John Walker
Ohio State Buckeyes
91
Elite

John Walker

Ohio State BuckeyesElite
NTDefenseEliteTRANSFER · UCF
Projected Starter

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John Walker is the projected starter at NT for Ohio State Buckeyes.

Redshirt junior · #55 · 6'3", 302 lbs

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Depth at NT · Ohio State Buckeyes

  1. 15591John WalkerStarter
  2. 29478Jason Moore
  3. 39066Damari Simeon
  4. 49862Jamir Perez
  5. 59558Emanuel Ruffin

Ohio State Starting Lineup

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The Story

Elite-Tier Talent

A 4-star recruit out of Osceola, ranked #96 nationally coming out of high school. This season: 31 tackles, 2.5 TFL, 1 sacks. That's 4% of the team's production at his spot — good for a 91 overall (Elite tier).

Recruit4★ · #96 NatlTeam Share4%
Kissimmee, FL
Jersey
#55
Class
RS JR/TR
Height
6'3"
Weight
302 lbs
Transfer
UCF

Stats

SeasonTklTFLSacks
—312.51

Regular-season totals from public sources. Derived splits (completion %, yards per carry, catch rate) aren't available in our current dataset.

Recruiting Profile

Stars
★★★★☆4-star
Composite
0.9563
National Rank
#96
High School
Osceola
Hometown
Kissimmee, FL

Why this rating?

On a 94-rated defense; 77th-percentile production at transfer origin (×0.91 for competition level) put them +2 vs unit starters → 91.

Team defense (SP+)
94
Rating basis
On-field stats
Production (prior school)
Outperforms 77% of peers
Recruiting pedigree
Top 21% recruit
Strength of schedule
Faces easier competition — rating adjusted down (×0.91)
Depth-chart adjustment
+2 for role

2026 projection — based on SP+ (a respected team-efficiency metric; 2026 not published yet, using 2025), 2025 production, recruiting, and the 2026 transfer portal; capped to depth-chart order.

2026 Game Log

Oct 10WMDTKL 2
TKL
2
SOLO
0
SACK
0
INT
0
PD
0

Final W 45-16

Sep 26WILLTKL 3
TKL
3
SOLO
3
SACK
0
INT
0
PD
0

Final W 42-19

Sep 19WKENTTKL 1
TKL
1
SOLO
0
SACK
0
INT
0
PD
0

Final W 59-3

Sep 12LTEXTKL 4
TKL
4
SOLO
2
SACK
0
INT
0
PD
0

Final L 24-23

Sep 5WBALLTKL 1
TKL
1
SOLO
1
SACK
0
INT
0
PD
0

Final W 56-3

John Walker's 2026 game-by-game stat log.

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Team Role

31 tkl · 2.5 TFL · 1 sacks
Usage / Involvement50%
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