2026 Football Roster
Jersey Number 55
John Walker
- Position:
- Defensive Tackle
- Height:
- 6-3
- Weight:
- 302
- Hometown:
- Kissimmee, Fla.
- Last School:
- Osceola / UCF
- Year:
- Senior
Honors and Awards
Junior at UCF (2025)
Appeared in all 12 games as a redshirt sophomore, starting in all 12 games, totaling 535 snaps along the defensive line and on special teams...Finished the season with 40 tackles, 1.0 sacks and 3.0 tackles for loss.
Appeared in 13 games as a true freshman, totaling 416 snaps along the defensive line and on special teams... Totaled 24 tackles, 5.0 tackles for loss, 0.5 sacks.
- 2025: Big 12 All-Academic Team
- 2023: On3 Defensive True Freshman All-American Team, Big 12 Honorable Mention Defensive Freshman of the Year, On3 Midseason True Freshman All-American Team
- 7 Total Tackles (Two Times last vs. UCF on Nov. 7, 2025)
- 2.0 Tackles for Loss vs. Villanova (Sept. 16, 2025)
Junior at UCF (2025)
Appeared in all 12 games as a redshirt sophomore, starting in all 12 games, totaling 535 snaps along the defensive line and on special teams...Finished the season with 40 tackles, 1.0 sacks and 3.0 tackles for loss.
- JACKSONVILLE STATE (8/28): Posted three tackles and 0.5 tackles for loss on 51 snaps.
- NC A&T (9/6): Saw 27 total plays and grabbed four tackles.
- NORTH CAROLINA (9/20): Tallied two tackles on 32 plays.
- at KANSAS STATE (9/27): Registered 40 total plays.
- KANSAS (10/4): Tallied two tackles on 42 snaps.
- at CINCINNATI (10/11): Totaled four tackles and 0.5 tackles for loss on 43 plays.
- WEST VIRGINIA (10/18): Notched a career-high tying seven tackles, 1.0 sacks and 1.0 tackles for loss on 48 snaps.
- at BAYLOR (11/1): Saw action in 58 plays, posting three tackles.
- HOUSTON (11/7): Ended the game with a career-high tying seven tackles and 1.0 tackles for loss on 50 snaps.
- at TEXAS TECH (11/15): Tallied two tackles on 49 plays.
- OKLAHOMA STATE (11/22): Posted three tackles on 43 snaps.
- at BYU (11/29): Finished the game with three tackles on 52 snaps.
- Did not appear in a game due to injury
Appeared in 13 games as a true freshman, totaling 416 snaps along the defensive line and on special teams... Totaled 24 tackles, 5.0 tackles for loss, 0.5 sacks.
- KENT STATE (8/31): Made his collegiate debut, totaling two tackles on 30 snaps.
- at BOISE STATE (9/9): Posted one tackle in 13 snaps.
- VILLANOVA (9/16): Tallied a season-high five tackles and a season-high 2.0 tackles for loss in 27 plays.
- at KANSAS STATE (9/23): Registered one tackle 22 snaps.
- BAYLOR (9/30): In a season-high 51 plays, had one tackle and 1.0 tackles for loss.
- at KANSAS (10/7): Totaled three tackles in 48 plays.
- at OKLAHOMA (10/21): Recorded 40 snaps played.
- WEST VIRGINIA (10/28): Snagged three tackles in 30 plays.
- at CINCINNATI (11/4): Notched two tackles. 0.5 sacks and 1.0 tackles for loss in 26 snaps played.
- OKLAHOMA STATE (11/11): Grabbed four tackles and 1.0 tackles for loss in 43 plays.
- at TEXAS TECH (11/18): Tallied one tackle 35 snaps played.
- HOUSTON (11/25): Totaled 24 plays.
- vs. GEORGIA TECH (12/22): Registered one tackle in 27 snaps played.
- Human Development and Family Sciences
- Was a four-star defensive lineman for Osceola High School in Kissimmee, Fla.
- Named the Defensive Player of Year and Orlando Sentinel Varsity all-area in 2022.
- First-team Florida 4S all-state in 2022 by FloridaHSFootball.com and SBLive.
- Made 79 tackles (42 solo), 16 for loss and nine sacks, caused two fumbles and recovered another as senior.
- Played in Under Armour All-America all-star game in January of 2023
- Majored in interdisciplinary studies at UCF
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