1:22 JACKSONVILLE, Fla. - About an hour before the Jacksonville Jaguars ended the suspense and selected Georgia defensive end Travon Walker with the No. 'Man, I thought he did some really good things,' Pederson said after the game. It's not the NCAA's job to do your job for you, nor is it their job to project their players' performance is an entirely different league with different rules. Once Saturday afternoon arrives, NFL teams can do a heck of a lot worse than drafting the guy who led the nation in hurries and led a Power 5 conference in sacks. But that's how draft punditry (and actual scouting) works: we may opine broadly and confusingly about Hutchinson's hand technique or "bend" and build elaborate athletic profiles around the one 3-cone drill he performed on television, but five quarterback pressures per game in a Power 5 conference? 'Really, you just like the get off. He also earned an impressive BackCAST grade. Even though he was right, Kiper was not so happy with the pick when speaking to Sportscenter's Scott Van Peltafter the draft,citing Walker's lack of production at the college level. Name: Travon Walker Position: Defensive lineman School: Georgia Ht/Wt: 6-5, 272 40-yard dash: 4.51 seconds Bench: Did not bench Vertical: 35.5 inches Broad: 123 inches 3-cone: 6.89 seconds 20-yard shuttle: 4.32 seconds Meet the Prospect: Travon Walker View photos of NFL prospect Travon Walker. As a young man, my BMT% at Subway was very high. video Jaguars outside linebacker Travon Walker meets with the media in the locker room during Week 1 of the regular season ahead of the matchup against the Washington Commanders. What Walker can learn from a player like him is beyond words. A high sack rate is an easy-to-spot red flag for a quarterback prospect. Draft Team Jacksonville Jaguars. First-overall pick Travon Walker and co were there too. A post-fumble completion for loss (assuming this means a quarterback fumbles the ball, recovers, then throws the ball forward to another player for a net loss of yardage on the play) would be as a fumble-and-recovery for the quarterback and a normal pass for negative yardage. Latest on Jacksonville Jaguars linebacker Travon Walker including news, stats, videos, highlights and more on ESPN or is this ANOTHER case. There was Michigan's Aidan Hutchinson, a dominant pass rusher who won the Lombardi Award for top college lineman. Florida quarterback Anthony Richardson (15) throws a pass while under pressure from Georgia defensive lineman Travon Walker (44) during the first half of an NCAA college football game,. With new coordinator Mike Caldwell, consultant Bob Sutton and defensive line coach Brentson Buckner having their hands on his development, Walker will line up opposite bookend rusher Josh Allen (whom the team exercised a fifth-year option on this week). What possible use could that morsel of information have? That number, which comes from the Sports Info Solutions Datahub, should not surprise you. "Blown blocks" are much more subjective than pressures or hurries. We want to be able to put our players in position to make plays and present a picture to the offense where maybe you dont know where a blitz is coming from. Finally, do you think that new Jaguars defensive coordinator Mike Caldwell would find it useful to have a player of Walkers athletic potential spying mobile quarterbacks from a nose shade look? The manual is by Aaron Brooks G. In reply to How on earth did Bryce Young by Aaron Brooks G, In reply to How on earth did Bryce Young by Travis. Tsss, In reply to We all know itshouldbe by fynsta. The No. End of the Line for Kendricks, Hicks in Minnesota? Along with multiple pressures and a game-sealing sack to preserve the 33-18 victory over the Crimson Tide, . Walker, of course, was the top overall pick by the Jaguars last year. Ikem Ekwonu, who shifted between left tackle and guard and is still a work in progress, recorded a 1.8% blown block rate. Copyright 2000-2023 Sports Reference LLC. Dont make it any bigger than its supposed to be.. . On defense, that included No. All rights reserved. Tafua has some NFL-caliber traits, including deft moves and an ability to time the snap count. By Jordan D. Hill Apr 28, 7:21 PM. ), is just not a starting-caliber prospect. Anyone who takes Smith in the first round had better be able to redshirt him in 2022. Or in considering a less-accomplished example from the history of defensive ends taken No. His high-school graduating class was so small the commencement ceremony lasted just over an hour. He also needs work in certain areas, so its time to see where the first-overall pick fits in an NFL defense. Thats kind of when I knew this team could be special and get the job done, and it had the group of guys to do it., Related: Put it on us: Jamaree Salyer position change opens up offense in National Championship win for Georgia. As always, Football Outsiders' 2022 NFL draft coverage is presented by Underdog Fantasy! 