Linebacker, Georgia, 2022–24
Jalon Walker
- Number
- No. 11
- Height
- 6′2″
- Weight
- 245 lb
- Class (2024)
- Junior
- Hometown
- Salisbury, NC
- Born
- Feb 24, 2004, in Conway, South Carolina
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Jalon Walker played linebacker at Georgia (2022–24). He won the 2024 Butkus Award. The Atlanta Falcons took Walker in the first round, No. 15 overall in the 2025 NFL Draft.
At a glance
Career highs
8tackles, career hightwice; last vs. Tennessee, 20243sacks, career highat Texas, 2024Honors
Team titles: National champions, 2022; SEC champions, 2022 and 2024
All-America: AFCA 2024; ESPN 2024; Sports Illustrated 2024; USA Today 2024
Defense
Season lines from CollegeFootballData, regular season and bowls.
On the roster
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
2024 Georgia 13 games, 61 tackles, 6.5 sacks
| Date | Opponent | Result | Tkl | Solo | TFL | Sacks | PD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 31 | vs. Clemson | W 34–3 | 6 | 3 | 1.5 | 1.5 | 0 |
| Sep 7 | vs. Tennessee Tech | W 48–3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Sep 14 | at Kentucky | W 13–12 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Sep 28 | at Alabama | L 34–41 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Oct 5 | vs. Auburn | W 31–13 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Oct 12 | vs. Mississippi State | W 41–31 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Oct 19 | at Texas | W 30–15 | 8 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 0 |
| Nov 2 | vs. Florida | W 34–20 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Nov 9 | at Ole Miss | L 10–28 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Nov 16 | vs. Tennessee | W 31–17 | 8 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| Nov 29 | vs. Georgia Tech | W 44–42 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Dec 7 | vs.Texas | W 22–19 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 0 |
| Jan 2 ✦ | vs. Notre Dame | L 10–23 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
2023 Georgia 10 games, 20 tackles, 5 sacks
| Date | Opponent | Result | Tkl | Solo | TFL | Sacks | PD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 2 | vs. UT Martin | W 48–7 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Oct 7 | vs.Kentucky | W 51–13 | 2 | 1 | 0.5 | 0.5 | 0 |
| Oct 14 | at Vanderbilt | W 37–20 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Oct 28 | vs.Florida | W 43–20 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| Nov 4 | vs. Missouri | W 30–21 | 4 | 3 | 1.5 | 1.5 | 0 |
| Nov 11 | vs.Ole Miss | W 52–17 | 2 | 1 | 0.5 | 0 | 0 |
| Nov 18 | atTennessee | W 38–10 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Nov 25 | atGeorgia Tech | W 31–23 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Dec 2 | vs.Alabama | L 24–27 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0 |
| Dec 30 ✦ | vs. Florida State | W 63–3 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
2022 Georgia 6 games, 9 tackles, 1 sack
| Date | Opponent | Result | Tkl | Solo | TFL | Sacks | PD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 17 | at South Carolina | W 48–7 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Sep 24 | vs. Kent State | W 39–22 | – | – | – | – | – |
| Oct 15 | vs.Vanderbilt | W 55–0 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Nov 19 | atKentucky | W 16–6 | 1 | 0 | 0.5 | 0 | 0 |
| Nov 26 | vs.Georgia Tech | W 37–14 | 2 | 1 | 0.5 | 0 | 0 |
| Jan 9 ✦ | vs. TCU | W 65–7 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
Box scores from CollegeFootballData, 2004 on. ✦ postseason; ★ a career high on file.
Before the draft
| Drill | Combine 2025 |
|---|---|
| Height | 6′1″ |
| Weight | 243 lb |
| Arm length | 32″ |
| Hand size | 10¼″ |
| Wingspan | 79⅞″ |
Combine and pro day results compiled by array-carpenter (nfl-draft-data).
In the NFL
1 season, 14 games with a stat; latest team: Atlanta Falcons.
| Season | Team | G | Tkl | Sacks | Int |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | Atlanta Falcons | 14 | 35 | 5.5 | 0 |
Regular seasons, from nflverse (CC BY 4.0). G counts games in which the player recorded a stat.
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