Michael Walker (American football)
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Naples, Florida, U.S.
 Walker with the Jacksonville Jaguars in 2019 | |||||||||||
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| Position | Wide receiver | ||||||||||
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| Born | October 29, 1996 Naples, Florida, U.S. | ||||||||||
| Height | 5 ft 11 in (1.80 m) | ||||||||||
| Weight | 195 lb (88 kg) | ||||||||||
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| High school | Naples | ||||||||||
| College | Boston College | ||||||||||
| NFL draft | 2019: undrafted | ||||||||||
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Michael Walker (born October 29, 1996) is an American former professional football player who was a wide receiver in the National Football League (NFL). He played college football for the Boston College Eagles.
Walker grew up in Naples, Florida and attended Naples High School, where he was a member of the baseball, football, and track teams.[1] Walker passed for 613 yards and seven touchdowns and rushed for 907 yards and 21 touchdowns as the starting quarterback for the Golden Eagles during his senior year while also catching four passes for 113 yards and two touchdowns and returning two kicks for touchdowns and was named the Offensive Player of the Year by the Naples Daily News and the Southwest Florida Male Athlete of the Year by The News-Press.[2] Walker committed to play college football at Boston College over offers from Arizona, Arkansas State, Florida International, and UCF.[3]
College career
Walker played four seasons for the Boston College Eagles. He was listed as a defensive back as a freshman, but primarily served as a kick returner while occasionally lining up as a receiver and finished third in the Atlantic Coast Conference with 686 kickoff return yards and set the school record with 28.8 yards per return while catching two passes for 41 yards and rushing once for 14 yards and was named a Freshman All-American by Sporting News.[4] Walker became the Eagles slot receiver going into his sophomore year and posted career highs with 33 receptions, 420 receiving yards and four receiving touchdowns while returning six kicks for 101 yards and one punt for eight yards.[3]
As a junior, Walker returned 36 kicks for 849 yards (23.6 average) and 27 punts for 354 yards (13.1 average, best in the ACC) while catching 19 passes for 168 yards and a touchdown and was named third-team All-ACC as a return specialist.[5] Walker was named second-team All-ACC and a consensus second-team All-American after being named by the Sporting News, the Football Writers Association of America and the Walter Camp Football Foundation as a senior after returning 40 kicks for 1,020 yards and 20 punts for 274 and a touchdown, while also catching 17 passes for 218 yards.[6] Walker finished his collegiate career with 71 receptions for 847 yards and five touchdowns with 2,656 kick return yards and 636 punt return yards with one touchdown.[7]
