Walker O'Steen
Walker O'Steen
Ranges from hash to hash and makes his own tackles. Walker O'Steen has been at Jacksonville State through two head coaches in two seasons. One game to point at: 14 tackles, 1 INT against Kennesaw State — Week 12, 2025.
Low coverage — composed from the verified record.
- positional archetype classification
- head-coach lineage
- game log
Career Arc
Coaching Lineage · 2024–2025
2 coachesCoaching transition mid-career: Rich Rodriguez → Charles Kelly. Worth noting in scheme + development context.
2025 snapshot
Season context · Team result + system
Splits & context
Supporting Cast · Scheme
Staff and system around the player
Head Coach
Charles Kelly
Awards
Player Standing · 17 rungs
Tier 2 · StarterR06 · Starter
Starter. Tackle volume for the position at a full-time starter's level.
Career stats
| Season | Team | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | Jacksonville State | 78 | 48 | 6.0 | 2.5 | 1 | 3 | -- |
| 2024 | Jacksonville State | 6 | 3 | 0.0 | 0.0 | -- | -- | -- |
| Career | 84 | 51 | 6.0 | 2.5 | 1 | 3 | -- |
Signature game
SIGNATURE GAME · Week 4 · 2025
W 45–10
vs Murray State
6 TOT · 2 SOLO · 1 INT
Dominant 35-point win at home against Murray State.
How he plays
Play style
Ranges from hash to hash and makes his own tackles.
CFB Index positional classification
2026 Outlook
Jacksonville State
2026 Depth chart
Projected starter
Linebacker · Jacksonville State
Returning around him
- Transfer portal: +7 net (20 in / 13 out)
2026 Award watch
No preseason watch lists yet (most drop June 15 – July 15)
Jacksonville State · Last season: 9-5 · Talent rank #111 · 2026 recruiting class #86
DNA match
Player DNA
Sideline-to-Sideline
Ranges from hash to hash and makes his own tackles.
His 2025 production profile sits closest to Tristan Driggers’s 2022 season.
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Not enough data yet for this comparison.
As a sophomore, his production profile tracks closest to Jaden Hicks's sophomore season at Washington State (2023).
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Background
JAX STATE CAREER 2024: Played in 10 games, mostly making contributions on special teams units...Totaled six tackles...Made two solo stops in Homecoming victory over Southern Miss (9/21)...Added a solo tackle in regular season finale at Western Kentucky (11/30)...Assisted on two tackles against Oh...