Usage / Role
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Major defensive role
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Player Dossier
2022-2024Kentucky
Deone Walker
DT • 6'6" • 345 lbs • Detroit, MI, USA
Ball-hunting defenderSplash play profile
Deone Walker shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 23.9 disruption score.
Impact Production
100
Top-tier box-score impact for a defensive lineman
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Reliability
100
Regular contributor with several takeover games
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Star Power
94
Blue-chip, NFL-level ceiling
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Career Arc
Value trend by season
Best season by Season Value: 2023 Postseason · Kentucky
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Snapshot
- Career Teams
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- Unique Seasons
- 3
- Program Path
- Kentucky
- Peak Game
- Peak game by takeover score: Missouri
Player Story
Deone Walker built his college career from 2022 through 2024 as a defensive tackle from Detroit, MI, spending time with Kentucky. The clearest part of Deone Walker's career was his defensive production: 131 tackles,...
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- Committed To
- Kentucky
- Commit Date
- Jan 1, 2022
NFL Draft
- Draft Year
- 2025
- Selection
- Round 4 · Pick 7
- Overall
- No. 109
- NFL Team
- Buffalo Bills
Deone Walker, DT. Best season Best season by Season Value: 2023 Postseason · Kentucky. Deone Walker shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 23.9 disruption score.
Stat Footprint
Career production snapshot
- Tackles
- 131
- TFL
- 21
- Sacks
- 10
- QB hurries
- 13
- Passes defended
- 6
Quick Answers
Deone Walker quick answers
- Latest team and position
- Kentucky · DT
- Career Tackles
- 131
- Tracked sample
- 3 unique seasons · 4 entries · 35 games
- Best season
- 2023 Postseason · Kentucky
- Top game
- Missouri
- Recruit profile
- 4-star · Cass Technical · Kentucky
- High school pipeline
- Cass Technical · 77 FBS recruits · 10 drafted players
- NFL Draft
- 2025 · Round 4 · Pick 7 · Buffalo Bills
- Latest roster
- Junior
- 2024 Tackles rank
- 37 tackles · DT 23rd (top 10%) · SEC 129th (top 18%) · National 1,059th (top 18%)
Season Ledger
Crawlable season-by-season stats
| Season | Team | Games | Tackles | TFL | Sacks | QB Hur | PD | TD | Overall |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 Regular Season | Kentucky | 12 | 39 | 3.5 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 48.5 |
| 2023 Postseason | Kentucky | 13 | 4 | 2 | 2 | - | - | 0 | 74.1 |
| 2023 Regular Season | Kentucky | 13 | 51 | 10.5 | 5.5 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 74.1 |
| 2024 Regular Season | Kentucky | 10 | 37 | 5 | 1.5 | - | 2 | 0 | 39.3 |
Related Context
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Deone Walker played DT for Kentucky. Across 3 tracked seasons, Deone Walker recorded 131 tackles. His top tracked season came in 2023 with Kentucky.
Player insights
Lead takeaway
Best season by value score: 2023 Postseason
Kentucky paired 30 primary output with 39.9 efficiency.
Supporting note
2023 Postseason role shape
impact-led usage with 39.9 efficiency.
Supporting note
Career value cooled off
2024 Regular Season fell back from the prior stop by season value score.
Supporting note
Peak game by takeover score: Missouri
Loss with 6 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet. It landed in the 100th percentile of the selected season.
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2023 Postseason · Kentucky
Games
13
Havoc Plays / G
2.3
Efficiency
39.9
Usage
12.8
Consistency
56.5
Best Game by takeover score
Missouri
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Chronological game order.
Game by game trend chart. Clemson: 4. Ball State: 0. Eastern Kentucky: 4. Akron: 0. Vanderbilt: 2. Florida: 3. Georgia: 1. Missouri: 6. Tennessee: 3. Mississippi State: 0. Alabama: 2. South Carolina: 4. Louisville: 1
Volume vs Efficiency
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Volume versus efficiency scatter chart. Clemson: 4 by 56.7. Ball State: 2 by 8.3. Eastern Kentucky: 5 by 60.8. Akron: 2 by 8.3. Vanderbilt: 3 by 32.5. Florida: 2 by 38.3. Georgia: 4 by 26.7. Missouri: 7 by 79.2. Tennessee: 3 by 42.5. Mississippi State: 2 by 8.3. Alabama: 5 by 40.8. South Carolina: 9 by 77.5. Louisville: 7 by 39.2
Split Comparison
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Wins1.4 · Games = 7 · -1.9 vs Losses
Losses3.3 · Games = 6 · +1.9 vs Wins
Game Log
Dense stat lines with inline explanations and season-linked highlights.
