Quay Walker

Former linebacker at Georgia. 2021: 63 tackles, 5.5 tackles for loss, 1.5 sacks.

LB · Georgia · Sr. · #7

6′4″ · 240 lb · Cordele, GA

CFB Index 64 · #168 of 578 LBsHigh confidenceGreen Bay — drafted 2022, Rd 1, Pick 22, #22 overall

Recruiting

4★

OLB recruit

No. 31 nationally · Signed with Georgia

No college snaps yet.

His career numbers, season by season

The story

Former linebacker at Georgia. 2021: 63 tackles, 5.5 tackles for loss, 1.5 sacks.

Signed as a 4-star recruit to Georgia in 2018.
Drafted round 1 by the Green Bay in 2022.

His career, year by year

How it ended

Four seasons at Georgia, 135 tackles — drafted at #22 overall by Green Bay.

His career

He barely played early on. Then he did not come off the field.

20183 games

Signed with Georgia4-star out of Crisp County

2022

Drafted by Green Bayround 1, pick 22

Career arc

Recruit

★★★★

#31 national

CFB

College

Georgia

2018–2021

NFL

NFL Draft

R1 · #22

Green Bay · 2022

Coaching lineage · 2018–2021

1 coach

2018–2021

Kirby Smart

Georgia

Played his entire career under Kirby Smart.

Where He Ended Up · NFL

Green BayEntering 5th NFL season

#22Rd 1 · Pick 22

Green BayEntering 5th NFL season

View college career stats ↓

2021 snapshot

Season context · Team result + system

4 seasons under Kirby Smart — 45-8 over that span.

2018Georgia11-3HC: Kirby Smart · Run-heavy

2019Georgia12-2HC: Kirby Smart · Run-leaning

2020Georgia8-2HC: Kirby Smart · Run-leaning

2021Georgia14-1HC: Kirby Smart · Run-heavy

Where this defender ranks vs the field

Box-score production percentiles vs the position cohort

64Quality starter #168 of 578?

High confidence7 metrics · season cumulative

Elite: solo tackles (88th percentile). Strength: tackles (87th percentile).

Box-score production (7)

Solo tackles#307 / 2743 · 88th pct

Tackles#357 / 2743 · 87th pct

QB hurries#323 / 2743 · 84th pct

Tackles for loss#514 / 2743 · 80th pct

5.5

Sacks#704 / 2743 · 72nd pct

1.5

Passes defended#735 / 2743 · 67th pct

Forced fumbles#59 / 673 · 46th 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

2021 season · 11 games

Home/Road · Season halves

Home vs Road

	TKL/g	TFL/g	SACK/g	PD/g
Home5g	3.4	0.0	0.0	0.0
Road6g	5.3	0.8	0.2	0.2

First half vs Second half

	TKL/g	TFL/g	SACK/g	PD/g
Weeks 1-75g	3.6	0.4	0.2	0.0
Weeks 8+6g	5.2	0.4	0.1	0.2

Supporting cast · Scheme

Staff and system around the player

2026 season

Head Coach

Kirby Smart

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

Awards

Player standing · 2021

Part-time starter

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

Recognition

Roster2-deepStarterRecognizedEliteApex

Production · CFB Index Score

64 · #168 of 578 LBs

Former four-star. Now #168 at the position.

Career stats

Season	Team
2021	Georgia	63	39	5.5	1.5	2	--	--
2020	Georgia	43	26	2.0	1.0	--	--	--
2019	Georgia	23	12	3.5	2.5	--	--	--
2018	Georgia	6	4	0.0	0.0	--	--	--
Career		135	81	11.0	5.0	2	--	--

Game log

Game log · Week-by-week

2021 season · 11 games

Box score · CFBD

Wk	Opp	TKL	SOLO	TFL	SACK	INT	PD	Note
Wk 1	W 10-3@ Clemson	1	0	0.0	0.0	—	0
Wk 2	W 56-7vs UAB	2	0	0.0	0.0	—	0
Wk 3	W 40-13vs South Carolina	1	1	0.0	0.0	—	0
Wk 6	W 34-10@ Auburn	5	4	2.0	1.0	—	0
Wk 7	W 30-13vs Kentucky	9	3	0.0	0.0	—	0
Wk 9	W 34-7@ Florida	13	7	0.5	0.0	—	0	Season-high 13 tackles
Wk 10	W 43-6vs Missouri	4	3	0.0	0.0	—	0
Wk 11	W 41-17@ Tennessee	6	6	1.0	0.0	—	1
Wk 12	W 56-7vs Charleston Southern	1	1	0.0	0.0	—	0
Wk 13	W 45-0@ Georgia Tech	5	2	1.0	0.5	—	0
Wk 14	L 24-41@ Alabama	2	2	0.0	0.0	—	0
Total		49	29	4.5	1.5	—	1

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

Quay Walker

20183 games

2022

2021 snapshot

Splits & context

Awards

Part-time starter

Career stats

Game log

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