Kansas State University Athletics
2019 Football
Walker, Reggie
Jersey Number 51
Reggie Walker
- Position:
- Defensive End
- Height:
- 6-2
- Weight:
- 250
- Class:
- Senior
- Hometown:
- Ponchatoula, La.
- High School:
- Ponchatoula
Bio
CAREER HONORS
• 2019 Honorable Mention All-Big 12 (Coaches)
• 2018 Preseason All-Big 12
• 2017-19 Ted Hendricks Award watch list
• 2017 Second Team All-Big 12 (Coaches)
• 2017 Third Team All-Big 12 (Phil Steele)
• 2017 Bronko Nagurski Trophy watch list
• 2017 Preseason All-Big 12
• 2016 First Team Freshman All-American (Campus Insiders)
• 2016 Freshman All-American (FWAA)
• 2016 Big 12 Defensive Freshman of the Year (Coaches, ESPN.com)
• 2016 All-Big 12 Underclassmen Team (ESPN.com)
• 2016 First Team Big 12 All-Freshman Team (Athlon)
CAREER: An athletic defensive end who made 47 career starts, starting at least 11 games all four years of his career... Tied the school’s career record with nine forced fumbles, while his 18.0 career sacks tied for 10th in school history... Finished career tied for sixth nationally among active players in forced fumbles, tied for 16th in career TFLs and tied for 23rd in career sacks... A two-time member of the Ted Hendricks Award watch list.
2019: A 13-game starter who totaled 30 tackles, 5.0 tackles for loss and 2.0 sacks en route to Honorable Mention All-Big 12 accolades from the league’s coaches... Set a season high with five tackels against TCU... Had a season-best 2.0 TFLs against West Virginia, which featured his first sack of the season... Tallied his final career sack against Navy in the 2019 Liberty Bowl... A member of the Ted Hendricks Award watch list... Served as a team captain.
2018: Played in every game with 11 starts, finishing the year with 35 tackles, 12.5 tackles for loss and 7.5 sacks... Also finished with four forced fumbles and a pair of pass breakups... Led the Big 12 and ranked 10th nationally in forced fumbles... Also ranked sixth in the conference in sacks and tied for eighth in TFLs... Had 6.5 of his sacks and 10.5 of his TFLs during Big 12 play to tie for third and fourth in the conference in league-only games, respectively... Set a career high with 3.0 TFLs against Texas Tech, a game that featured a career-high tying 2.0 sacks... Tallied a three-game stretch with at least one sack against Texas (2.0), Baylor (1.5) and Oklahoma State (1.0), the longest streak by a Wildcat since 2013... Tallied a season high six tackles against Texas Tech and followed that with five stops at Iowa State... Batted away passes against South Dakota and TCU... Named to the watch list for the Ted Hendricks Award.
2017: Started 12 games played, totaling 36 tackles, 6.0 tackles for loss and a pair of sacks as he earned Second Team All-Big 12 accolades from the league’s coaches... Registered 12 tackles, 4.0 TFLs and 2.0 sacks over a two-game span against Kansas and Texas Tech... Logged a career-best seven tackles against Oklahoma and Texas Tech... Forced a fumble against TCU and blocked his first-career field goal against Baylor... On the preseason watch lists for the Bronko Nagurski Trophy and Ted Hendricks Award.
2016: Played in all 13 games with 11 starts, collecting 11.5 tackles for loss and 6.5 sacks to earn Big 12 Defensive Freshman of the Year accolades from the league’s coaches and ESPN.com in addition to Freshman All-America honors from the Football Writers Association of America and Campus Insiders... Became the first Wildcat since 2000 to earn the Big 12’s top defensive freshman honor... Finished seventh in the Big 12 in sacks and eighth in TFLs but was tops among freshmen in both categories... Ranked fourth nationally among freshmen in sacks... Finished second in school history in sacks and TFLs among freshmen... Had a stellar end to the season, totaling 5.5 TFLs and 3.5 sacks over the final four games, which included a career-best 2.0 sacks at TCU... Carded TFLs in six of his final nine games, including a career-high 2.5 at both Baylor at TCU... Also had 2.0 TFLs against Texas Tech... Set a career best with six tackles against Oklahoma, while he had five against Stanford and Texas A&M... Also forced three fumbles on the year in addition to two fumble recoveries and two passes defended... Tied for second nationally among freshmen in forced fumbles, while he was tied for 30th overall and tied for third in the Big 12... Also the Big 12’s top freshman in fumble recoveries... Named to ESPN.com’s All-Big 12 Underclassmen and Athlon’s Big 12 All-Freshman teams.
2015: Redshirted.
HIGH SCHOOL: Played at Ponchatoula under head coach Hank Tierney... Rated the 35th-best outside linebacker in the nation by Rivals and 53rd by ESPN... Helped the Green Wave earn an 11-2 record and a trip to the Louisiana Class 5A State playoffs... Recorded 57 tackles, including 10 sacks, as a senior in 2014... An all-state player who was a two-time all-district performer and district MVP as a senior... Also competed in basketball and baseball.
