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DeMarcus Walker with the Tennessee Titans
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Defensive end, Florida State, 2013–⁠16

DeMarcus Walker

Number
No. 44
Height
6′4″
Hometown
Jacksonville, FL
Born
Sep 30, 1994

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DeMarcus Walker played defensive end at Florida State (2013–⁠16). He was a consensus All‑American in 2016. The Denver Broncos took Walker in round 2, No. 51 overall in the 2017 NFL Draft.

Best season
2016
Consensus All-American and ACC Defensive Player of the Year
Best game
6 tackles
Vs. Ole Miss, week 1, 2016: No. 1 defensive game in FBS that week
National rank
No. 2
In FBS in sacks, 2016
Drafted
No. 51
Round 2, 2017 NFL Draft (Denver Broncos)
10tackles, career hightwice; last at NC State, 20164.5sacks, career highvs. Ole Miss, 2016

Honors

Team titles: National champions, 2013; ACC champions, 2013 and 2014

Players of the year, conference and regional honors: Wikipedia’s lists (CC BY-SA), each linked from its honor.

Defense

SeasonTeamTklSoloTFLSacksIntPDHur
2015Florida State––––1––
2016Florida State674520.516024
Career674520.516124

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.

Defense before 2016

SeasonGSoloAstTklTFLSacks
201312991821

Our box scores carry tackles, tackles for loss and sacks from 2016 only, so these come from other sources: NCAA statistics, via octonion/football, the season’s official lines (G: games played). A dash: the source has no number for it.

On the roster

SeasonTeamNo.PosHt
2013Florida State44DE
2014Florida State44DE
2015Florida State44DE
2016Florida State44DE6′4″

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 Florida State 13 games, 67 tackles, 16 sacks
DateOpponentResultTklSoloTFLSacksIntPD
Sep 5vs.Ole MissW 45–⁠34654.54.500
Sep 10vs.Charleston SouthernW 52–⁠8210000
Sep 17atLouisvilleL 20–⁠63740000
Sep 24atSouth FloridaW 55–⁠35221100
Oct 1vs.North CarolinaL 35–⁠37631100
Oct 8atMiamiW 20–⁠19210.5000
Oct 15vs.Wake ForestW 17–⁠6642200
Oct 29vs.ClemsonL 34–⁠371030002
Nov 5atNC StateW 24–⁠201082200
Nov 11vs.Boston CollegeW 45–⁠7311.50.500
Nov 19atSyracuseW 45–⁠14442200
Nov 26vs.FloridaW 31–⁠13552200
Dec 30 ✦vs.MichiganW 33–⁠32444100
2015 Florida State 1 game, 1 INT
DateOpponentResultTklSoloTFLSacksIntPD
Dec 31 ✦vs.HoustonL 24–⁠38––––1–

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

Before the draft

DrillCombine 2017Combine or pro day 2017
Height6′3⅝″
Weight280 lb
Arm length33″
Hand size10½″
40-yard dash4.88 s
10-yard split1.71 sW
Vertical jump31½″
Broad jump9′7″
Bench press18 reps
3-cone drill7.91 s
20-yard shuttle4.89 s

Combine or pro day: the source doesn’t say which. Unmarked: Combine and pro day results compiled by array-carpenter (nfl-draft-data); W: Pre-draft measurables: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA).

In the NFL

9 seasons, 90 games with a stat; latest team: Washington Commanders.

SeasonTeamGTklSacksInt
2017Denver Broncos7610
2018Denver Broncos2410
2019Denver Broncos92240
2020Denver Broncos11184.50
2021Houston Texans132720
2022Tennessee Titans152870
2023Chicago Bears15273.50
2024Chicago Bears17383.50
2025Washington Commanders1200
NFL career9017226.50

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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