ENGLEWOOD, Colo. — Georgia outdoors linebacker Jalon Walker, who is among the high edge gamers on this 12 months’s draft, suffered an harm throughout coaching and won’t work out on campus for NFL evaluators till April 17.
Sources instructed ESPN’s Jordan Reid on Tuesday that Walker suffered a thigh harm in a coaching session, and whereas it’s not thought of severe, it won’t enable Walker to take part within the Bulldogs’ on-campus professional day as initially scheduled. Sources instructed Reid that Walker will as a substitute have a non-public exercise for scouts and personnel executives in April.
Walker didn’t work out with the sting rushers or linebackers ultimately week’s scouting mix in Indianapolis.
In his newest mock draft, Reid has Walker because the No. 15 choice total, ESPN’s Mel Kiper Jr. has Walker because the No. 8 participant total on his newest massive board and Walker is a top-10 participant on the ESPN’s consensus draft board.
Walker was measured in at 6-foot-1, 243 kilos in Indianapolis with an armspan of a a lot larger participant at 79⅞ inches — the attain size scouts need in rushers. By comparability Mississippi’s Walter Nolen’s armspan, at 6-foot-3¾ and 296 kilos, was measured at 78⅝ inches.
Walker was the Butkus Award winner because the nation’s greatest linebacker this previous season as he led the Bulldogs’ protection in deal with for loss (10.5) and sacks (6.5), with three of these sacks coming towards Texas. Walker was credited by the Georgia teaching workers with 10 quarterback hurries towards Kentucky alone this previous season.
Walker had 37 tackles this previous season with two fumble recoveries.
