Jalon Walker

CAREER

• Has notched 33 tackles (21 solo), nine quarterback hits, five tackles for loss and 5.5 sacks in 15 career games. He has also recorded three solo tackles on special teams.
• Finished the season with the second-most sacks amongst all rookies with 5.5.
• Recorded his first-career fumble recovery in Week 10. He finished the game with six tackles (a career-best four solo), one sack, one forced fumble and one fumble recovery.
• Earned Pepsi Zero Sugar Rookie of the Week honors for his Week 9 performance where he recorded the first forced fumble of his career on a strip-sack of Patriots QB Drake Maye, leading to an Atlanta touchdown. He also notched the first pass defense of his career and recorded career highs in sacks (two), tackles (five), solo tackles (four) and tackles for loss (two).
• Totaled two tackles (one solo) and one quarterback hit against the Commanders (9/28/25).
• Recorded his first career sack in Week 2 against the Vikings and finished the game with two assisted tackles (9/14/25).
• Made his NFL debut in Week 1 against the Buccaneers (2025).

COLLEGE

• Spent three seasons (2022-24) at Georgia, totaling 89 tackles (56 solo), 12.5 sacks, three passes defensed and one forced fumble in 43 games for the Bulldogs.
• Tallied 60 tackles (37 solo), 10.5 tackles for loss, 6.5 sacks, two passes defensed and one forced fumble in 14 games in 2024, earning the Butkus Award for the nation's top linebacker.
• Recorded seven quarterback pressures, three sacks and a fumble recovery against Texas in 2024, earning SEC Defensive Player of the Week honors.
• Appeared in all 14 games for Georgia in 2023, logging 20 tackles (14 solo), six tackles for loss, a team-leading five sacks, five quarterback hits and one forced fumble.
• Appeared in 15 games in 2022 and logged nine tackles (five solo), one sack and one pass defense. Saw action as a reserve linebacker and on kick coverage units in all 15 games, blocking a first-quarter Kent State punt that resulted in a safety.

PERSONAL

• Attended Salisbury HS.
• Majored in communication studies
• Recipient of the Michael A. Kahn Family Football Scholarship and the Erskine "Erk" Russell Football Scholarship.