Arden Walker is a defensive end who has not played this season; the last season with a stat line was 2025, at Colorado.
Walker holds up snap after snap without a weakness to attack. The five seasons span two programs and two head coaches: Eli Drinkwitz and Deion Sanders. One game to point at: 5 tackles and 1 tackle for loss against Utah — Week 9, 2025.
Play style
No single standout number, but nothing missing either — competent across the board.
Activity vs finishing · season enumeration
What the box score actually says
42 tackles. 1 pass defended. 0 interceptions. 4.5 TFL.
Counts only, never a rate — splash-event sample sizes this small (interceptions, pass breakups, TFL) are noise as a rate and signal only as a tally.
Closest statistical matches, adjusted for opponent strength.
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Game log · Week-by-week
2025 season · 11 games
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| Wk | Opp | TKL | SOLO | TFL | SACK | INT | PD | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 1 | L 20-27vs Georgia Tech | 4 | 3 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 2 | W 31-7vs Delaware | 2 | 2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 3 | L 20-36@ Houston | 3 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 4 | W 37-20vs Wyoming | 6 | 5 | 1.5 | 1.5 | — | 1 | Season-high 6 tackles |
| Wk 5 | L 21-24vs No. 25 BYU | 5 | 2 | 1.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 6 | L 21-35@ TCU | 3 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 9 | L 7-53@ Utah | 5 | 2 | 1.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 10 | L 17-52vs Arizona | 2 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 11 | L 22-29@ West Virginia | 6 | 2 | 1.0 | 1.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 13 | L 17-42vs Arizona State | 3 | 3 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 14 | L 14-24@ Kansas State | 3 | 3 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Total | 42 | 25 | 4.5 | 2.5 | — | 1 |
Where his impact shows up on the stat sheet
Sack rate
6%2 sacksTFL rate
11%4 TFLHurry rate
12%5 hurriesPressure-to-sack conversion
33%2 of 8 pressures42 tackles · 4.5 for loss · 2.5 sacks.
Splits · Per-game
2025 season · 11 games
Home vs Road
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home6g | 3.7 | 0.4 | 0.2 | 0.2 |
| Road5g | 4.0 | 0.4 | 0.2 | 0.0 |
First half vs Second half
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Weeks 1-76g | 3.8 | 0.4 | 0.2 | 0.2 |
| Weeks 8+5g | 3.8 | 0.4 | 0.2 | 0.0 |
Supporting cast · Scheme
Staff and system around the player
Head Coach
Deion Sanders
Pass share
45.6%
356 pass / 424 run
Plays / game
65.0
12 games
Team sack rate
9.8%
409 dropbacks · PBP
Scheme: Run-leaning.
Player standing · 2025
42 tackles in 11 games, more tackles a game than most FBS defensive linemen who play every week.
Recognition
Production · CFB Zeitgeist Score
Three-star recruit. Now #218 at the position.
2026 outlook
In the mix for All-Big 12
Based on 2025: #10 of 22 Big 12 DEs
A base rate for the rank, not a forecast of this player: 35% of returning players who ranked #4–10 at their position in their conference made an all-conference team the next season (95% confidence interval 31–38%).
Four or fewer games in the first season, then ten or more.
The role got bigger.
Coaching lineage · 2021–2025
2 coachesPlayed for 2 head coaches at 2 schools: Eli Drinkwitz and Deion Sanders.
