Usage / Role
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Rotational defensive role
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Player Dossier
2023-2025UCF
John Walker
DT • 6'4" • 324 lbs • Kissimmee, FL, USA
Ball-hunting defenderSplash play profile
John Walker shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 18.6 disruption score.
Impact Production
43
Developing production for a defensive lineman
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Reliability
38
Sporadic game-to-game production
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Star Power
67
Useful peak profile
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Career Arc
Value trend by season
Best season by Season Value: 2025 Regular Season · UCF
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Snapshot
- Career Teams
- 1
- Unique Seasons
- 3
- Program Path
- UCF
- Peak Game
- Peak game by takeover score: Villanova
Player Story
John Walker built his college career from 2023 through 2025 as a defensive tackle from Kissimmee, FL wearing No. 55, spending time with UCF. The clearest part of John Walker's career was his defensive production: 48...
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- Committed To
- UCF
- Commit Date
- Jan 1, 2023
John Walker, DT. Best season Best season by Season Value: 2025 Regular Season · UCF. John Walker shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 18.6 disruption score.
Stat Footprint
Career production snapshot
- Tackles
- 48
- TFL
- 7
- Sacks
- 1.5
- QB hurries
- 5
- Passes defended
- 1
Quick Answers
John Walker quick answers
- Latest team and position
- UCF · DT
- Career Tackles
- 48
- Tracked sample
- 3 unique seasons · 4 entries · 21 games
- Best season
- 2025 Regular Season · UCF
- Top game
- Villanova
- Recruit profile
- 4-star · Osceola · UCF
- High school pipeline
- Osceola · 25 FBS recruits · 0 drafted players
- Latest roster
- No. 55 · Sophomore
- 2025 Tackles rank
- 31 tackles · DT 43rd (top 19%) · Big 12 145th (top 20%) · National 1,331st (top 22%)
Season Ledger
Crawlable season-by-season stats
| Season | Team | Games | Tackles | TFL | Sacks | QB Hur | PD | TD | Overall |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 Postseason | UCF | 10 | 1 | - | 0 | - | - | 0 | 48.2 |
| 2023 Regular Season | UCF | 10 | 16 | 4.5 | 0.5 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 48.2 |
| 2024 Regular Season | UCF | 0 | 0 | - | 0 | - | - | 0 | - |
| 2025 Regular Season | UCF | 11 | 31 | 2.5 | 1 | 4 | - | 0 | 55 |
Related Context
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John Walker played DT for UCF. Across 3 tracked seasons, John Walker recorded 48 tackles. His top tracked season came in 2025 with UCF.
Player insights
Lead takeaway
Best season by value score: 2025 Regular Season
UCF paired 7.5 primary output with 18.6 efficiency.
Supporting note
2025 Regular Season role shape
impact-led usage with 18.6 efficiency.
Supporting note
Career value is trending up
2025 Regular Season improved on the prior stop by season value score.
Supporting note
Peak game by takeover score: West Virginia
Win with 2 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet. It landed in the 100th percentile of the selected season.
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2025 Regular Season · UCF
Games
11
Havoc Plays / G
0.7
Efficiency
18.6
Usage
5.6
Consistency
54.9
Best Game by takeover score
West Virginia
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Game-by-Game Trend
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Chronological game order.
Game by game trend chart. Jacksonville State: 0. North Carolina A&T: 0. North Carolina: 0. Kansas: 1. Cincinnati: 0.5. West Virginia: 2. Baylor: 1. Houston: 1. Texas Tech: 0. Oklahoma State: 1. BYU: 1
Volume vs Efficiency
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Volume versus efficiency scatter chart. Jacksonville State: 1 by 4.2. North Carolina A&T: 2 by 8.3. North Carolina: 2 by 8.3. Kansas: 1 by 14.2. Cincinnati: 4 by 21.7. West Virginia: 6 by 45. Baylor: 3 by 22.5. Houston: 5 by 30.8. Texas Tech: 2 by 8.3. Oklahoma State: 2 by 18.3. BYU: 3 by 22.5
Split Comparison
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Wins0.6 · Games = 5 · -0.2 vs Losses
Losses0.8 · Games = 6 · +0.2 vs Wins
Game Log
Dense stat lines with inline explanations and season-linked highlights.
11 games
Featured metric
Havoc Plays
Top game by takeover score
West Virginia
Best efficiency game
45 vs West Virginia
| Result | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sat 11/29 | @ BYU | L 21-41 | 3 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 11/22 | vs Oklahoma State | W 17-14 | 2 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 11/15 | @ Texas Tech | L 9-48 | 2 | 1 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 11/8 | vs Houston | L 27-30 | 5 | 4 | — | 1 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 11/1 | @ Baylor | L 3-30 | 3 | 2 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 10/18 | vs West VirginiaSplash game | W 45-13 | 6 | 5 | — | 1 | 1 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 10/11 | @ Cincinnati | L 11-20 | 4 | 0 | — | 0.50 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 10/4 | vs Kansas | L 20-27 | 1 | 1 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 9/20 | vs North Carolina | W 34-9 | 2 | 2 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 9/6 | vs North Carolina A&T | W 68-7 | 2 | 1 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Thu 8/28 | vs Jacksonville State | W 17-10 | 1 | 1 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
Player Story
John Walker story
John Walker built his college career from 2023 through 2025 as a defensive tackle from Kissimmee, FL wearing No. 55, spending time with UCF. The clearest part of John Walker's career was his defensive production: 48 tackles, 7 tackles for loss, 1.5 sacks, and 1 pass defended across 21 career games in the available record. That gives John Walker's career enough real context without stretching the story beyond the available production.
Career Arc
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UCF
2023-2025
Opening stop
Season Value Progression
2023202320242025
| Season | Team | Primary | Efficiency | Usage | Delta |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 Postseason | UCF | 7 | 14.1 | 4.1 | — |
| 2023 Regular Season | UCF | 7 | 14.1 | 4.1 | 0 |
| 2024 Regular Season | UCF | 0 | — | — | -7 |
| 2025 Regular Season | UCF | 7.5 | 18.6 | 5.6 | 7.5 |
Signature Performances
Top Games
#1 Featured game
vs Villanova
Week 3 · W 48-14
Win with 2 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
2
Havoc Plays
78.9 takeover
2 disruption/tackle impact with 78.9 takeover score.
#2
vs No. 93 West Virginia
Week 8 · W 45-13 · Conference game
2
Havoc Plays
78.6 takeover
Win with 2 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
2 disruption/tackle impact with 78.6 takeover score.
#3
vs No. 40 Houston
Week 11 · L 27-30 · Conference game
1
Havoc Plays
51.4 takeover
Loss with 1 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
1 disruption/tackle impact with 51.4 takeover score.
#4
@ Cincinnati
Week 10 · W 28-26 · Conference game
1.5
Havoc Plays
49.2 takeover
Win with 1.5 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
1.5 disruption/tackle impact with 49.2 takeover score.
#5
vs No. 58 Kansas
Week 6 · L 20-27 · Conference game
1
Havoc Plays
43.9 takeover
Loss with 1 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
1 disruption/tackle impact with 43.9 takeover score.
Top Seasons
#1 Season by Season Value
2025 Regular Season · UCF
7.5 primary output · 18.6 efficiency · 5.6 usage
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#2
2023 Postseason · UCF
48.2
7 primary · 14.1 efficiency · 4.1 usage
#3
2023 Regular Season · UCF
48.2
7 primary · 14.1 efficiency · 4.1 usage
Milestones
2
Impact games
2
Splash games
0
10+ tackle games
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