Jalon Nicholas Walker (born February 24, 2004) is an American football linebacker.
[1][2][3] He was the 2021 North Carolina Gatorade Football Player of the Year after recording 79 tackles and eight sacks.
[5][6][7] Walker played in all 15 games his true freshman year at Georgia in 2022 and had nine tackles and one sack.
[10] As a junior in 2024, Walker was named a first team All-American and won the Butkus Award as the nation's top linebacker.
[12] Walker's father Curtis Walker has served as the head football coach at Catawba College since 2012, and has previously had stints as the defensive coordinator at Coastal Carolina University and Western Carolina University.