Eli Walker: DB · Kansas State · #7.
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Eli Walker
Plays like an extra linebacker near the line. Two seasons in the Kansas State secondary to date. One game to point at: 12 tackles and 1 tackle for loss against Baylor — Week 6, 2018.
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
68 tackles. 0 passes defended. 0 interceptions. 3 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 | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2018 | Kansas State | 68 | 51 | 3.0 | 0.0 |
| 2017 | Kansas State | 20 | 18 | 2.0 | 1.0 |
| Career | 88 | 69 | 5.0 | 1.0 |
Game log · Week-by-week
2018 season · 12 games
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| Wk | Opp | TKL | SOLO | TFL | SACK | INT | PD | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 1 | W 27-24vs South Dakota | 1 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 2 | L 10-31vs No. 18 Mississippi State | 4 | 3 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 3 | W 41-17vs UTSA | 5 | 5 | 1.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 4 | L 6-35@ No. 12 West Virginia | 8 | 7 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 5 | L 14-19vs No. 18 Texas | 11 | 10 | 1.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 6 | L 34-37@ Baylor | 12 | 9 | 1.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | Season-high 12 tackles |
| Wk 7 | W 31-12vs Oklahoma State | 7 | 4 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 9 | L 14-51@ No. 8 Oklahoma | 5 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 10 | L 13-14@ TCU | 3 | 2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 11 | W 21-17vs Kansas | 1 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 12 | W 21-6vs Texas Tech | 4 | 3 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 13 | L 38-42@ No. 25 Iowa State | 7 | 5 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Total | 68 | 51 | 3.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 |
Where his impact shows up on the stat sheet
PD rate
0%0 pass breakupsTackle volume
68tackles this seasonTFL rate
4%3 TFL68 tackles · 3 for loss.
2 seasons under Bill Snyder — 13-12 over that span.
Splits · Per-game
2018 season · 12 games
Home vs Road
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home7g | 4.7 | 0.3 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
| Road5g | 7.0 | 0.2 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
First half vs Second half
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Weeks 1-77g | 6.9 | 0.4 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
| Weeks 8+5g | 4.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
Supporting cast · Scheme
Staff and system around the player
Head Coach
Bill Snyder
Pass share
36.6%
291 pass / 503 run
Plays / game
66.2
12 games
Team sack rate
9.8%
337 dropbacks · PBP
Scheme: Run-heavy.
Player standing · 2018
68 tackles in 12 games, about as many tackles a game as a typical FBS defensive back who plays every week.
How it ended
Two seasons at Kansas State, 88 tackles — the college career is complete.
Coaching lineage · 2015–2018
1 coachPlayed every college season under Bill Snyder.