1 pick overall in the NFL draft on Thursday night, new coach Doug Pederson addressed a few thousand fans at a draft party and made a bold promise. Brugler had Walker rated the highest, projecting the Falcons would take him at 11th overall. He could very well be the top corner in the league for years to come. For small towns, football means everything and that has been the case for Walker, and there's no reason for him to change his view on it or how he operates during his daily routines within the sport. He can win around the edge with quickness and convert explosion to power at contact to push linemen backwards. 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And it comes with No. Walker has superior size and length with elite athleticism and top-level speed - ran a ridiculous 4.51 at the combine while weighing in at 272 lbs Has the long arms you look for - that allows him to keep offensive lineman at bay Can make the impressive chest-to-chest bear hug tackle in the hole due to his ability to wreak havoc in the backfield Walker had six sacks last season; Robert Beal led the team with 6.5,. While his production may be down, there's a lot to see in Walker, according to former NFL scout and ESPN analyst Field Yates. He will be a top-10 pick in 2023. Because at University of Georgia, we play a lot of different defenses, and so therefore you can be scattered all out on the field from playing a five technique, a four I on the front, you play a three. This is where the relative lack of advanced technique shows up. 1. More blame would be placed on Jacksonville for taking him so high, than on Walker being a perceived 'bust'. Against Alabama, he did not display the techniques required to knife through the double. Pressures are an unofficial stat (some sources list Hutchinson with 74) that can be hard/expensive to come by, but they are pressures: an easy concept for everyone from fans to general managers to understand and accept as a useful data point. Last season, the Jaguars blitzed on 31.5% of their snaps, and had a pressure rate of 24.2%. How much does Travon Walker weigh? How do you sort that out? 148. The manual doesn't clarify what to do if it's a pass. One of those dreams is to supplant teammate Josh Allen as the franchise's rookie sack leader. Also imagine packages in which Jacksonvilles suddenly-talented group of linebackers (Lloyd, third-round pick Chad Muma from Wyoming, and free-agent stud Foyesade Oluokun) moving around and creating offensive disruption through scheme. Will Walker become the next Bruce Smith? Jaguars send wide receiver Laviska Shenault to Carolina Panthers, Jaguars announce 10 cuts, including wide receiver Laquon Treadwell ahead of Tuesday's deadline, Jaguars' Pederson gets set for tough decisions after loss to Falcons, Your California Privacy Rights/Privacy Policy. So youre really doing everything, to just expand your resume. How it started How it ended pic.twitter.com/v2rqqUQFeH, Doug Farrar (@NFL_DougFarrar) April 11, 2022. In reality, Hutchinson went second overall to his hometown Detroit Lions, while Evan Neal was picked up by the New York Giants after they traded with Chicago. NFL Draft - Michigan edge rusher Aidan Hutchinson finished second in the nation with 70 pass pressures in 2021. Where the Jaguars reached, if they did, was on Walkers athletic potential. Full disclosure: SackSEER metrics will be published soon here at Football Outsiders (they are already at ESPN+) and SackSEER adores Walker. 'I'm talking 9.5 career sacks, 13 career tackles for a loss, 1 career forced fumble. Walker, 6-foot-5, 270 pounds, has lived football throughout his life. Walker led the Bulldogs with 32 pass pressures. Find many great new & used options and get the best deals for 2022 Panini Spectra Travon Walker RPA Aspiring Patch/Auto #03/25 at the best online prices at eBay! Dean and fellow linebacker Channing Tindall (26 pressures in 2021, exactly as many as Devonte Wyatt, who the Packers took with the 28th pick) were lust as likely to bring pressure as anybody from the line was. Speed . 