Walter Nolen: DT · Ole Miss · #2.
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Walter Nolen
Disrupts the pocket from the interior. Played for three head coaches across three seasons and two programs. The first one came in 2024: All-America (Consensus). A game that shows it: 8 tackles and 3.5 tackles for loss against Mississippi State — Week 14, 2024.
Play style
Disruptive interior rusher who lives in the backfield.
Activity vs finishing · season enumeration
What the box score actually says
47 tackles. 2 passes defended. 0 interceptions. 13 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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Game log · Week-by-week
2024 season · 13 games
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| Wk | Opp | TKL | SOLO | TFL | SACK | INT | PD | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 1 | W 76-0vs Furman | 2 | 1 | 1.0 | 0.0 | — | 1 | |
| Wk 2 | W 52-3vs Middle Tennessee | 2 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 3 | W 40-6@ Wake Forest | 4 | 2 | 0.5 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 4 | W 52-13vs Georgia Southern | 4 | 1 | 0.5 | 0.5 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 5 | L 17-20vs Kentucky | 7 | 4 | 1.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 6 | W 27-3@ South Carolina | 5 | 4 | 3.0 | 2.0 | — | 0 | 2 sacks |
| Wk 7 | L 26-29@ No. 13 LSU | 2 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 9 | W 26-14vs Oklahoma | 1 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 10 | W 63-31@ Arkansas | 2 | 1 | 0.5 | 0.5 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 11 | W 28-10vs No. 2 Georgia | 2 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 13 | L 17-24@ Florida | 8 | 7 | 3.0 | 1.0 | — | 1 | Season-high 8 tackles |
| Wk 14 | W 26-14vs Mississippi State | 8 | 2 | 3.5 | 1.5 | — | 0 | 3.5 TFL |
 Bowl | W 52-20vs Duke | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Total | 47 | 25 | 13.0 | 5.5 | — | 2 |
Week 6 · 2024
W 27-3
2 sacks · 3 tackles for loss · 5 tackles
Dominant 24-point win on the road against South Carolina.
Where his impact shows up on the stat sheet
TFL rate
28%13 TFLSack rate
12%6 sacksHurry rate
9%4 hurries47 tackles · 13 for loss · 5.5 sacks.
Splits · Per-game
2024 season · 13 games
Home vs Road
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home7g | 3.7 | 0.9 | 0.3 | 0.1 |
| Road5g | 4.2 | 1.4 | 0.7 | 0.2 |
First half vs Second half
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Weeks 1-78g | 3.2 | 0.8 | 0.3 | 0.1 |
| Weeks 8+5g | 4.2 | 1.4 | 0.6 | 0.2 |
Supporting cast · Scheme
Staff and system around the player
Head Coach
Lane Kiffin
Pass share
47.6%
433 pass / 477 run
Plays / game
70.0
13 games
Team sack rate
6.3%
474 dropbacks · PBP
Scheme: Balanced.
Player standing · 2024
First team on a majority of the recognized selector lists.
Recognition
Production · CFB Zeitgeist Score
Former five-star. Now #3 at the position.
Selector Grid · 2024
Named Consensus All-American — recognized on 3+ of the 5 NCAA-recognized selector lists.
How it ended
Three seasons, at Texas A&M and Ole Miss, 112 tackles, a Consensus All-American season (2024) — drafted at #16 overall by the Arizona Cardinals.
A blue-chip recruit with honors.
Trophy case · Confirmed honors
What the selectors said
ALL-AMERICA · CONSENSUS
Consensus AA (2024)
8 first-team selectors
ALL-SEC · 1ST TEAM
All-SEC 1st team (2024)
Coaching lineage · 2022–2024
3 coachesPlayed for 3 head coaches at 2 schools: Jimbo Fisher, Elijah Robinson and Lane Kiffin.
Next stop · NFL
Arizona CardinalsEntering 2nd NFL season
Arizona CardinalsEntering 2nd NFL season
