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Rotational offensive role
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Player Dossier
2024-2025USC
Walker Lyons
TE • 6'4" • 245 lbs • Folsom, CA, USA
Reliable chain-moverPossession profile
Walker Lyons reads as a reliable chain-mover based on recent role and receiving efficiency.
Impact Production
24
Developing production for a tight end
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Reliability
22
Sporadic game-to-game production
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Star Power
41
Limited ceiling signals so far
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Career Arc
Value trend by season
Best season by Season Value: 2025 Regular Season · USC
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Snapshot
- Career Teams
- 1
- Unique Seasons
- 2
- Program Path
- USC
- Peak Game
- Peak game by takeover score: Georgia Southern
Player Story
Walker Lyons built his college career from 2024 through 2025 as a tight end from Folsom, CA wearing No. 85, spending time with USC. The clearest part of Walker Lyons' career was his receiving role: 26 catches, 259...
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- Committed To
- USC
- Commit Date
- Jan 1, 2023
Walker Lyons, TE. Best season Best season by Season Value: 2025 Regular Season · USC. Walker Lyons reads as a reliable chain-mover based on recent role and receiving efficiency.
Stat Footprint
Career production snapshot
- Receiving yards
- 259
- Receptions
- 26
- Touchdowns
- 2
Quick Answers
Walker Lyons quick answers
- Latest team and position
- USC · TE
- Career Receiving Yards
- 259
- Tracked sample
- 2 unique seasons · 2 entries · 14 games
- Best season
- 2025 Regular Season · USC
- Top game
- Georgia Southern
- Recruit profile
- 4-star · Folsom · USC
- High school pipeline
- Folsom · 38 FBS recruits · 2 drafted players
- Latest roster
- No. 85 · Sophomore
- 2025 Receiving yards rank
- 223 receiving yards · TE 97th (top 21%) · Big Ten 79th (top 28%) · National 576th (top 27%)
Season Ledger
Crawlable season-by-season stats
| Season | Team | Games | Rec | Rec Yds | TD | Overall |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 Regular Season | USC | 3 | 6 | 36 | 0 | 46.1 |
| 2025 Regular Season | USC | 11 | 20 | 223 | 2 | 59 |
Related Context
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Transfer Portal History
Matched portal movement
Walker Lyons played TE for USC. Across 2 tracked seasons, Walker Lyons recorded 259 receiving yards, 1 tackles, and 2 touchdowns. His top tracked season came in 2025 with USC.
Player insights
Lead takeaway
Best season by value score: 2025 Regular Season
USC paired 223 primary output with 63.7 efficiency.
Supporting note
2025 Regular Season role shape
target-driven usage with 63.7 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: Georgia Southern
Win with an explosive receiving profile. It landed in the 90.9th percentile of the selected season.
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Season Explorer
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2025 Regular Season · USC
Games
11
Receiving Yards / G
20.3
Efficiency
63.7
Usage
7.9
Consistency
46
Best Game by takeover score
Georgia Southern
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Game-by-Game Trend
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Chronological game order.
Game by game trend chart. Missouri State: 7. Georgia Southern: 40. Purdue: 9. Michigan State: 12. Illinois: 39. Michigan: 42. Notre Dame: 25. Northwestern: 9. Iowa: 12. Oregon: 6. UCLA: 22
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. Missouri State: 1 by 46.7. Georgia Southern: 2 by 100. Purdue: 1 by 60. Michigan State: 2 by 40. Illinois: 4 by 65. Michigan: 2 by 100. Notre Dame: 1 by 100. Northwestern: 1 by 60. Iowa: 2 by 40. Oregon: 1 by 40. UCLA: 3 by 48.9
Split Comparison
Compare how this player performed across different situations. "Games" shows how many matchups are included in each split.
Wins19.1 · Games = 8 · -4.2 vs Losses
Losses23.3 · Games = 3 · +4.2 vs Wins
Game Log
Dense stat lines with inline explanations and season-linked highlights.
11 games
Featured metric
Receiving Yards
Top game by takeover score
Georgia Southern
Best efficiency game
100 vs Notre Dame
| Result | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sun 11/30 | vs UCLA | W 29-10 | — | 3 | 22 | 7.3 | 7.30 | 0 | 10 |
| Sat 11/22 | @ Oregon | L 27-42 | — | 1 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 0 | 6 |
| Sat 11/15 | vs Iowa | W 26-21 | — | 2 | 12 | 6 | 6 | 0 | 9 |
| Sat 11/8 | vs Northwestern | W 38-17 | — | 1 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 0 | 9 |
| Sat 10/18 | @ Notre Dame | L 24-34 | — | 1 | 25 | 25 | 25 | 0 | 25 |
| Sat 10/11 | vs Michigan | W 31-13 | — | 2 | 42 | 21 | 21 | 0 | 21 |
| Sat 9/27 | @ Illinois | L 32-34 | — | 4 | 39 | 9.8 | 9.80 | 0 | 18 |
| Sun 9/21 | vs Michigan State | W 45-31 | — | 2 | 12 | 6 | 6 | 1 | 10 |
| Sat 9/13 | @ Purdue | W 33-17 | — | 1 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 0 | 9 |
| Sat 9/6 | vs Georgia Southern | W 59-20 | — | 2 | 40 | 20 | 20 | 1 | 26 |
| Sat 8/30 | vs Missouri State | W 73-13 | — | 1 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 0 | 7 |
Player Story
Walker Lyons story
Walker Lyons built his college career from 2024 through 2025 as a tight end from Folsom, CA wearing No. 85, spending time with USC. The clearest part of Walker Lyons' career was his receiving role: 26 catches, 259 receiving yards, and 2 touchdowns across 14 career games in the available record. His career also includes 1 tackle, giving the story more than a single-category snapshot. That gives Walker Lyons' career enough real context without stretching the story beyond the available production.
Career Arc
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USC
2024-2025
Opening stop
Season Value Progression
20242025
| Season | Team | Primary | Efficiency | Usage | Delta |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 Regular Season | USC | 36 | 47.4 | 6.9 | — |
| 2025 Regular Season | USC | 223 | 63.7 | 7.9 | 187 |
Signature Performances
Top Games
#1 Featured game
vs No. 103 Georgia Southern
Week 2 · W 59-20
Win with an explosive receiving profile.
40
Receiving Yards
76.2 takeover
40 receiving yards with a 100 efficiency score.
#2
vs No. 25 Michigan
Week 7 · W 31-13 · Conference game · Ranked opponent
42
Receiving Yards
75.6 takeover
Win with an explosive receiving profile.
42 receiving yards with a 100 efficiency score.
#3
@ No. 24 Illinois
Week 5 · L 32-34 · Conference game · Ranked opponent
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Receiving Yards
67.4 takeover
Loss with an explosive receiving profile.
39 receiving yards with a 65 efficiency score.
#4
@ No. 5 Notre Dame
Week 8 · L 24-34 · Ranked opponent
25
Receiving Yards
58.2 takeover
Loss with an explosive receiving profile.
25 receiving yards with a 100 efficiency score.
#5
vs Notre Dame
Week 14 · L 35-49
11
Receiving Yards
56.7 takeover
Loss with an explosive receiving profile.
11 receiving yards with a 73.3 efficiency score.
Top Seasons
#1 Season by Season Value
2025 Regular Season · USC
223 primary output · 63.7 efficiency · 7.9 usage
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#2
2024 Regular Season · USC
46.1
36 primary · 47.4 efficiency · 6.9 usage
Milestones
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100+ receiving yards
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8+ catch outings
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2+ TD games
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