In Super Bowl XVII, Walker recorded four kickoff returns for 190 yards and a touchdown, setting Super Bowl records for most kick return yards and highest single game yards-per-return average (47.5).
In honor of his special teams highlights, the West Virginia Sports Writers Association gives out the Fulton Walker Award each year to the state's top high school special teams player.
[3] Walker was born and lived in Martinsburg, West Virginia, where he was the victim of a violent break-in at his home in August 2013.
[4] One of the men involved in the crime, during which Walker was beaten and assaulted, was sentenced to 18 years in prison.
[6] He is one of at least 345 NFL players to be diagnosed after death with chronic traumatic encephalopathy (CTE), which is caused by repeated hits to the head.