Player Dossier

2017-2020

Western Kentucky

Gaej Walker

RB • 6'0" • 195 lbs • Tampa, FL, USA

Balanced backfield optionSteady chain mover

Gaej Walker leans balanced backfield option traits and 43 efficiency.

Usage / Role

49%

Rotational offensive role

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Impact Production

73

High-end production for a back

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Reliability

100

Regular contributor with several takeover games

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Star Power

55

Useful peak profile

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Career Arc

Value trend by season

Best season by Season Value: 2019 Postseason · Western Kentucky

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Snapshot

Career Teams
1
Unique Seasons
4
Program Path
Western Kentucky
Peak Game
Peak game by takeover score: Central Arkansas

Player Story

Gaej Walker built his college career from 2017 through 2020 as a running back from Tampa, FL wearing No. 5, spending time with Western Kentucky. The clearest part of Gaej Walker's career was his backfield work: 1,853...

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Recruit Profile

Class 2016 · Rating 0.7711

East Bay · Gibsonton, FL

Committed To
Western Kentucky
Commit Date
Jan 1, 2016

Gaej Walker, RB. Best season Best season by Season Value: 2019 Postseason · Western Kentucky. Gaej Walker leans balanced backfield option traits and 43 efficiency.

Stat Footprint

Career production snapshot

Scrimmage yards
2,080
Rushing yards
1,853
Receiving yards
227
Touchdowns
12

Quick Answers

Gaej Walker quick answers

Latest team and position
Western Kentucky · RB
Career Scrimmage Yards
2,080
Tracked sample
4 unique seasons · 6 entries · 32 games
Best season
2019 Postseason · Western Kentucky
Top game
Central Arkansas
Recruit profile
2-star · East Bay · Western Kentucky
High school pipeline
East Bay · 10 FBS recruits · 0 drafted players
Latest roster
No. 5 · Senior
2020 Scrimmage yards rank
732 scrimmage yards · RB 69th (top 12%) · Conference USA 6th (top 3%) · National 108th (top 5%)

Season Ledger

Crawlable season-by-season stats

SeasonTeamGamesScrimmageRush YdsRec YdsTDOverall
2017 Regular SeasonWestern Kentucky00000-
2018 Regular SeasonWestern Kentucky6000150
2019 PostseasonWestern Kentucky131339340082.6
2019 Regular SeasonWestern Kentucky131,2151,115100882.6
2020 PostseasonWestern Kentucky12613130156.6
2020 Regular SeasonWestern Kentucky1267161457256.6

Related Context

Gaej Walker played RB for Western Kentucky. Across 4 tracked seasons, Gaej Walker recorded 1,853 rushing yards, 227 receiving yards, and 9 tackles. His top tracked season came in 2019 with Western Kentucky.

Player insights

Lead takeaway

Best season by value score: 2019 Postseason

Western Kentucky paired 1,348 primary output with 52.9 efficiency.

Supporting note

2020 Postseason role shape

backfield-heavy usage with 43 efficiency.

Supporting note

Career value stayed steady

2020 Regular Season tracked close to the prior stop by season value score.

Supporting note

Peak game by takeover score: Florida International

Win with 127 yards from scrimmage and efficient touch value. It landed in the 100th percentile of the selected season.

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Season Workbench

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2020 Postseason · Western Kentucky

Games

12

Scrimmage Yards / G

61

Efficiency

43

Usage

25.6

Consistency

56.1

Best Game by takeover score

Florida International

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Game-by-Game Trend

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Chronological game order.

Game by game trend chart. Georgia State: 61. Louisville: 19. Liberty: 34. Middle Tennessee: 15. Marshall: 5. UAB: 41. Chattanooga: 99. BYU: 85. Florida Atlantic: 94. Southern Miss: 37. Florida International: 127. Charlotte: 115

Volume vs Efficiency

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Volume on the x-axis, quality on the y-axis.

