Usage / Role
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Rotational offensive role
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Player Dossier
2023-2025Purdue
Rico Walker
TE • 6'3" • 250 lbs • Hickory, NC, USA
Vertical playmakerExplosive finisher
Rico Walker reads as a vertical playmaker based on recent role and receiving efficiency.
Impact Production
18
Developing production for a tight end
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Reliability
10
Sporadic game-to-game production
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Star Power
28
Limited ceiling signals so far
limitedstar
Career Arc
Value trend by season
Best season by Season Value: 2025 Regular Season · Purdue
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Snapshot
- Career Teams
- 3
- Unique Seasons
- 3
- Program Path
- Maryland • Auburn • Purdue
- Peak Game
- Peak game by takeover score: Ohio State
4★
- Committed To
- Maryland
- Commit Date
- Jan 1, 2023
Rico Walker, TE. Best season Best season by Season Value: 2025 Regular Season · Purdue. Rico Walker reads as a vertical playmaker based on recent role and receiving efficiency.
Stat Footprint
Career production snapshot
- Receiving yards
- 127
- Receptions
- 13
Quick Answers
Rico Walker quick answers
- Latest team and position
- Purdue · TE
- Career Receiving Yards
- 127
- Tracked sample
- 3 unique seasons · 3 entries · 9 games
- Best season
- 2025 Regular Season · Purdue
- Top game
- Ohio State
- Recruit profile
- 4-star · Hickory · Maryland
- High school pipeline
- Hickory · 4 FBS recruits · 0 drafted players
- Latest roster
- No. 17 · Junior
- 2025 Receiving yards rank
- 100 receiving yards · TE 194th (top 41%) · Big Ten 124th (top 44%) · National 998th (top 46%)
Season Ledger
Crawlable season-by-season stats
| Season | Team | Games | Rec | Rec Yds | TD | Overall |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 Regular Season | Maryland | 4 | 4 | 27 | 0 | 32.3 |
| 2024 Regular Season | Auburn | 0 | - | 0 | 0 | - |
| 2025 Regular Season | Purdue | 5 | 9 | 100 | 0 | 71.1 |
Related Context
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Transfer Portal History
Matched portal movement
Rico Walker played TE for Maryland, Auburn, and Purdue. Across 3 tracked seasons, Rico Walker recorded 127 receiving yards and 1 tackles. His top tracked season came in 2025 with Purdue.
Player insights
Lead takeaway
Best season by value score: 2025 Regular Season
Purdue paired 100 primary output with 70.2 efficiency.
Supporting note
2025 Regular Season role shape
target-driven usage with 70.2 efficiency.
Supporting note
Career value is trending up
2025 Regular Season improved on the prior stop by season value score.
Supporting note
Multi-stop career journey
Production spans 3 team stops, with role shifts visible across Maryland, Auburn, Purdue.
Supporting note
Peak game by takeover score: Ohio State
Loss with an explosive receiving profile. It landed in the 100th percentile of the selected season.
Analysis workspace
Season Workbench
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Season Explorer
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2025 Regular Season · Purdue
Games
5
Receiving Yards / G
20
Efficiency
70.2
Usage
9.8
Consistency
81.3
Best Game by takeover score
Ohio State
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Game-by-Game Trend
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Chronological game order.
Game by game trend chart. Illinois: 9. Minnesota: 16. Northwestern: 20. Ohio State: 30. Washington: 25
Volume vs Efficiency
Each dot is a game. Farther right means the player carried more of the workload, and higher means they were more efficient with those chances.
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Volume on the x-axis, quality on the y-axis.
Volume versus efficiency scatter chart. Illinois: 1 by 60. Minnesota: 3 by 35.6. Northwestern: 1 by 100. Ohio State: 1 by 100. Washington: 3 by 55.6
Split Comparison
Compare how this player performed across different situations. "Games" shows how many matchups are included in each split.
First Half15 · Games = 3 · -12.5 vs Second Half
Second Half27.5 · Games = 2 · +12.5 vs First Half
Game Log
Dense stat lines with inline explanations and season-linked highlights.
5 games
Featured metric
Receiving Yards
Top game by takeover score
Ohio State
Best efficiency game
100 vs Ohio State
Career Arc
Track team changes, role shifts, and season-to-season movement.
- 1
Maryland
2023
Opening stop
- 2
Auburn
2024
Transition stop
- 3
Purdue
2025
Final stop
Season Value Progression
202320242025
| Season | Team | Primary | Efficiency | Usage | Delta |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 Regular Season | Maryland | 27 | 43.3 | 4.2 | — |
| 2024 Regular Season | Auburn | 0 | — | — | -27 |
| 2025 Regular Season | Purdue | 100 | 70.2 | 9.8 | 100 |
Signature Performances
Top Games
#1 Featured game
vs No. 2 Ohio State
Week 11 · L 10-34 · Conference game · Ranked opponent
Loss with an explosive receiving profile.
30
Receiving Yards
75.2 takeover
30 receiving yards with a 100 efficiency score.
#2
vs Charlotte
Week 2 · W 38-20
16
Receiving Yards
71.1 takeover
Win with an explosive receiving profile.
16 receiving yards with a 100 efficiency score.
#3
@ No. 13 Washington
Week 12 · L 13-49 · Conference game · Ranked opponent
25
Receiving Yards
65.9 takeover
Loss with an explosive receiving profile.
25 receiving yards with a 55.6 efficiency score.
#4
@ No. 51 Northwestern
Week 8 · L 0-19 · Conference game
20
Receiving Yards
62.6 takeover
Loss with an explosive receiving profile.
20 receiving yards with a 100 efficiency score.
#5
@ No. 70 Minnesota
Week 7 · L 20-27 · Conference game
16
Receiving Yards
45.5 takeover
Loss with an explosive receiving profile.
16 receiving yards with a 35.6 efficiency score.
Top Seasons
#1 Season by Season Value
2025 Regular Season · Purdue
100 primary output · 70.2 efficiency · 9.8 usage
71.1
#2
2023 Regular Season · Maryland
32.3
27 primary · 43.3 efficiency · 4.2 usage
#3
2024 Regular Season · Auburn
—
0 primary · — efficiency · — usage
Milestones
0
100+ receiving yards
0
8+ catch outings
0
2+ TD games
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