Last confirmed: Northwestern, 2016. No 2026 box-score games on record.
6′1″ · Miami, FL
Anthony Walker: LB · Northwestern · #18.
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Anthony Walker
Carries tight ends down the field in coverage. Third year in the Northwestern linebacker corps. On tape: 12 tackles and 1 INT against Purdue, Week 11, 2016.
Play style
Carries tight ends and patrols the middle of the field in coverage.
Activity vs finishing · season enumeration
What the box score actually says
105 tackles. 5 passes defended. 1 interception. 10 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 him by name this season.
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| Season | Team | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2016 | Northwestern | 105 | 62 | 10.0 | 2.0 | 5 | 1 |
| 2015 | Northwestern | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | 1 |
| 2014 | Northwestern | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | 2 |
| Career | 105 | 62 | 10.0 | 2.0 | 5 | 4 |
Game log · Week-by-week
2016 season · 13 games
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| Wk | Opp | TKL | SOLO | TFL | SACK | INT | PD | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 1 | L 21-22vs Western Michigan | 7 | 5 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 2 | L 7-9vs Illinois State | 7 | 4 | 0.5 | 0.0 | — | 1 | |
| Wk 3 | W 24-13vs Duke | 5 | 4 | 2.0 | 1.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 4 | L 13-24vs No. 20 Nebraska | 4 | 2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 1 | |
| Wk 5 | W 38-31@ Iowa | 10 | 5 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 7 | W 54-40@ Michigan State | 7 | 4 | 1.0 | 1.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 8 | W 24-14vs Indiana | 11 | 10 | 2.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 9 | L 20-24@ No. 6 Ohio State | 8 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 10 | L 7-21vs No. 8 Wisconsin | 9 | 5 | 0.5 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 11 | W 45-17@ Purdue | 12 | 7 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | Season-high 12 tackles |
| Wk 12 | L 12-29@ Minnesota | 9 | 5 | 2.0 | 0.0 | — | 1 | |
| Wk 13 | W 42-21vs Illinois | 9 | 6 | 2.0 | 0.0 | — | 2 | |
 Bowl | W 31-24vs No. 22 Pittsburgh | 7 | 4 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Total | 105 | 62 | 10.0 | 2.0 | 1 | 5 |
Where his impact shows up on the stat sheet
Tackle volume
105tackles this seasonTFL rate
10%10 TFLSack rate
2%2 sacksPD rate
5%5 pass breakups105 tackles · 10 for loss · 2 sacks · 1 interception.
3 seasons under Pat Fitzgerald — 22-16 over that span.
Splits · Per-game
2016 season · 13 games
Home vs Road
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home7g | 7.4 | 1.0 | 0.1 | 0.6 |
| Road5g | 9.2 | 0.6 | 0.2 | 0.2 |
First half vs Second half
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Weeks 1-77g | 6.7 | 0.5 | 0.3 | 0.3 |
| Weeks 8+6g | 9.7 | 1.1 | 0.0 | 0.5 |
Supporting cast · Scheme
Staff and system around the player
Head Coach
Pat Fitzgerald
Pass share
49.8%
482 pass / 486 run
Plays / game
74.5
13 games
Team sack rate
7.2%
541 dropbacks · PBP
Scheme: Balanced.
Player standing · 2016
105 tackles in 13 games, more tackles a game than most FBS linebackers who play every week.
How it ended
Three seasons at Northwestern, 105 tackles — his college career is complete.
Coaching lineage · 2013–2016
1 coachPlayed his entire career under Pat Fitzgerald.
