Louisville lands a commitment from Tennessee transfer safety Wesley Walker
Walker, who used the gateway to access information last month and skipped last week’s Citrus Bowl, paid a formal visit to Louisville this past week. On Monday, he made his commitment public on social media.
The 200-pound, 6-foot-1 Walker began his career at Georgia Tech and is originally from Nashville, Tennessee. Before departing and joining Tennessee before the 2022 season, he appeared in 23 games during his three-year tenure with the Yellowjackets. During his two seasons with the Vols, he participated in 23 games.
Walker will have one season of eligibility remaining at Louisville.
Walker, who went through Senior Day before the regular-season finale against Vanderbilt, was a standout at Ensworth High School in Nashville. In his two years at Tennessee, Walker totaled 89 tackles, nine tackles for loss, two sacks, six pass breakups, one interception and one forced fumble.
As a senior, Walker was fourth on the team in tackles (53) this season and added 3.5 tackles for loss, one sack, two pass breakups and one forced fumble in 10 games, all starts. After he was a rotational player in the secondary in 2022, Walker took over a starting safety spot for the final two games of that season and started all but the final two games of this season, missing the Georgia and Vanderbilt games after suffering a knee injury against Missouri.
was the highest-graded returning safety in the SEC going into the 2023 season according to Pro Football Focus after he had 36 tackles, 5.5 tackles for loss, four pass breakups and one interception, which came in the Orange Bowl against Clemson, in 2022.
had nine-tackle games this season against SouthCar olina and Austin Peay, and he also had two pass breakups against the same team in 2023. With five solWalkero tackles, he contributed to the Vols’ 41-20 victory against the Gamecocks by making many crucial stops on third and fourth down. Walker produced one tackle for loss against Kentucky and 1.5 against Virginia in the season’s opening game.
Walker played in just 13 of the 20 games he started in Atlanta in 2020 and 2021 after serving as a three-game redshirt in his freshman season at Georgia Tech in 2019.
Walker racked up 96 tackles, two tackles for loss, six pass breakups, two forced fumbles, and one fumble recovery in 23 ACC games. In 2021, he recorded a career-high 10 tackles against Duke. In that same season, he also forced and recovered a fumble against Northern Illinois, broke up two passes and forced a fumble against Miami, and had two pass breakups against UCF.
Walker, a cornerback in the Class of 2019, was ranked as the 83rd overall and as the 30th best player in Tennessee.
