at Kentucky since 1990 and No. 106 among all edge rushers of the 2020-2024 era.

Honors & Awards

  1. 2022
    • Second-team all-conference
  2. 2023
    • Second-team all-conference
  3. 2024
    • Second-team all-conference
  4. 2025
    • No. 109 overall pick, NFL Draft

Season by Season

Deone Walker season-by-season statistics at Kentucky
SeasonTklTFLSacksPD
2022393.512
20235512.57.52
20243751.52
Total13121106

Seasons with tracked stats at Kentucky. Coverage starts in 2006; tackles, sacks and passes defended start in 2016 (shown as – before then).

Kentucky Teammates

  1. 80Barion Brown2022-24WR
  2. 77Maxwell Hairston2022-24CB
  3. 74Chris Rodriguez Jr.2018-22RB
  4. 74Re'Mahn Davis2023RB
  5. 74Wan'Dale Robinson2021WR
  6. 72Josh Paschal2017-21EDGE
  7. 72Jamin Davis2017-20LB
  8. 72Ray Davis2023RB
  9. 71Will Levis2021-22QB
  10. 70J.J. Weaver2019-24EDGE

Full Kentucky all-time roster

Top Edge Rushers of the 2020-2024 Era

  1. 93Aidan HutchinsonMichigan · 2018-21EDGE
  2. 93Will Anderson Jr.Alabama · 2020-22EDGE
  3. 90T'Vondre SweatTexas · 2019-23EDGE
  4. 90Jordan DavisGeorgia · 2018-21EDGE
  5. 90Abdul CarterPenn State · 2022-24EDGE
  6. 90Calijah KanceyPittsburgh · 2020-22EDGE
  7. 90Jalen CarterGeorgia · 2020-22EDGE
  8. 90Kayvon ThibodeauxOregon · 2019-21EDGE

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Sources: Wikipedia (Deone Walker) and its All-America, all-conference, award and program statistical-leader pages; season statistics and NFL Draft data from CollegeFootballData.com. Ratings are 17-0's own estimates, graded within each era. How ratings work.