Hall of Fame
The Troy, Ohio native played on three straight Mid-American Conference championship teams (1973-75) that posted an incredible mark of 32-1-1, and won three successive Tangerine Bowls. With 1,757 career yards rushing, Walker ranks 11th on the all-time Maim rushing list, and is also one of the all-time leaders at MU in kickoff returns and kick return yards. Walker, an all-MAC performer, was selected Miami's Most Valuable Player in 1975, and played wingback, tailback, and fullback during his career.
After being drafted by the Cincinnati Bengals in 1976, he came back to Miami as an assistant under Dick Crum in 1977, and then followed Crum to North Carolina, where he spent 10 seasons. In 1988, Walker went to Northwestern for two years, before returning to the "Cradle of Coaches" in 1989 as the Miami head coach. Walker's biggest thrill about being elected to the Hall of Fame is the chance to join his former teammates, Sherman Smith and Rob Carpenter in the elite group. That trio became one of the great backfields in all of college football that decade.
