#13

Kani Walker

Senior defensive back for Arkansas. 2025: 1 interception, 11 pass breakups, 52 tackles.

DB · Arkansas · Sr. · #13

6′2″ · 201 lb · Atlanta, GA

CFB Index 80 · #43 of 364 cornersLow confidenceReturning to Arkansas for 2026

How he plays

Hits like a linebacker and still takes the ball away.

Passes defended: 99th percentile.

The full scouting read

The numbers

interception · 2025

11 PBU · 52 tackles · 3 TFL

Best game: 1 INT, 2 PBU, 9 tackles, vs Auburn

His career numbers, season by season

The story

4 defensive back for Arkansas. 2025: 1 interception, 11 pass breakups, 52 tackles.

Signed as a 3-star recruit to Louisville in 2021.
Transferred from Oklahoma to Arkansas in 2025.

His career, year by year

Kani Walker

DB · Arkansas · Sr · #13

Hits like a linebacker and still takes the ball away. Three head coaches in five seasons, at three different programs. One game to point at: 6 tackles against Tennessee — Week 7, 2025.

Low coverage — composed from the verified record.

positional archetype classification
head-coach lineage
game log

2025 snapshot

Season context · Team result + system

2021Louisville6-7HC: Scott Satterfield · Run-leaning, fast tempo

2022Oklahoma6-7HC: Brent Venables · Run-leaning, fast tempo

2023Oklahoma10-3HC: Brent Venables · Balanced

2024Oklahoma6-7HC: Brent Venables · Run-leaning

2025Arkansas2-10HC: Sam Pittman · Balanced

Where this defender ranks vs the field

Box-score production percentiles vs the position cohort

80All-Conference level #43 of 364?

Low confidenceAscending7 metrics · season cumulative

Elite: passes defended (99th percentile). Strength: solo tackles (85th percentile). Concern: qb hurries (22nd percentile).

Box-score production (7)

Passes defended#12 / 2975 · 99th pct

Solo tackles#417 / 2975 · 85th pct

Tackles#550 / 2975 · 81st pct

Sacks#847 / 2975 · 63rd pct

1.0

Tackles for loss#1001 / 2975 · 63rd pct

3.0

Interceptions#304 / 817 · 31st pct

QB hurries#1662 / 2975 · 22nd pct

Percentiles are versus same-position peers with enough snaps this season, based on box-score production. There are no play-by-play efficiency bars here: CFBD's play-value model credits offensive players only, so no defensive EPA exists to rank.

Splits & context

Splits · Per-game

2025 season · 11 games

Home/Road · Season halves

Home vs Road

	TKL/g	TFL/g	SACK/g	PD/g
Home7g	4.4	0.3	0.1	1.1
Road4g	5.2	0.2	0.0	0.8

First half vs Second half

	TKL/g	TFL/g	SACK/g	PD/g
Weeks 1-75g	4.4	0.2	0.0	1.2
Weeks 8+6g	5.0	0.3	0.2	0.8

Supporting cast · Scheme

Staff and system around the player

2026 season

Head Coach

Ryan Silverfield

Scheme reads (pass share, tempo, sack rate) need at least 3 team games — 2 games in so far.

Awards

Player standing · 2025

Part-time starter

Tackle volume for the position in part-time-starter range.

Recognition

Roster2-deepStarterRecognizedEliteApex

Production · CFB Index Score

80 · #43 of 364 corners

Three-star recruit. Now #43 at the position.

2026 outlook

In the mix for All-SEC

Based on 2025: #6 of 57 SEC DBs

How the All-SEC estimate is computed

35% estimated, 95% confidence interval 31–38%. Base rate measured from players who finished at a comparable rank in their conference and came back the next season. It is an estimate from a small sample, not a forecast of this player.

Career stats

Season	Team
2025	Arkansas	52	33	3.0	1.0	11	1	--
2024	Oklahoma	24	18	2.0	0.0	6	1	--
2023	Oklahoma	19	13	0.0	0.0	3	1	--
2022	Oklahoma	4	2	1.5	0.0	--	--	--
2021	Louisville	1	1	0.0	0.0	--	--	--
Career		100	67	6.5	1.0	20	3	--

Signature game

SIGNATURE GAME · Week 1 · 2025

W 52–7

vs Alabama A&M

1 SOLO · 2 TOT

Dominant 45-point win at home against Alabama A&M.

