#99

Pooda Walker

Senior defensive lineman for Memphis. 2025: 0.5 sacks, 4 tackles for loss, 28 tackles.

DL · Memphis · Sr. · #99

6′1″ · 305 lb · Pensacola, FL

CFB Index 29 · #331 of 420 edge rushersLow confidenceAll-ConferenceReturning to Memphis for 2026

How he plays

Controls the point of attack and doesn't move.

QB hurries: 88th percentile.

The full scouting read

The numbers

0.5

sacks · 2025

4 TFL · 28 tackles · 4 hurries

Best game: 0.5 sacks, 1.5 TFL, 7 tackles, at Rice

His career numbers, season by season

The story

4 defensive lineman for Memphis. 2025: 0.5 sacks, 4 tackles for loss, 28 tackles.

His career, year by year

Pooda Walker

DL · Memphis · Sr · #99

Controls the point of attack and doesn't move. Pooda Walker has played for two head coaches across two seasons and two programs. 2025 brought the first one: All-AAC. The receipt: 7 tackles, 1.5 TFL against Rice — Week 10, 2025.

Low coverage — composed from the verified record.

positional archetype classification
head-coach lineage
recognition record
game log

2025 snapshot

Season context · Team result + system

2024Kennesaw State2-10HC: Chandler Burks · Run-leaning, slow tempo

2025Memphis8-5HC: Ryan Silverfield · Run-leaning

Where this defender ranks vs the field

Box-score production percentiles vs the position cohort

29Below cohort / limited sample #331 of 420?

Medium confidence7 metrics · season cumulative

Elite: qb hurries (88th percentile). Concern: passes defended (18th percentile).

Box-score production (7)

QB hurries#288 / 2975 · 88th pct

Tackles for loss#736 / 2975 · 73rd pct

4.0

Sacks#1367 / 2975 · 51st pct

0.5

Tackles#1469 / 2975 · 49th pct

Forced fumbles#36 / 687 · 47th pct

Solo tackles#1735 / 2975 · 40th pct

Passes defended#1916 / 2975 · 18th 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
Home4g	2.8	0.5	0.0	0.0
Road7g	2.4	0.3	0.1	0.0

First half vs Second half

	TKL/g	TFL/g	SACK/g	PD/g
Weeks 1-77g	1.6	0.4	0.0	0.0
Weeks 8+4g	4.2	0.4	0.1	0.0

Supporting cast · Scheme

Staff and system around the player

2026 season

Head Coach

Charles Huff

Pass share

38.2%

66 pass / 107 run

Plays / game

57.7

3 games

Team sack rate

5.2%

77 dropbacks · PBP

Scheme: Run-heavy, slow tempo.

Awards

Player standing · 2025

All-Conference

Picked for an all-conference team by at least one selector.

Recognition

Roster2-deepStarterRecognizedEliteApex

Production · CFB Index Score

29 · #331 of 420 edge rushers

2026 outlook

Outside shot to repeat All-AAC

Based on 2025: #34 of 53 American Athletic DLs

How the All-AAC estimate is computed

15% estimated, 95% confidence interval 13–17%. 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	Memphis	28	12	4.0	0.5	--	--	--
2024	Kennesaw State	26	8	2.0	0.0	--	--	--
Career		54	20	6.0	0.5	--	--	--

Game log

Game log · Week-by-week

2025 season · 11 games

Box score · CFBD

Wk	Opp	TKL	SOLO	TFL	SACK	INT	Note
Wk 1	W 45-10vs Chattanooga	2	1	1.5	0.0	—
Wk 2	W 38-16@ Georgia State	1	1	0.0	0.0	—
Wk 3	W 28-7@ Troy	2	0	0.0	0.0	—
Wk 4	W 32-31vs Arkansas	2	1	0.0	0.0	—
Wk 5	W 55-26@ Florida Atlantic	1	0	0.0	0.0	—
Wk 6	W 45-7vs Tulsa	2	1	0.5	0.0	—
Wk 8	L 24-31@ UAB	3	1	0.0	0.0	—
Wk 10	W 38-14@ Rice	7	2	1.5	0.5	—	Season-high 7 tackles
Wk 12	L 27-31@ East Carolina	2	1	0.0	0.0	—
Wk 14	L 17-28vs Navy	5	4	0.0	0.0	—
Bowl	L 7-31@ NC State	1	0	0.5	0.0	—
Total		28	12	4.0	0.5	—

How he plays

Play style

The heaviest frame on the interior. Sack production is intentionally not the point of this profile.

CFB Index positional classification

Activity vs finishing · season enumeration

What the box score actually says

11 games

28Tackles

12Solo

4TFL

0.5Sacks

0Pass def.

0INT

28 tackles. 0 passes defended. 0 interceptions. 4 TFL.

Week 100.5 sacks

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

Memphis

2026 Depth chart

Projected starter

Defensive line · Memphis

Returning around him

1 Memphis player drafted to NFL
Transfer portal: +4 net (51 in / 47 out)

2026 Award watch

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

Memphis · Last season: 8-5 (AP #22) · Talent rank #67 · 2026 recruiting class #72

DNA match

Player DNA

Nose Anchor

The heaviest frame on the interior. Sack production is intentionally not the point of this profile.

IDL

His 2025 production profile sits closest to Fish McWilliams’s 2022 season.

Fish McWilliams

86%match

UAB · 2022

All-Conference USA

T.J. Bollers

California · 2024

84%

Dominick Brogna

Delaware · 2025

84%

Jelani Stafford

UConn · 2024

83%

Josh Ratcliff

Southern Miss · 2021

83%

Matches Fish on

Weight

TFL rate

Height

Not enough data yet for this comparison.

As a sophomore, his production profile tracks closest to T.J. Bollers's sophomore season at California (2024).

T.J. Bollers

89%match

California · 2024

Dominick Brogna

Delaware · 2025

85%

Rodney Mathews

Ohio · 2021

84%

Josh Ratcliff

Southern Miss · 2021

82%

Lawrence Johnson

Purdue · 2021

81%

Matches T.J. on

Class year

Sack rate

Hurry rate

Player DNA

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Luis Medina

Troy · 2024

90%

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

202511 games

2025 snapshot

Splits & context

Awards

All-Conference

Career stats

Game log

How he plays

DNA match

Nose Anchor

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