Arden Walker

Position:
Defensive Line
Ht./Wt.:
6-4 / 248
Class:
Freshman
Hometown:
Denver, Colo.
High School:
Cherry Creek

Eligibility Remaining: 2023, 2024, 2025

Honors & Awards

2022 SEC Fall Academic Honor Roll

2021-22 First-Year SEC Academic Honor Roll.

2022 (Redshirt Freshman): Saw action in 12 games this season, making his first-career start in the regular season finale against Arkansas (11/26), also started in the bowl game against Wake Forest (12/23) … had a fumble recovery at Kansas State (9/10) … made three tackles and had 1.5 TFL’s against New Mexico State (11/19).

2021 (Freshman): Appeared in four games for the Tigers, preserving a redshirt year … totaled five tackles on the season, including three solo ... made three tackles against SEMO (9/18).

High School: Three-star prospect at strongside defensive end by all the major recruiting services … Rivals.com rated him as the nation’s No. 32 strongside defensive end and the state of Colorado’s No. 6 recruit at any position … guided Cherry Creek to back-to-back Class 5A State Championships, highlighted by a 21-0 win in the 2020 state title game over rival Valor Christian to cap a perfect season for the school’s 11th state title … team earned the No. 1 ranking in Colorado according to MaxPreps following the season … Centennial League Defensive MVP … named first-team All-Centennial League as a senior … totaled 31 tackles, 10.0 tackles for loss and 6.0 sacks as a senior … closed his high school career with 157 career tackles, 14.0 sacks and 21.0 tackles for loss … had 59 tackles with 8.0 tackles for loss as a junior and 55 tackles with 3.0 tackles for loss as a sophomore … member of FCA.

Personal: Son of Art and Candice Walker … father played defensive tackle at Colorado … majoring in journalism.