Biography
2016 (Senior)
All-MEAC third-team selection … Started all 11 games at strong safety … Was third on the team and 16th in the MEAC with 72 total tackles … Also contributed 6.5 tackles for loss (tied for second on the team) with one sack, one interception, three pass breakups and one forced fumble … Also blocked one kick a PAT against Elizabeth City State … The 72 tackles and 6.5 TFL were bests for any season in Walker’s career … Had two tackles for loss among his four total tackles at top-10 FCS foe Richmond … Also had a pass breakup in that game … Made seven stops with one tackle for loss and a pass breakup at William & Mary … Had eight tackles and a quarterback hurry against Howard … Also made eight stops, including half a TFL, against Bethune-Cookman … Was in on six tackles with one sack and a forced fumble in the win over Morgan State … Recorded eight tackles, a tackle for loss and an interception at S.C. State … Had a season-high nine tackles and a pass breakup in the win at Hampton to close the season.
2015 (Junior)
Played and started the first eight games of the year at safety … Missed the last three games of the season due to a knee injury … Despite missing the last month of the year, Walker was still seventh on the team with 45 total tackles … Also tallied two tackles for loss, one interception and one pass breakup … Started off the year with six tackles (four solo) at Rutgers … Posted a career-high 10 tackles at ODU … Made four tackles, one for loss, in the win at Howard … Recorded nine tackles and a pass deflection against North Carolina A&T … Was in on seven tackles, one for loss, at Bethune-Cookman … Made three tackles and also intercepted a pass at N.C. Central before the leaving the game with an injury … Named the Defensive MVP of the 2016 spring football practice season.
2014 (Sophomore)
Emerged as a key playmaker in NSU’s secondary … Walker played in all 12 games and started 10 times at strong safety, including the last nine games of the season … Finished seventh on the team and second among NSU’s defensive backs in tackles, with 43 … Also contributed 3.5 tackles for loss, one sack and eight pass deflections … Notched two tackles in each of the first three games … Made seven stops, including one for a loss, and deflected a pass against Buffalo … Deflected a career-high three passes and made three tackles the following week in the win against Morgan State … Credited with four tackles and two pass breakups in the win at Hampton … Had his best game of the season at Florida A&M, where he recorded a career-high nine tackles (seven solo) and two tackles for loss … Had one sack against FAMU, a fourth-down stop in NSU territory to force a turnover on downs in NSU’s two-point win … Made four tackles against Bethune-Cookman … Broke up two passes and had two tackles against N.C. Central … Named to the NSU Athletics Director’s Honor Roll for the fall semester … Also a member of the MEAC Commissioner’s All-Academic Team.
2013 (Freshman)
Played in all 12 games as a rookie … Made one start at safety, vs. Old Dominion … Also played extensively on NSU’s special teams coverage units … Registered 25 total tackles on the year, 19 of them solo … Had one interception and two pass deflections during the year … Made a season-high five tackles (four solo) at Rutgers … Recorded four tackles in his start vs. ODU … Made his first career INT at N.C. Central … Prevented a would-be touchdown later in that game with a pass breakup in the end zone … Also had one pass deflection against S.C. State … Earned a spot on the NSU Athletics Director’s Honor Roll for the fall 2013 semester.
High School
Two-year letterwinner at L.C. Bird … First-team All-Dominion District pick as a senior … Also named to the district all-academic team … Named to the Richmond Times Dispatch All-Metro and All-Central Region second teams … Teamed with fellow NSU signee Jay Anderson to help L.C. Bird win the state Division 6 championship … Had the game-clinching tackle on a fourth-and-1 play in the title game … Named the defensive player of the game in the state title game … Tallied 92 total tackles, 16 tackles for loss, 12.5 sacks, four forced fumbles, two fumble recoveries, six interceptions and 10 pass deflections … was second-team all-district at safety as a junior.
Personal
Brandon L. Walker was born on Dec. 27, 1994 … Son of Rose Belle … Majoring in business management.
Walker’s Career Highs
Tackles: 10 (at Old Dominion, 9-12-15)
TFL: 2.0 (2x, last at Richmond, 9-10-16)
Sacks: 1.0 (2x, last vs. Morgan State, 10-29-16)
INT: 1 (3x, last at S.C. State, 11-12-16)
PD: 3 (vs. Morgan State, 9-27-14)
