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Anthony Walker Named Walter Camp Defensive Player of the Week
9/20/2015 9:56:00 AM | Football
EVANSTON, Ill. — Sophomore middle linebacker Anthony Walker had a career day Saturday at Duke and as a result has been named the Walter Camp Football Foundation Defensive Player of the Week.
Walker had 14 tackles in the first half alone and finished the game with a career-high 19, marking the most by a Wildcat since the 2005 season. His play was instrumental in the 23rd-ranked Wildcats limiting the Blue Devils to just 10 points, 36 below their season average entering the game.
The Miami, Florida native also had 1.5 tackles for loss, bringing his season total to 6.5, which ranks eighth in the country at 2.2 per game. He is currently second in the Big Ten with 36 total tackles and ranks eighth in the country with 12.0 tackles per game.
Walker is the sixth Northwestern player (since 2004) to earn Walter Camp Player of the Week honors, and the second defensive player (former Wildcat LB Tim McGarigle was two-time winner, Oct. 31, 2004 and Oct. 9, 2005).
The Wildcats are off to their first 3-0 start since the 2013 season and the fifth under head coach Pat Fitzgerald. They return home to Ryan Field next Saturday for a primetime game on Big Ten Network against regional foe Ball State. Kickoff is scheduled for 7 p.m.
Walker had 14 tackles in the first half alone and finished the game with a career-high 19, marking the most by a Wildcat since the 2005 season. His play was instrumental in the 23rd-ranked Wildcats limiting the Blue Devils to just 10 points, 36 below their season average entering the game.
The Miami, Florida native also had 1.5 tackles for loss, bringing his season total to 6.5, which ranks eighth in the country at 2.2 per game. He is currently second in the Big Ten with 36 total tackles and ranks eighth in the country with 12.0 tackles per game.
Walker is the sixth Northwestern player (since 2004) to earn Walter Camp Player of the Week honors, and the second defensive player (former Wildcat LB Tim McGarigle was two-time winner, Oct. 31, 2004 and Oct. 9, 2005).
The Wildcats are off to their first 3-0 start since the 2013 season and the fifth under head coach Pat Fitzgerald. They return home to Ryan Field next Saturday for a primetime game on Big Ten Network against regional foe Ball State. Kickoff is scheduled for 7 p.m.
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