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Its not at the end of the day just how many sacks they tally or how many pressures they have. "It's a game we've been playing since we were 7 years old. The write-up in the NFL Guide for Statisticians is a little confusing, but the controlling language is on page 32: When a player (passer) fumbles behind the line of scrimmage while attempting to pass, charge him with a sack and a fumble, and all yardage lost as yards lost attempting to pass (sack yardage.) Johnson will likely be drafted as a center in the bottom half of the first round. Same with Virginia's Dontayvian Wicks, who tied Addison. . The junior linebacker broke up a sure touchdown pass to tight end Cameron Latu, despite Channing Tindall getting in his way. Two picks later, the Pittsburgh Steelers drafted T.J. Watt, now the reigning NFL Defensive Player of the Year. Welcome to the NFL. 'I'm really not trying to please anybody else other than my team and my coaches,' Walker told the media after his first day of rookie minicamp. Whether or not that work has started to happen, or if it's paid off, won't be truly seen until the season gets underway. This is a guy who played very consistent football all year long. The NCAA doesn't owe the NFL anything. Travon Walker ED #44 Jacksonville Jaguars DOB 2000-12-18 ( 22.1) Height 6' 5" Weight 275 Speed College Georgia Bulldogs Draft Year 2022 Draft Team Jacksonville Jaguars Round 1 Selection 1 Home Fantasy Free Agency NFL Draft Profile View in Premium Stats Get the best of PFF with PFF+ Sign Up An error occured while loading Player Draft Profile. Their defense finished tied for 27th in sacks (32) and ranked 28th in pressure rate (20.7 percent) last season . Georgia often asked their interior defenders to flip gaps right after the snap, crossing the faces of their blockers, as opposed to trying to shoot through their closest gaps right away. Travon Walker Career Stats | NFL.com Players Injuries Transactions Health & Safety Loading Travon Walker OLB #44 Jacksonville Jaguars active Info Stats Summary Career Logs Splits. I thought this discussion was limited to Power 5 conferences. "You try to preserve your body. Joe Burrow's sack rate fell from 7.9% in 2018 to 5.9% in his Heisman Trophy-winning 2019 season. "I know I can get it done . Theres a run element to the game, too. Boston College interior lineman Zion Johnson was charged with just two blown blocks in 754 offensive snaps for a 0.3% blown block rate, the lowest figure in the nation for a guard (minimum 500 snaps). JACKSONVILLE, Fla. About an hour before the Jacksonville Jaguars ended the suspense and selected Georgia defensive end Travon Walker with the No. Combing the database did not provide much good news for Willis and Howell. It was different, and for of all Georgias historically great defensive play, they didnt really have one alpha pass-rusher Georgias pass rush came from a combination of deployment and scheme more than the four-on-the-floor stuff that help to define edge defenders in more obvious ways. Because as great as Walker looked on that one rep against Evan Neal, theres also this. When I first ran the table, I set the minimum at 40 pressures, which seemed to be a reasonable bar for an early-round edge rusher to clear. Ultimately, Walker finished his rookie season with 3.5 sacks, 10 quarterback hits, five tackles for loss, one forced fumble, one interception, two pass deflections, 49 tackles, and 43. Walker had six sacks last season; Robert Beal led the team with 6.5, and linebacker Nakobe Dean was the only other player on that defense with more than six sacks (6.0). This gives Walker time to develop his skills in an environment that doesn't demand immediate success. I don't think the NCAA officially tracks sacks-allowed. A crowd of media members were waiting to talk with the former No. When you look at the whole picture, it becomes easier to see why Baalke and his staff were so eager to bet on what Travon Walker already is, and may become over time. Recent and Trending topics from Football Outsiders. Per ESPN Stats & Info, new Jaguars DE Travon Walker is the first player selected first overall in the common draft era (since 1967) that never made an All-Conference or All-American team in college. 