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Walter Nolen

Ole Miss · Edge Rusher · 2024

SACKS
6
TFL
13
TKL
47

Career totals · 1 season with stats

Scouting Report

Nolen was a consensus All-American in 2024 and a first-team all-conference pick in 2024.

In 2024, Nolen recorded 47 tackles, 13 tackles for loss and 5.5 sacks.

Nolen was the No. 16 overall pick in the 2025 NFL Draft.

In 17-0 that career earns a 86 overall, the highest edge rusher rating at Ole Miss since 1990 and No. 15 among all edge rushers of the 2020-2024 era.

Honors & Awards

  1. 2024
    • Consensus All-American
    • First-team all-conference
  2. 2025
    • No. 16 overall pick, NFL Draft

Season by Season

Walter Nolen season-by-season statistics at Ole Miss
SeasonTklTFLSacksPD
202447135.52

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

Ole Miss Teammates

  1. 90Jaxson Dart2022-24QB
  2. 86Elijah Moore2018-20WR
  3. 80Matt Corral2018-21QB
  4. 80Sam Williams2019-21EDGE
  5. 80Suntarine Perkins2023-25LB
  6. 80Chris Paul Jr.2024LB
  7. 80Trey Amos2024CB
  8. 77Tre Harris2023-24WR
  9. 75A.J. Finley2019-22S
  10. 75Quinshon Judkins2022-23RB

Full Ole Miss 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

Best college edge rushers since 1990Best SEC players

Sources: Wikipedia (Walter Nolen) 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.