Usage / Role
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Rotational defensive role
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Player Dossier
2019-2022Virginia Tech
J.R. Walker
LB • 6'0" • 223 lbs • Clayton, NC, USA
Ball-hunting defenderSplash play profile
J.R. Walker shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 14.4 disruption score.
Impact Production
32
Developing production for a linebacker
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Reliability
22
Sporadic game-to-game production
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Star Power
48
Limited ceiling signals so far
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Career Arc
Value trend by season
Best season by Season Value: 2022 Regular Season · Virginia Tech
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Snapshot
- Career Teams
- 1
- Unique Seasons
- 4
- Program Path
- Virginia Tech
- Peak Game
- Peak game by takeover score: Miami
Player Story
J.R. Walker built his college career from 2019 through 2022 as a linebacker from Clayton, NC wearing No. 19, spending time with Virginia Tech. The clearest part of J.R. Walker's career was his defensive production:...
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- Committed To
- Virginia Tech
- Commit Date
- Jan 1, 2019
J.R. Walker, LB. Best season Best season by Season Value: 2022 Regular Season · Virginia Tech. J.R. Walker shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 14.4 disruption score.
Stat Footprint
Career production snapshot
- Tackles
- 24
- TFL
- 2
- QB hurries
- 2
Quick Answers
J.R. Walker quick answers
- Latest team and position
- Virginia Tech · LB
- Career Tackles
- 24
- Tracked sample
- 4 unique seasons · 4 entries · 11 games
- Best season
- 2022 Regular Season · Virginia Tech
- Top game
- Miami
- Recruit profile
- 4-star · Clayton · Virginia Tech
- High school pipeline
- Clayton · 8 FBS recruits · 0 drafted players
- Latest roster
- No. 19 · Junior
- 2022 Tackles rank
- 18 tackles · LB 570th (top 47%) · ACC 219th (top 36%) · National 2,024th (top 35%)
Season Ledger
Crawlable season-by-season stats
| Season | Team | Games | Tackles | TFL | Sacks | QB Hur | PD | TD | Overall |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2019 Regular Season | Virginia Tech | 0 | 0 | - | 0 | - | - | 0 | - |
| 2020 Regular Season | Virginia Tech | 3 | 6 | - | 0 | - | - | 0 | 40.5 |
| 2021 Regular Season | Virginia Tech | 0 | 0 | - | 0 | - | - | 0 | - |
| 2022 Regular Season | Virginia Tech | 8 | 18 | 2 | 0 | 2 | - | 0 | 44.7 |
Related Context
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J.R. Walker played LB for Virginia Tech. Across 4 tracked seasons, J.R. Walker recorded 24 tackles. His top tracked season came in 2022 with Virginia Tech.
Player insights
Lead takeaway
Best season by value score: 2022 Regular Season
Virginia Tech paired 4 primary output with 14.4 efficiency.
Supporting note
2022 Regular Season role shape
impact-led usage with 14.4 efficiency.
Supporting note
Career value is trending up
2022 Regular Season improved on the prior stop by season value score.
Supporting note
Peak game by takeover score: Miami
Loss with 1.5 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet. It landed in the 100th percentile of the selected season.
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2022 Regular Season · Virginia Tech
Games
8
Havoc Plays / G
0.5
Efficiency
14.4
Usage
3.7
Consistency
33.3
Best Game by takeover score
Miami
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Game-by-Game Trend
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Chronological game order.
Game by game trend chart. Boston College: 0. Wofford: 0.5. Pittsburgh: 0. Miami: 1.5. NC State: 0. Georgia Tech: 1. Duke: 0. Liberty: 1
Volume vs Efficiency
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Volume versus efficiency scatter chart. Boston College: 3 by 12.5. Wofford: 3 by 17.5. Pittsburgh: 4 by 16.7. Miami: 4 by 31.7. NC State: 2 by 8.3. Georgia Tech: 0 by 10. Duke: 1 by 4.2. Liberty: 1 by 14.2
Split Comparison
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Wins0.5 · Games = 3 · +0 vs Losses
Losses0.5 · Games = 5 · +0 vs Wins
Game Log
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8 games
Featured metric
Havoc Plays
Top game by takeover score
Miami
Best efficiency game
31.7 vs Miami
Player Story
J.R. Walker story
J.R. Walker built his college career from 2019 through 2022 as a linebacker from Clayton, NC wearing No. 19, spending time with Virginia Tech. The clearest part of J.R. Walker's career was his defensive production: 24 tackles and 2 tackles for loss across 11 career games in the available record. That gives J.R. Walker's career enough real context without stretching the story beyond the available production.
Career Arc
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Virginia Tech
2019-2022
Opening stop
Season Value Progression
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| Season | Team | Primary | Efficiency | Usage | Delta |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2019 Regular Season | Virginia Tech | 0 | — | — | — |
| 2020 Regular Season | Virginia Tech | 0 | 8.3 | 1.6 | 0 |
| 2021 Regular Season | Virginia Tech | 0 | — | — | 0 |
| 2022 Regular Season | Virginia Tech | 4 | 14.4 | 3.7 | 4 |
Signature Performances
Top Games
#1 Featured game
vs Miami
Week 7 · L 14-20 · Conference game
Loss with 1.5 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
1.5
Havoc Plays
69.5 takeover
1.5 disruption/tackle impact with 69.5 takeover score.
#2
@ Liberty
Week 12 · W 23-22
1
Havoc Plays
36.4 takeover
Win with 1 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
1 disruption/tackle impact with 36.4 takeover score.
#3
vs Georgia Tech
Week 10 · L 27-28 · Conference game
1
Havoc Plays
35.6 takeover
Loss with 1 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
1 disruption/tackle impact with 35.6 takeover score.
#4
vs Wofford
Week 3 · W 27-7
0.5
Havoc Plays
34.7 takeover
Win with 0.5 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
0.5 disruption/tackle impact with 34.7 takeover score.
#5
@ Pittsburgh
Week 6 · L 29-45 · Conference game
0
Havoc Plays
13.1 takeover
Loss with 0 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
0 disruption/tackle impact with 13.1 takeover score.
Top Seasons
#1 Season by Season Value
2022 Regular Season · Virginia Tech
4 primary output · 14.4 efficiency · 3.7 usage
44.7
#2
2020 Regular Season · Virginia Tech
40.5
0 primary · 8.3 efficiency · 1.6 usage
#3
2019 Regular Season · Virginia Tech
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0 primary · — efficiency · — usage
Milestones
1
Impact games
0
Splash games
0
10+ tackle games
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