Ricky Walker

Senior defensive lineman for Virginia Tech. 2018: 2 sacks, 10.5 tackles for loss, 49 tackles.

DL · Virginia Tech · Sr. · #8

6′2″ · 300 lb · Hampton, VA

Virginia Tech 2018 alumnus

Recruiting

3★

DT recruit

No. 393 nationally · Signed with Virginia Tech

No college snaps yet.

His career numbers, season by season

The story

4 defensive lineman for Virginia Tech. 2018: 2 sacks, 10.5 tackles for loss, 49 tackles.

Signed as a 3-star recruit to Virginia Tech in 2014.

His career, year by year

How it ended

Three seasons at Virginia Tech, 8 sacks — his college career is complete.

His career

He was on the field for 3 seasons. That is rarer than it sounds.

2014

Signed with Virginia Tech3-star out of Bethel

Career arc

Recruit

★★★

#393 national

CFB

College

Virginia Tech

2016–2018

NFL

NFL Draft

—

Not drafted

Coaching lineage · 2016–2018

1 coach

2016–2018

Justin Fuente

Virginia Tech

Played his entire career under Justin Fuente.

2018 snapshot

Season context · Team result + system

3 seasons under Justin Fuente — 25-15 over that span.

2016Virginia Tech10-4HC: Justin Fuente · Run-leaning, fast tempo

2017Virginia Tech9-4HC: Justin Fuente · Run-leaning, fast tempo

2018Virginia Tech6-7HC: Justin Fuente · Run-leaning

Where this defender ranks vs the field

Box-score production percentiles vs the position cohort

6 metrics · season cumulative

Elite: tackles for loss (95th percentile). Strength: qb hurries (91st percentile).

Box-score production (6)

Tackles for loss#130 / 2662 · 95th pct

10.5

QB hurries#184 / 2662 · 91st pct

Sacks#489 / 2662 · 78th pct

2.0

Tackles#658 / 2662 · 75th pct

Solo tackles#953 / 2662 · 63rd pct

Passes defended#1093 / 2662 · 48th 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

2018 season · 11 games

Home/Road · Season halves

Home vs Road

	TKL/g	TFL/g	SACK/g	PD/g
Home6g	5.3	1.2	0.2	0.2
Road5g	3.4	0.7	0.1	0.0

First half vs Second half

	TKL/g	TFL/g	SACK/g	PD/g
Weeks 1-75g	3.2	0.6	0.1	0.0
Weeks 8+6g	5.5	1.2	0.2	0.2

Supporting cast · Scheme

Staff and system around the player

2026 season

Head Coach

James Franklin

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

Awards

Player standing · 2018

Impact starter

Producing measurably more than a replacement-level starter.

Roster2-deepStarterRecognizedEliteApex

Career stats

Season	Team
2018	Virginia Tech	49	23	10.5	2.0	1	--	--
2017	Virginia Tech	41	19	12.5	4.5	1	--	--
2016	Virginia Tech	28	10	6.5	1.5	4	--	--
Career		118	52	29.5	8.0	6	--	--

Game log

Game log · Week-by-week