13 games
Featured metric
Havoc Plays
Top game by takeover score
Missouri
Best efficiency game
79.2 vs Missouri
| Result | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fri 12/29 | vs Clemson2+ sacks · Splash game | L 35-38 | 4 | 2 | — | 2 | 2 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 11/25 | @ Louisville | W 38-31 | 7 | 5 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sun 11/19 | @ South CarolinaSplash game | L 14-17 | 9 | 8 | — | 2 | 1 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 11/11 | vs AlabamaSplash game | L 21-49 | 5 | 1 | — | 1 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 11/4 | @ Mississippi State | W 24-3 | 2 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 10/28 | vs TennesseeSplash game | L 27-33 | 3 | 1 | — | 1 | 1 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 10/14 | vs MissouriSplash game | L 21-38 | 7 | 6 | — | 4 | 1 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 10/7 | @ Georgia | L 13-51 | 4 | 2 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 1 | — | — |
| Sat 9/30 | vs FloridaSplash game | W 33-14 | 2 | 1 | — | 1 | 1 | — | 1 | — | — |
| Sat 9/23 | @ VanderbiltSplash game | W 45-28 | 3 | 0 | — | 0.50 | 0.50 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 9/16 | vs Akron | W 35-3 | 2 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 9/9 | vs Eastern KentuckySplash game | W 28-17 | 5 | 1 | — | 1 | 1 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 9/2 | vs Ball State | W 44-14 | 2 | 1 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
Player Story
Deone Walker story
Deone Walker built his college career from 2022 through 2024 as a defensive tackle from Detroit, MI, spending time with Kentucky. The clearest part of Deone Walker's career was his defensive production: 131 tackles, 21 tackles for loss, 10 sacks, and 6 passes defended across 35 career games in the available record. His career also includes 40 return yards, giving the story more than a single-category snapshot. That gives Deone Walker's career enough real context without stretching the story beyond the available production.
Career Arc
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Kentucky
2022-2024
Opening stop
Season Value Progression
2022202320232024
| Season | Team | Primary | Efficiency | Usage | Delta |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 Regular Season | Kentucky | 11.5 | 23.1 | 9.2 | — |
| 2023 Postseason | Kentucky | 30 | 39.9 | 12.8 | 18.5 |
| 2023 Regular Season | Kentucky | 30 | 39.9 | 12.8 | 0 |
| 2024 Regular Season | Kentucky | 8.5 | 23.9 | 5.9 | -21.5 |
Signature Performances
Top Games
#1 Featured game
vs Missouri
Week 7 · L 21-38 · Conference game
Loss with 6 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
6
Havoc Plays
93.1 takeover
6 disruption/tackle impact with 93.1 takeover score.
#2
vs Louisville
Week 13 · W 26-13
3.5
Havoc Plays
86.7 takeover
Win with 3.5 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
3.5 disruption/tackle impact with 86.7 takeover score.
#3
@ South Carolina
Week 12 · L 14-17 · Conference game
4
Havoc Plays
81.4 takeover
Loss with 4 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
4 disruption/tackle impact with 81.4 takeover score.
#4
vs Eastern Kentucky
Week 2 · W 28-17
4
Havoc Plays
75.8 takeover
Win with 4 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
4 disruption/tackle impact with 75.8 takeover score.
#5
vs Auburn
Week 9 · L 10-24 · Conference game
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Havoc Plays
74.5 takeover
Loss with 2 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
2 disruption/tackle impact with 74.5 takeover score.
Top Seasons
#1 Season by Season Value
2023 Postseason · Kentucky
30 primary output · 39.9 efficiency · 12.8 usage
74.1
#2
2023 Regular Season · Kentucky
74.1
30 primary · 39.9 efficiency · 12.8 usage
#3
2022 Regular Season · Kentucky
48.5
11.5 primary · 23.1 efficiency · 9.2 usage
Milestones
9
Impact games
11
Splash games
0
10+ tackle games
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