3 defensive tackle in the country for the 2019 class, per 247 Sports. Also, the top prospect should lead his team to lots of lopsided wins, taking away potential sack opportunities. April 28, 2022. * Selected to Pro Bowl, + First-Team AP All-Pro, Bold indicates league leader. Travon Walker had 3.5 sacks last season and 3.5 sacks over his career. His stance. Its a process, but he checked the boxes as we went through the process. Travon Walker is the epitome of an ascending 2022 NFL Draft prospect. Before and after the pick, one TV draft analyst after another warned that the Jaguars would have been better off passing on Walker with the top pick. However, the Jaguars weren't disappointed with what Walker did. It takes players, too. "I think the more snaps I get, the more comfortable I become," said Walker, who's no longer primarily a third-down performer. It was nothing to be concerned about. Anyway, we all know that Hutchinson can play. . Travon Walker's draft stock has soared in recent weeks, and the Georgia defensive standout has emerged as the consensus favorite to be the first overall pick in the 2022 NFL draft. Utah's Mika Tafua, the Pac-12 sack leader, tied Hutchinson with 70 pressures and led the nation with 55 hurries, 11 more than Hutchinson. On Madden NFL 23, Travon Walker has an Overall Rating of 78 with Power Rusher Archetype and has a Long Stride Loose Running Style. Key's perspective for Walker is unique, though because he plays a similar role that Walker played while he was at Georgia rushing from the inside. Georgia defensive lineman Travon Walker has become the betting favorite to go No. Walker really isnt an edge bender per se at least, not at this point in his career. Watch our How-To Videos to Become a Stathead, Subscribe to Stathead and get access to more data than you can imagine. But Kirby Smart said all season this was a player-led team. By JC Shelton, writer for the UGA Wire and host of the UGA Football Live podcast, gives insight on top NFL Draft prospect and potential Houston Texan, DL Travon Walker. He's projected as a Day 3 draft pick. The comments below have not been moderated, By "There's no pressure at all," Walker said Thursday after the Jaguars and Falcons finished their second joint practice. and if it shows up in college, it will surely show up in the NFL. Coming into the 2022 NFL draft, one of the primary questions was whether the Jacksonville Jaguars were going to take the sure thing in Michigan edge-rusher Aidan Hutchinson, or the athletic projection in Georgia multi-gap defender Travon Walker. Plenty of schools sign top-10 classes, only to go 6-6 and play in some middling bowl game. Or write about sports? Caldwell and his staff can line Lloyd up as an off-ball run defender and pass defender, and move him down to the front to provide edge pressure. And if Baalke wasnt drooling when he rattled off Walkers long arm length (over 35 inches) and ultra-wide wingspan (over 85 inches), he sure sounded like it. BEST AVAILABLE PLAYERS: Which standouts are still on the board entering Day 2? That much was clear when he was speaking with the media during the team's joint practices with the Atlanta Falcons last week. We have tools and resources that can help you use sports data. The two have for lack of a better phrase been attached at the hip. We present them here for purely educational purposes. This edition of Walkthrough is really about tricky-to-find stats and splits, most of which we curated from the Sports Info Solution Datahub, and what they can tell us about both first-rounders such as Hutchinson and potential sleepers such as Tafua. "Just coming from college to the NFL its a big difference in the practice structure.. 1 / 10 This sack against Michigan has three Wolverine hats on Walker at one point, and he somehow wriggled out of it to take the quarterback down when the quarterback was running away from him. Being picked No. Sack! The Jags turned in their card, and Walkers name was on it. This is a position of need for the Jaguars, as well. Thus far, the rookie OLB is already taking to teaching from plenty of those that surround him. Oh, and if you are looking for someone to be skeptical of, Michigan's Hassan Hankins recorded a BMT% of just 13.0%. I get the talent, I see the versatility, I see the quickness outside,' Kiper said. 