In the NFL. Photo: Erik Drost, CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons

Linebacker, Northwestern, 2013–⁠16

Anthony Walker Jr.

Number: No. 18
Height: 6′1″
Hometown: Miami, FL
Born: Aug 8, 1995, in Miami, Florida

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Anthony Walker Jr. played linebacker at Northwestern (2013–⁠16). The Indianapolis Colts took Walker in round 5, No. 161 overall in the 2017 NFL Draft.

Best season: 2016; Second-team All-Big Ten
Drafted: No. 161; Round 5, 2017 NFL Draft (Indianapolis Colts)

12tackles, career highat Purdue, 2016

Honors

All-America: AP third team 2015

Defense

Season	Team	Tkl	Solo	TFL	Sacks	Int	PD	Hur
2014	Northwestern	–	–	–	–	2	–	–
2015	Northwestern	–	–	–	–	1	–	–
2016	Northwestern	105	62	10	2	1	5	6
Career		105	62	10	2	4	5	6

Season lines from CollegeFootballData, regular season and bowls. A dash: the source has no number for that season (often an FCS season), and career totals count only the numbers on file.

On the roster

Season	Team	No.	Pos	Ht	Wt
2013	Northwestern	18	LB
2014	Northwestern	18	LB
2015	Northwestern	18	LB
2016	Northwestern	1	LB	6′1″	245

As each season’s roster listed the player (CollegeFootballData). Classes before the latest listing are counted back from it; “Yr 1” is the year on file where that count can’t place a season he played (a redshirt, transfer or 2020 year); height and weight as last listed.

Game by game

2016 Northwestern 13 games, 105 tackles, 2 sacks, 1 INT

Date	Opponent	Result	Tkl	Solo	TFL	Sacks	Int	PD
Sep 3	vs.Western Michigan	L 21–⁠22	7	5	0	0	0	0
Sep 10	vs.Illinois State	L 7–⁠9	7	4	0.5	0	0	1
Sep 17	vs.Duke	W 24–⁠13	5	4	2	1	0	0
Sep 24	vs.Nebraska	L 13–⁠24	4	2	0	0	0	1
Oct 1	atIowa	W 38–⁠31	10	5	0	0	0	0
Oct 15	atMichigan State	W 54–⁠40	7	4	1	1	0	0
Oct 22	vs.Indiana	W 24–⁠14	11	10	2	0	0	0
Oct 29	atOhio State	L 20–⁠24	8	1	0	0	0	0
Nov 5	vs.Wisconsin	L 7–⁠21	9	5	0.5	0	0	0
Nov 12	atPurdue	W 45–⁠17	12	7	0	0	1	0
Nov 19	atMinnesota	L 12–⁠29	9	5	2	0	0	1
Nov 26	vs.Illinois	W 42–⁠21	9	6	2	0	0	2
Dec 28 ✦	vs.Pittsburgh	W 31–⁠24	7	4	0	0	0	0

2015 Northwestern 1 game, 1 INT

Date	Opponent	Result	Tkl	Solo	TFL	Sacks	Int	PD
Nov 21	atWisconsin	W 13–⁠7	–	–	–	–	1	–

2014 Northwestern 2 games, 2 INT

Date	Opponent	Result	Tkl	Solo	TFL	Sacks	Int	PD
Sep 27	atPenn State	W 29–⁠6	–	–	–	–	1	–
Nov 15	atNotre Dame	W 43–⁠40	–	–	–	–	1	–

Box scores from CollegeFootballData, 2004 on. ✦ postseason; ★ a career high on file.

Before the draft

Drill	Combine 2017
Height	6′0⅝″
Weight	238 lb
Arm length	30⅜″
Hand size	9½″
Wingspan	73⅛″^W
40-yard dash	4.65 s
10-yard split	1.59 s^W
Vertical jump	30½″
Broad jump	9′8″
Bench press	23 reps
3-cone drill	7.23 s
20-yard shuttle	4.34 s

Unmarked: Combine and pro day results compiled by array-carpenter (nfl-draft-data); W: Pre-draft measurables: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA).

In the NFL

8 seasons, 94 games with a stat; latest team: Tampa Bay Buccaneers.

Season	Team	G	Tkl	Sacks	Int
2017	Indianapolis Colts	6	22	0	0
2018	Indianapolis Colts	15	89	1	1
2019	Indianapolis Colts	16	112	2.5	1
2020	Indianapolis Colts	16	80	0	1
2021	Cleveland Browns	13	103	1	0
2022	Cleveland Browns	3	13	0	0
2023	Cleveland Browns	11	42	0	0
2024	Miami Dolphins	14	63	1	1
NFL career		94	524	5.5	4

Regular seasons, from nflverse (CC BY 4.0), matched to him by his draft pick and college (Player ids: DynastyProcess (GPL-3.0)). G counts games in which the player recorded a stat.

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