John Walker

Position:
Defensive Tackle
Height:
6-3
Weight:
303
Hometown:
Kissimmee, Fla.
Last School:
Osceola / UCF
Year:
Redshirt Junior

Honors and Awards

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

Career Highs

7 Total Tackles (Two Times last vs. UCF on Nov. 7, 2025)

2.0 Tackles for Loss vs. Villanova (Sept. 16, 2025)

Prior to Ohio State
Redshirt Sophomore 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.

Sophomore at UCF (2024)

Did not appear in a game due to injury...Redshirted.

Freshman at UCF (2023)
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.