'The golden rule of scouting was we don't draft production, we draft traits. They call it an inexact science for a reason, which is why Tom Brady, the man with more Super Bowl rings than anyone, lasted until the sixth round (199thoverall) in 2000. He finished the season with eight total pressures. Travon Walker had 3.5 sacks last season and 3.5 sacks over his career. A catalyst in the national championship-winning Georgia Bulldogs defense, their versatile defensive end prospect has seen his stock gradually rise during the season. Tolbert is more of a pure vertical threat, with 14 receptions of 25-plus air yards (second in the nation to Thompkins). They are different types of receivers, but they finished the 2021 season tied for fourth in the nation with 23 receptions of 15-plus air yards. The pressure rate table above also restores Thibodeaux to what Football Outsiders believes is his rightful place atop this year's edge rush class. During camp, Walker learned quickly how long the upcoming season will be. Walker instantly became one of the faces of the franchise before he could step foot in Duval County after his selection. Jaguars OLB Travon Walker has made strides in his rookie year Walker started his rookie season with a bang, registering an interception and a sack against the Washington Commander in the. speaking to Sportscenter's Scott Van Pelt, Mel Kiper releases first mock draft ahead of 2022 NFL Draft, NFL Draft: Todd McShay releases first 2022 mock draft, Three-round 2022 NFL mock draft 1.0: Bears reunite former Ohio State WR with Justin Fields in Round 2, You DON'T draft production, you draft TRAITS - Field Yates on Travon Walker pick | 2022 NFL Draft - YouTube, Mel Kiper Jr. RIPS Jaguars for drafting Travon Walker at No. With the first pick in the 2022 NFL draft, the JacksonvilleJaguars select Georgia EDGE Travon Walker. Travon Walker signed a 4 year, $37,372,621 contract with the Jacksonville Jaguars, including a $24,360,088 signing bonus, $37,372,621 guaranteed, and an average annual salary of $9,343,155. Walker never had a multi-sack game during his career at Georgia and tallied 9 12 sacks in three seasons, although he also had a team-high 36 quarterback hurries last season in helping the Bulldogs march to a national title. The 6-foot-5 and 272 pound Walker showcased his strength, speed and athleticism at the NFL Scouting Combine. 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"Hes one of those guys whos giving me information, and its for me to take the information that hes giving me and try to use it.," Walker said of Allen. "Those are the things we felt like in the pre-draft process that we were kind of spot on with him with the people we talked to, and weve just been excited with him and looking forward to the regular season with him this whole training camp.. While theres no disputing his raw athleticism and the major force he provided for one of the best defenses in college football history, Walker steps foot into the NFL already challenged to prove some serious doubters wrong. 1 overall, will he be another Courtney Brown? With Smarts defense, as Walker said, youre dealing with alternate responsibilities. He only rushed the passer 261 times to Hutchinson's 404, hence a much lower pressure total. DOB 2000-12-18 ( 22.1) Height 6' 5". 2022 Panini Illusions Travon Walker/ Michael Strahan "Rookie Idols" Patch. Mentioned Key being a guy working inside and outside helps him: pic.twitter.com/W7xsginS14. . Six teammates (!!!) There was a moment even more telling about the Georgia program than when former walk-on Stetson Bennett threw the go-ahead touchdown pass to 3-star freshman A.D. Mitchell. Walker is a 275-pound tank of an outside linebacker who did well against the run as a . It isn't always easy being the first-overall pick. He's going to be fun to watch, I think, all season.'. Yet it would have been even more impressive if Pederson went on record to guarantee that in choosing Walker over seemingly more polished edge rushers Aidan Hutchinson and Kayvon Thibodeaux picked second and fifth, respectively, by the Detroit Lions and New York Giants it is a power move that they will never regret. It's still an abomination. This caused a lot more overall disruption to an offensive line, and allowed linemen to contain an area while other defenders blitzed, but it didnt always put those players in the best positions to get to the quarterback. In Reuter's scouting report of Walker for NFL.com, he said Walker, 'will need scheme help as (an) NFL rusher.'