Manny Walker: DE · Wake Forest · #12.
Closest statistical matches, adjusted for opponent strength.
Manny Walker
Holds up snap after snap without a weakness to attack. The four seasons span two programs and two head coaches: Dave Clawson and Rod Carey. A game that shows it: 7 tackles and 1 INT against Wagner — Week 4, 2021.
Play style
No single standout number, but nothing missing either — competent across the board.
Activity vs finishing · season enumeration
What the box score actually says
19 tackles. 4 passes defended. 2 interceptions. 1.5 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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| Season | Team | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | Wake Forest | 19 | 12 | 1.5 | 1.0 | 4 | 2 |
| 2020 | Temple | 19 | 13 | 7.0 | 2.0 | 1 | -- |
| 2019 | Wake Forest | 7 | 2 | 1.0 | 0.0 | -- | 1 |
| 2018 | Wake Forest | 12 | 9 | 4.0 | 2.0 | -- | -- |
| Career | 57 | 36 | 13.5 | 5.0 | 5 | 3 |
Game log · Week-by-week
2021 season · 11 games
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| Wk | Opp | TKL | SOLO | TFL | SACK | INT | PD | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 1 | L 14-61@ Rutgers | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 2 | W 45-24@ Akron | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | |
| Wk 3 | L 3-28vs Boston College | 1 | 1 | 0.0 | 1.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 4 | W 41-7vs Wagner | 7 | 6 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | Season-high 7 tackles |
| Wk 5 | W 34-31vs Memphis | 1 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 1 | |
| Wk 6 | L 3-52@ No. 5 Cincinnati | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 8 | L 14-34@ South Florida | 2 | 2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 10 | L 3-45@ East Carolina | 2 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 11 | L 8-37vs No. 17 Houston | 1 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 1 | |
| Wk 12 | L 10-44@ Tulsa | 1 | 0 | 0.5 | 0.0 | — | 2 | |
| Wk 13 | L 14-38vs Navy | 1 | 1 | 1.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Total | 19 | 12 | 1.5 | 1.0 | 2 | 4 |
Where his impact shows up on the stat sheet
Sack rate
5%1 sackTFL rate
8%2 TFLHurry rate
16%3 hurriesPressure-to-sack conversion
25%1 of 4 pressures19 tackles · 1.5 for loss · 1 sack · 2 interceptions.
Splits · Per-game
2021 season · 11 games
Home vs Road
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home5g | 2.2 | 0.2 | 0.2 | 0.4 |
| Road6g | 1.3 | 0.1 | 0.0 | 0.3 |
First half vs Second half
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Weeks 1-76g | 2.0 | 0.0 | 0.2 | 0.2 |
| Weeks 8+5g | 1.4 | 0.3 | 0.0 | 0.6 |
Supporting cast · Scheme
Staff and system around the player
Head Coach
Dave Clawson
Pass share
48.4%
519 pass / 554 run
Plays / game
82.5
13 games
Team sack rate
6.0%
565 dropbacks · PBP
Scheme: Balanced, fast tempo.
Player standing · 2021
Fewer tackles a game than most FBS defensive linemen who play every week.
Recognition
Production · CFB Zeitgeist Score
How it ended
Four seasons, at Wake Forest and Temple, 5 sacks — the college career is complete.
Coaching lineage · 2017–2021
2 coachesPlayed for 2 head coaches at 2 schools: Dave Clawson and Rod Carey.
