Cameron Walker: DB · California · #3.
Closest statistical matches, adjusted for opponent strength.
Cameron Walker
Plays like an extra linebacker near the line. Third year in the same secondary at California. A game that shows it: 8 tackles and 1 tackle for loss against UCLA — Week 13, 2016.
Play style
Lives near the line of scrimmage as a de facto extra linebacker.
Activity vs finishing · season enumeration
What the box score actually says
55 tackles. 3 passes defended. 1 interception. 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.
No outlet on our list has written about this player by name this season.
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| Season | Team | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2016 | California | 55 | 31 | 5.0 | 0.0 | 3 | 1 |
| 2015 | California | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | 1 |
| 2014 | California | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | 1 |
| Career | 55 | 31 | 5.0 | 0.0 | 3 | 3 |
There is no official box score for these seasons, so this sack count comes from the play-by-play.
Each sack is credited to the player named on the play, and a sack shared by two players counts as half for each. We checked the same method against the official box scores for 2016 to 2019: it lands within half a sack for about 9 in 10 players. Tackles and passes defended are not shown for these seasons because the same check does not hold for them. Source: SportsDataverse play data.
Game log · Week-by-week
2016 season · 12 games
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| Wk | Opp | TKL | SOLO | TFL | SACK | INT | PD | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 1 | W 51-31vs Hawai'i | — | — | — | — | 1 | — | |
| Wk 2 | L 40-45@ San Diego State | 2 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 3 | W 50-43vs No. 11 Texas | 7 | 4 | 0.5 | 0.0 | — | 1 | |
| Wk 4 | L 41-51@ Arizona State | 1 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 5 | W 28-23vs No. 18 Utah | 8 | 3 | 1.0 | 0.0 | — | 1 | Season-high 8 tackles |
| Wk 6 | L 44-47@ Oregon State | 3 | 2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 8 | W 52-49vs Oregon | 5 | 3 | 2.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 9 | L 24-45@ USC | 6 | 5 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 10 | L 27-66vs No. 4 Washington | 4 | 2 | 0.5 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 11 | L 21-56@ No. 23 Washington State | 6 | 4 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 12 | L 31-45vs Stanford | 5 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 13 | W 36-10vs UCLA | 8 | 5 | 1.0 | 0.0 | — | 1 | |
| Total | 55 | 31 | 5.0 | 0.0 | 1 | 3 |
Week 5 · 2016
W 28-23
vs Utah
1 tackle for loss · 8 tackles · 1 pass breakup
A close one, won by 5 at home.
Where his impact shows up on the stat sheet
PD rate
5%3 pass breakupsInterceptions
1interceptionsTackle volume
55tackles this seasonTFL rate
9%5 TFL55 tackles · 5 for loss · 3 pass breakups · 1 interception.
3 seasons under Sonny Dykes, all pass-leaning, fast tempo offenses — 18-19 over that span.
Splits · Per-game
2016 season · 12 games
Home vs Road
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home6g | 6.2 | 0.8 | 0.0 | 0.5 |
| Road5g | 3.6 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
First half vs Second half
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Weeks 1-76g | 3.5 | 0.2 | 0.0 | 0.3 |
| Weeks 8+6g | 5.7 | 0.6 | 0.0 | 0.2 |
Supporting cast · Scheme
Staff and system around the player
Head Coach
Sonny Dykes
Pass share
60.3%
621 pass / 409 run
Plays / game
85.8
12 games
Team sack rate
2.6%
661 dropbacks · PBP
Scheme: Pass-leaning, fast tempo.
Player standing · 2016
About as many tackles a game as a typical FBS defensive back who plays every week.
How it ended
Three seasons at California, 55 tackles — the college career is complete.
Coaching lineage · 2013–2016
1 coachPlayed every college season under Sonny Dykes.