. None of this, mind you, seemed to faze Walker as he spoke to media on a Zoom call while celebrating his big moment with family at a hotel in Atlanta. Walker will join a Jacksonville defense that had a mixed bag season in 2021. Through four preseason games, Walker has been rated as one of the highest-graded rookie defenders, according to Pro Football Focus with a grade of 71.1. In reply to It's still an abomination by Aaron Brooks G. Report: Surprising details emerge from Stetson Bennett arrest in , Kirby Smart issues official statement following Jalen Carter arrest , Georgia star Jalen Carter statement: plans to be fully exonerated of , Athens-Clarke County Police Department issues arrest warrant for , Georgia football podcast: Immediate reaction to the Jalen Carter news, 1/10/22 - Indianapolis - Georgia Bulldogs defensive lineman Travon Walker (44) pressures Alabama Crimson Tide quarterback Bryce Young (9) during the first quarter at the 2022 College Football Playoff National Championship between the Georgia Bulldogs and the Alabama Crimson Tide at Lucas Oil Stadium in Indianapolis on Monday, January 10, 2022. In straining and being connected a team. In reply to Another interesting wrinkle by Travis. Original Pick: Travon Walker, DE, Georgia. Instead of raw totals, let's look at pressure rates per pass rush snap, setting the minimum at 30 pressures so we aren't wading through safeties who blitzed five times and nabbed two sacks. Thibodeaux remains the best pure edge rush prospect in the 2022 class based on anything that can be seen or quantified. It takes a lot more than just good high school relations to get to a national championship game. The Jaguars continued through training camp, finishing up Day 5 as they look forward to full pads on Sunday. Anderson Graduates to Bears in GTM Mock Draft, Super Bowl LVII: The Inevitable Patrick Mahomes, All-32: Jalen Hurts, Haason Reddick Will Decide Super Bowl, Expected Draft Position at Grinding the Mocks, ESPN: Weaknesses for Every NFL Starting QB, Playoff Previews (previously Game Previews), Deep-Ball Stats, Top WR Prospects, 2022 Draft, Broken-/Missed-Tackle Rate, Top RB Prospects, 2022 Draft, Pressure Rate, Top ER Prospects, 2022 Draft. 'Now, we stress stay away from the quarterback's head. But, this selection might be a blessing in disguise, because despite feeling the pressure of being picked first overall, he goes to a team with no tradition of winning or championships. Travon Walker weighs 275 lbs (124 kg). Question, Comment, Feedback, or Correction? We all know itshouldbe abbreviated (BT+MT)/A. After all, college offenses are loaded with anti-sack tactics, from designed quarterback runs to bubble screens to RPOs, and a true NFL prospect should be one of the best athletes AND decision-makers on the field. If he can work on disengaging here, he will be even scarier. That also lets you recalculate rushing production excluding sacks, e.g. 1. You cant knock Pedersons vibe, stirring up the fans at the amphitheater adjacent to TIAA Bank Field while realizing theres no place to go except up for a franchise that had the top pick in the draft for the second year in a row. But the simple fact of the matter is that the NFL Draft is rarely an . #Jaguars OLB Travon Walker vs. Cam Robinson: pic.twitter.com/7sGPUkrWw6, I know Im going to get everybodys best shot, but I dont feel like I have a target on my back because everybodys out here trying to make a living for themselves and their family, and so am I," he said. 1 overall pick will come with some lofty expectations. Jaguars veteran outside linebacker Josh Allen has taken the rookie under his wing throughout the offseason and heading into the regular season. Use promo code. Former Cowboys DE Taco Charlton throws NFL draft shade back at Jerry Jones after owner's joke, one of the best defenses in college football history, when they drafted defensive end Taco Charlton, the reigning NFL Defensive Player of the Year, Your California Privacy Rights/Privacy Policy. You could see a lot of that, as Jacksonvilles interior defensive line isnt anything to write home about just yet. Use without license or authorization is expressly prohibited. North Carolina quarterback Sam Howell finished second, enduring 48 sacks. The Georgia Bulldogs were carried to their national title with their defense. He has outstanding measurables. Robinson ranks somewhere between Eddie Lacy and Derrick Henry on the Alabama battering ram scale. Walker and interior defensive lineman Jalen Carter tied for the team lead with 34 pressures each, per Pro Football Focus. The team allowed the least amount of points in all of FBS football last season, giving up the second-least amount of yards and finishing top five in total team sacks. Jaguars general managerTrent Baalke said that Walkers versatility he played all along the defensive front for the Bulldogs was one of the many boxes he checked that influenced the decision. Another interesting wrinkle is the down-without-contact rule in NCAA -- you can fall down and auto-sack yourself in a way you can't under NFL rules. 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