His position of choice is as at Fullback but he can play on the Wing Shannon Walker grew up in the rural country town of Kyogle in a large family as one of eight children.

In 2006, a year after representing Kyogle in first grade, Walker moved north to the Gold Coast to further his professional league career.

[citation needed] He enrolled with the renowned rugby league nursery Palm Beach Currumbin High School and in his first year with the college was selected for the 2006 Queensland Schoolboys team and 2006 Australian Schoolboys Tour of Britain and France, where in the Australians first match against Wales Walker was named man-of-the-match.

After his success in the Queensland Cup Walker headed the list of youngsters widely tipped to make an impact for the Titans and battle for an NRL debut.

[citation needed] On 8 May 2011 Walker announced he had signed a contract with ARU to join the Australian Sevens Squad.