Volume versus efficiency scatter chart. Georgia State: 10 by 49.6. Louisville: 9 by 22. Liberty: 11 by 32.2. Middle Tennessee: 5 by 31.3. Marshall: 3 by 17.4. UAB: 10 by 43.5. Chattanooga: 18 by 55.3. BYU: 19 by 46.2. Florida Atlantic: 19 by 49.3. Southern Miss: 11 by 35. Florida International: 17 by 77.8. Charlotte: 20 by 56.2

Split Comparison

Compare how this player performed across different situations. "Games" shows how many matchups are included in each split.

Wins78.6 · Games = 5 · +30.2 vs Losses
Losses48.4 · Games = 7 · -30.2 vs Wins

Game Log

Dense stat lines with inline explanations and season-linked highlights.

12 games

Featured metric

Scrimmage Yards

Top game by takeover score

Florida International

Best efficiency game

77.8 vs Florida International

Result
Sat 12/26@ Georgia StateL 21-398313.9012306.1
Sun 12/6@ CharlotteW 37-1919985.2001175.8
Sat 11/21vs Florida International100 rush yardsW 38-21171277.5017.5
Sat 11/14vs Southern MissW 10-711373.4003.4
Sat 11/7@ Florida AtlanticL 6-1017784.6002164.9
Sun 11/1@ BYUL 10-4117754.4002104.5
Sat 10/24vs ChattanoogaW 13-1017885.2001115.5
Sat 10/17@ UABL 14-379384.200134.1
Sat 10/10vs MarshallL 14-38351.7001.7
Sat 10/3@ Middle TennesseeW 20-17515303
Sat 9/19vs LibertyL 24-3011343.1003.1
Sun 9/13@ LouisvilleL 21-359192.1012.1

Player Story

Gaej Walker story

Gaej Walker built his college career from 2017 through 2020 as a running back from Tampa, FL wearing No. 5, spending time with Western Kentucky. The clearest part of Gaej Walker's career was his backfield work: 1,853 rushing yards, 384 carries, 11 rushing touchdowns, and 227 receiving yards across 32 career games in the available record. His career also includes 227 receiving yards and 9 tackles, giving the story more than a single-category snapshot. That gives Gaej Walker's career enough real context without stretching the story beyond the available production.

Career Arc

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    Western Kentucky

    2017-2020

    Opening stop

Season Value Progression

201720182019201920202020
SeasonTeamPrimaryEfficiencyUsageDelta
2017 Regular SeasonWestern Kentucky0
2018 Regular SeasonWestern Kentucky000
2019 PostseasonWestern Kentucky1,34852.935.61,348
2019 Regular SeasonWestern Kentucky1,34852.935.60
2020 PostseasonWestern Kentucky7324325.6-616
2020 Regular SeasonWestern Kentucky7324325.60

Signature Performances

Top Games

#1 Featured game

vs Central Arkansas

Week 1 · L 28-35

Loss with 167 yards from scrimmage and efficient touch value.

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Scrimmage Yards

92.8 takeover

167 scrimmage yards and 32.8 usage.

#2

vs Florida International

Week 12 · W 38-21 · Conference game

127

Scrimmage Yards

92.6 takeover

Win with 127 yards from scrimmage and efficient touch value.

127 scrimmage yards and 35.4 usage.

#3

vs Middle Tennessee

Week 14 · W 31-26 · Conference game

132

Scrimmage Yards

86.2 takeover

Win with 132 yards from scrimmage and efficient touch value.

132 scrimmage yards and 34 usage.

#4

@ Charlotte

Week 14 · W 37-19 · Conference game

115

Scrimmage Yards

82.3 takeover

Win with 115 yards from scrimmage and efficient touch value.

115 scrimmage yards and 36.4 usage.

#5

vs Army

Week 7 · W 17-8

147

Scrimmage Yards

81.2 takeover

Win driven by a workhorse rushing load.

147 scrimmage yards and 37.5 usage.

Top Seasons

#1 Season by Season Value

2019 Postseason · Western Kentucky

1,348 primary output · 52.9 efficiency · 35.6 usage

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#2

2019 Regular Season · Western Kentucky

82.6

1,348 primary · 52.9 efficiency · 35.6 usage

#3

2020 Postseason · Western Kentucky

56.6

732 primary · 43 efficiency · 25.6 usage

Milestones

8

100+ rush yards

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150+ scrimmage yards

2

2+ TD games