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Devontez Walker

WR · North Carolina · Jr. · #9

All-Conf HMBaltimore — drafted 2024, Rd 4, Pick 13, #113 overall
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Devontez Walker

WR · North Carolina · Jr · #9

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Career Arc

HS
Recruit
★★★
#2694 national
CFB
College
2 teams
2021–2023
NFL
NFL Draft
R4 · #113
Baltimore · 2024

Trophy Case · Confirmed honors

What the selectors said

2 entries
🎖

ALL-CONFERENCE

All-Conf mention (2023)

All-ACC

Coaching Lineage · 2021–2023

1 coach
2021
North Carolina
2022
North Carolina
2023
North Carolina

Played his entire career under Mack Brown.

Where He Ended Up · NFL

BaltimoreEntering 3rd NFL season

#113Rd 4 · Pick 13
BaltimoreEntering 3rd NFL season

2025 snapshot

Season context · Team result + system

2021Kent State7-7HC: Sean Lewis · Run-heavy, fast tempo
2022Kent State5-7HC: Sean Lewis · Run-leaning
2023North Carolina8-5HC: Mack Brown · Balanced

Awards

Trophy Case · Confirmed honors

What the selectors said

2 entries
🎖

ALL-CONFERENCE

All-Conf mention (2023)

All-ACC

Career stats

SeasonTeam
2023North Carolina4169917.07--
2022Kent State5892115.911--
2021Kent State512424.81--
Career1041,74416.819--
SeasonTeam
2023North Carolina323------
2022Kent State329------
2021Kent State----------
Career652------

Signature game

SIGNATURE GAME · Week 11 · 2023

W 47–45

vs Duke

7 rec · 162 yds

Edged out Duke at home in a shootout.

How he plays

Play style

Beats you over the top.

CFB Index positional classification

DNA match

Player DNA

Deep Threat

Stretches the field vertically. Every snap is a potential big play.

WR

His 2023 production profile sits closest to Malik Knowles’s 2021 season.

Kansas State · 2021

#2

Christan Horn

App State · 2023

69%
#3

Devin Carter

NC State · 2021

69%
#4

Ramel Keyton

Tennessee · 2023

69%
#5

Devontez Walker

Kent State · 2022

All-MACNFL Rd 4
68%

Matches Malik on

Reception volume

Differs from Malik on

Class year (lower)
TD rate (higher)
Yards / reception (higher)

Through 2 college seasons, his career arc tracks closest to Tre Nixon’s path through UCF.

Tre Nixon

98%match

UCF · 2020

NFL Rd 7
#2

Beau Kelly

Portland State · 2022

98%
#3

Will Vereen

South Carolina State · 2021

98%
#4

Kameron Brown

Coastal Carolina · 2021

94%
#5

Ja'Cory Thomas

Old Dominion · 2025

94%

Matches Tre on

Yards per reception
20222023

As a junior, his production profile tracks closest to Omarion Miller's junior season at Colorado (2025).

Colorado · 2025

#2

Ian Strong

Rutgers · 2025

72%
#3

Duece Watts

Tulane · 2022

69%
#4

Landon Ellis

James Madison · 2025

All-Sun Belt
69%
#5

Cornelius Johnson

Michigan · 2022

NFL Rd 7
68%

Matches Omarion on

Total EPA (college ability)
Yards / reception
Height

Development

Development Trajectory · receiving yards

2021–2023
1242021
9212022
6992023

+464%

Up 464% from first season to most-recent.