Walter Palmore: DL · Missouri · #99.
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Walter Palmore
Controls the point of attack and doesn't move. Two seasons in the Missouri defensive front to date. A game that shows it: 5 tackles and 1 tackle for loss against South Carolina — Week 6, 2018.
Play style
The heaviest frame on the interior. Sack production is intentionally not the point of this profile.
Activity vs finishing · season enumeration
What the box score actually says
31 tackles. 2 passes defended. 0 interceptions. 4 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
2018 season · 11 games
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| Wk | Opp | TKL | SOLO | TFL | SACK | INT | PD | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 1 | W 51-14vs UT Martin | 1 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 2 | W 40-13vs Wyoming | 2 | 2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 4 | L 29-43vs No. 2 Georgia | 3 | 2 | 1.0 | 0.0 | — | 1 | |
| Wk 6 | L 35-37@ South Carolina | 5 | 5 | 1.0 | 0.0 | — | 1 | Season-high 5 tackles |
| Wk 8 | W 65-33vs Memphis | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 9 | L 14-15vs No. 12 Kentucky | 2 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 10 | W 38-17@ No. 13 Florida | 3 | 0 | 0.5 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 11 | W 33-28vs Vanderbilt | 4 | 4 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 12 | W 50-17@ Tennessee | 4 | 1 | 1.5 | 1.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 13 | W 38-0vs Arkansas | 3 | 2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
 Bowl | L 33-38vs Oklahoma State | 3 | 2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Total | 31 | 20 | 4.0 | 1.0 | — | 2 |
Week 12 · 2018
W 50-17
at Tennessee
1 sack · 1.5 tackles for loss · 4 tackles
Dominant 33-point win on the road against Tennessee.
Where his impact shows up on the stat sheet
TFL rate
13%4 TFLSack rate
3%1 sackHurry rate
6%2 hurries31 tackles · 4 for loss · 1 sack.
2 seasons under Barry Odom — 15-11 over that span.
Splits · Per-game
2018 season · 11 games
Home vs Road
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home7g | 2.3 | 0.1 | 0.0 | 0.1 |
| Road3g | 4.0 | 1.0 | 0.3 | 0.3 |
First half vs Second half
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Weeks 1-75g | 2.8 | 0.4 | 0.0 | 0.4 |
| Weeks 8+6g | 2.8 | 0.3 | 0.2 | 0.0 |
Supporting cast · Scheme
Staff and system around the player
Head Coach
Barry Odom
Pass share
45.3%
451 pass / 544 run
Plays / game
76.5
13 games
Team sack rate
2.5%
487 dropbacks · PBP
Scheme: Run-leaning, fast tempo.
Player standing · 2018
About as many tackles a game as a typical FBS defensive lineman who plays every week.
How it ended
Two seasons at Missouri, 1 sacks — the college career is complete.
Coaching lineage · 2015–2018
2 coachesCoaching transition mid-career: Gary Pinkel → Barry Odom. Worth noting in scheme + development context.
