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University of Pennsylvania Athletics

2018 Football

6 Jyron Walker

  • Height 5-9
  • Weight 175
  • Class Senior
  • Hometown Baton Rouge, La.
  • Highschool The Dunham School

Biography

Career Accolades: 2015, 2016 Ivy League Champion

2018: Started three games before suffering season-ending injury … Had a tackle against Bucknell (9/15) … Picked up two tackles and a pass breakup against Lehigh (9/22).

2017: Appeared in all 10 games, starting seven at cornerback … Finished with 20 tackles and four pass breakups … Had five tackles against Ohio Dominican (9/16) … Had four solo tackles at Lehigh (9/23) … Had two tackles at Brown (10/28) … Had three tackles and had two pass breakups against Princeton (11/4) … Had two solo tackles and added two pass breakups against Cornell (11/8).

2016: Started all 10 games at cornerback … Finished season with 33 total tackles … Led team with seven pass breakups … Made eight tackles, including seven solo stops, against Lehigh (9/17) … Had two tackles at Fordham (9/24) … Was in on three tackles and added an interception at Dartmouth (9/30) … Had three tackles and two pass breakups against Columbia (10/15) … Had five solo tackles against Brown (10/29) … Had six tackles at Princeton (11/5) … Made three solo tackles against No. 22 Harvard (11/11).

2015: Played in seven games … Finished with 20 tackles (14 solo) … Had five tackles and a pass breakup at Brown (10/31) … Recorded three tackles, one pass breakup and a blocked kick at Harvard (11/14).

The Dunham School: Four-year letterwinner ... Two-time team captain ... Three-time all-district ... Selected to 2015 Red Stick Bowl All-Star Game ... Also lettered three years in basketball ... Two-time team captain and three-time all-district in basketball ... Basketball team won the 2014 league championship with a 27-4 record ... Also lettered three years in track & field. 

Personal: Son of Shalonda and Gill Walker ... Uncle, Brian Mitchell, played in the NFL from 1990-2003 for the Washington Redskins, Philadelphia Eagles and New York Giants ... Enrolled in the College of Arts and Sciences.

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Historical Player Information

  • 38

    2015Freshman

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    5'9" 160 lbs
    38
  • 6

    2016Sophomore

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    5'9" 160 lbs
    6
  • 6

    2017Junior

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    5'9" 175 lbs
    6
  • 6

    2018Senior

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    5'9" 175 lbs
    6