With T. Green — 322 yds · 6 TD · 0 INT · QBR 86.4 · 41 rush yds (9 car) · D. Bale — 1 REC · 45 AVG · 2 IN 20

Game log

Game log · Week-by-week

2025 season · 11 games

Box score · CFBD

Wk	Opp	TKL	SOLO	TFL	SACK	INT	PD	Note
Wk 1	W 52-7vs Alabama A&M	2	1	0.0	0.0	—	0
Wk 2	W 56-14vs Arkansas State	5	1	1.0	0.0	—	3
Wk 3	L 35-41@ Ole Miss	6	5	0.0	0.0	—	1
Wk 5	L 13-56vs Notre Dame	3	2	0.0	0.0	—	1
Wk 7	L 31-34@ Tennessee	6	3	0.0	0.0	—	1
Wk 8	L 42-45vs Texas A&M	4	4	0.0	0.0	—	1
Wk 9	L 24-33vs Auburn	9	4	0.0	0.0	1	2	Season-high 9 tackles
Wk 10	L 35-38vs Mississippi State	3	3	0.0	0.0	—	1
Wk 12	L 22-23@ LSU	5	2	1.0	0.0	—	0
Wk 13	L 37-52@ Texas	4	3	0.0	0.0	—	1
Wk 14	L 17-31vs Missouri	5	5	1.0	1.0	—	0
Total		52	33	3.0	1.0	1	11

How he plays

Play style

Hits like a linebacker and still takes the ball away.

CFB Index positional classification

Activity vs finishing · season enumeration

What the box score actually says

11 games

52Tackles

33Solo

3TFL

1Sacks

11Pass def.

1INT

52 tackles. 11 passes defended. 1 interceptions. 3 TFL.

Week 23 PD
Week 31 PD
Week 51 PD
Week 71 PD
Week 81 PD
Week 92 PD · 1 INT
Week 101 PD
Week 131 PD
Week 141 sack

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.

2026 Outlook

Arkansas

2026 Depth chart

Projected starter

Defensive back · Arkansas

Returning around him

4 Arkansas players drafted to NFL
Transfer portal: -1 net (42 in / 43 out)

2026 Award watch

No preseason watch lists yet (most drop June 15 – July 15)

Arkansas · Last season: 2-10 · Talent rank #36 · 2026 recruiting class #46

DNA match

Player DNA

Rover

Hits like a linebacker and still takes the ball away.

His 2025 production profile sits closest to Tarheeb Still’s 2021 season.

Tarheeb Still

77%match

Maryland · 2021

NFL Rd 5

Anthony Johnson

Virginia · 2022

All-ACC

76%

Tony Grimes

North Carolina · 2021

76%

Karon Prunty

Wake Forest · 2025

All-ACCNFL Rd 5

74%

Ja'Quan Sheppard

Cincinnati · 2022

All-AAC

74%

Matches Tarheeb on

PD rate

Tackle volume

Height

Differs from Tarheeb on

Class year (higher)

Weight (higher)

Not enough data yet for this comparison.

As a graduate, his production profile tracks closest to Roman Parodie's graduate season at Ohio (2024).

Roman Parodie

84%match

Ohio · 2024

Karon Prunty

Wake Forest · 2025

All-ACCNFL Rd 5

81%

Kempton Shine

Virginia · 2024

64%

Brandon Crossley

SMU · 2024

61%

Omarion Cooper

Memphis · 2025

All-AAC

60%

Matches Roman on

Class year

Tackle volume

Weight

Differs from Roman on

TFL rate (higher)

Player DNA

Players who play like Kani Walker

Lyrik Rawls

Oklahoma State · 2024

82%

Roman Pearson

Ball State · 2025

80%

Ray Thornton III

UAB · 2023

77%

Fred Davis II

Northwestern · 2025

74%

Coleman Bryson

Minnesota · 2024

72%

Stats from CFBD · ESPN · fan discourse. Every figure computed from source tables — not invented. Methodology

Kani Walker

2021

20223 games

202511 games

2025 snapshot

Splits & context

Awards

Part-time starter

Career stats

Signature game

Game log

How he plays

DNA match

Rover

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