PERSONAL: Reginald Ngozi Walker was born April 22, 1996, in Hammond, Louisiana... Son of Terry Walker and the late Robert Walker, Sr... Has two siblings, including a brother, Robert, who played football at Mississippi State... Earned his bachelor’s degree in sociology/criminology in December 2018.
• 2019 Honorable Mention All-Big 12 (Coaches)
• 2018 Preseason All-Big 12
• 2017-19 Ted Hendricks Award watch list
• 2017 Second Team All-Big 12 (Coaches)
• 2017 Third Team All-Big 12 (Phil Steele)
• 2017 Bronko Nagurski Trophy watch list
• 2017 Preseason All-Big 12
• 2016 First Team Freshman All-American (Campus Insiders)
• 2016 Freshman All-American (FWAA)
• 2016 Big 12 Defensive Freshman of the Year (Coaches, ESPN.com)
• 2016 All-Big 12 Underclassmen Team (ESPN.com)
• 2016 First Team Big 12 All-Freshman Team (Athlon)
CAREER: An athletic defensive end who made 47 career starts, starting at least 11 games all four years of his career... Tied the school’s career record with nine forced fumbles, while his 18.0 career sacks tied for 10th in school history... Finished career tied for sixth nationally among active players in forced fumbles, tied for 16th in career TFLs and tied for 23rd in career sacks... A two-time member of the Ted Hendricks Award watch list.
2019: A 13-game starter who totaled 30 tackles, 5.0 tackles for loss and 2.0 sacks en route to Honorable Mention All-Big 12 accolades from the league’s coaches... Set a season high with five tackels against TCU... Had a season-best 2.0 TFLs against West Virginia, which featured his first sack of the season... Tallied his final career sack against Navy in the 2019 Liberty Bowl... A member of the Ted Hendricks Award watch list... Served as a team captain.
2018: Played in every game with 11 starts, finishing the year with 35 tackles, 12.5 tackles for loss and 7.5 sacks... Also finished with four forced fumbles and a pair of pass breakups... Led the Big 12 and ranked 10th nationally in forced fumbles... Also ranked sixth in the conference in sacks and tied for eighth in TFLs... Had 6.5 of his sacks and 10.5 of his TFLs during Big 12 play to tie for third and fourth in the conference in league-only games, respectively... Set a career high with 3.0 TFLs against Texas Tech, a game that featured a career-high tying 2.0 sacks... Tallied a three-game stretch with at least one sack against Texas (2.0), Baylor (1.5) and Oklahoma State (1.0), the longest streak by a Wildcat since 2013... Tallied a season high six tackles against Texas Tech and followed that with five stops at Iowa State... Batted away passes against South Dakota and TCU... Named to the watch list for the Ted Hendricks Award.
2017: Started 12 games played, totaling 36 tackles, 6.0 tackles for loss and a pair of sacks as he earned Second Team All-Big 12 accolades from the league’s coaches... Registered 12 tackles, 4.0 TFLs and 2.0 sacks over a two-game span against Kansas and Texas Tech... Logged a career-best seven tackles against Oklahoma and Texas Tech... Forced a fumble against TCU and blocked his first-career field goal against Baylor... On the preseason watch lists for the Bronko Nagurski Trophy and Ted Hendricks Award.
2016: Played in all 13 games with 11 starts, collecting 11.5 tackles for loss and 6.5 sacks to earn Big 12 Defensive Freshman of the Year accolades from the league’s coaches and ESPN.com in addition to Freshman All-America honors from the Football Writers Association of America and Campus Insiders... Became the first Wildcat since 2000 to earn the Big 12’s top defensive freshman honor... Finished seventh in the Big 12 in sacks and eighth in TFLs but was tops among freshmen in both categories... Ranked fourth nationally among freshmen in sacks... Finished second in school history in sacks and TFLs among freshmen... Had a stellar end to the season, totaling 5.5 TFLs and 3.5 sacks over the final four games, which included a career-best 2.0 sacks at TCU... Carded TFLs in six of his final nine games, including a career-high 2.5 at both Baylor at TCU... Also had 2.0 TFLs against Texas Tech... Set a career best with six tackles against Oklahoma, while he had five against Stanford and Texas A&M... Also forced three fumbles on the year in addition to two fumble recoveries and two passes defended... Tied for second nationally among freshmen in forced fumbles, while he was tied for 30th overall and tied for third in the Big 12... Also the Big 12’s top freshman in fumble recoveries... Named to ESPN.com’s All-Big 12 Underclassmen and Athlon’s Big 12 All-Freshman teams.
2015: Redshirted.
HIGH SCHOOL: Played at Ponchatoula under head coach Hank Tierney... Rated the 35th-best outside linebacker in the nation by Rivals and 53rd by ESPN... Helped the Green Wave earn an 11-2 record and a trip to the Louisiana Class 5A State playoffs... Recorded 57 tackles, including 10 sacks, as a senior in 2014... An all-state player who was a two-time all-district performer and district MVP as a senior... Also competed in basketball and baseball.
PERSONAL: Reginald Ngozi Walker was born April 22, 1996, in Hammond, Louisiana... Son of Terry Walker and the late Robert Walker, Sr... Has two siblings, including a brother, Robert, who played football at Mississippi State... Earned his bachelor’s degree in sociology/criminology in December 2018.
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