2001 Football Roster
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Roster
Keeon Walker
- Position:
- Strong Safety
- Height:
- 6-0
- Weight:
- 195
- Class:
- Junior
- Hometown:
- Hoboken, NJ
- High School:
- Hoboken
Career Biography (PDF Format)
At SU: Four letters ... Moved from running back to defensive back prior to 2000 Spring practice ... 2001 Ted Dailey Award winner for the most improved defensive player in spring practice ... Redshirted in 1998 ... Senior Year: Started 10 of the 12 games he played ... Had 88 total tackles, including 12 for a loss, which is the most by an SU defensive back since the statistic was officially kept in 1994 ... Tied the SU single-season record for solo tackles by a defensive back with 70 ... Set SU single-season record for forced fumbles by a defensive back with five (0.42 per game), which tied for second in the BIG EAST and tied for 11th nationally in forced fumbles and are the most by a defensive back since the statistic was officially tracked at SU, beginning in 1982 ... Had three tackles, including two solo stops, at BYU ... Recorded 10 tackles, including eight solo, against North Carolina ... Had seven tackles and forced a fumble against Rhode Island ... Recorded 10 tackles at Auburn ... Forced a fumble and had three solo tackles against Pittsburgh ... Registered nine tackles, including four for a total loss of 11 yards, at Temple ... Posted 16 tackles, including two for a loss of 11 yards, and forced a fumble at West Virginia ... His 16 stops against the Mountaineers were the most for an SU defensive back since 1997 ... Had six tackles, including five solo, against Rutgers ... Posted six tackles, including two for a loss, at Central Florida ... Recorded three solo stops against Virginia Tech ... Registered eight tackles at Boston College ... Recorded seven tackles, including a sack for a 15-yard loss, against Miami ... Junior Year: Started all 12 games ... One of 17 players to start every game and one of 36 to participate in every game ... His 67 tackles tied for third on the team ... Played on SU's field goal and PAT defense, and punt return and kickoff coverage units ... Recorded nine tackles and one for a loss against Georgia Tech ... Posted seven tackles and a pass breakup at Tennessee ... Had seven tackles and one tackle for a loss against Central Florida ... Collected seven tackles and a fumble recovery against East Carolina ... Registered eight tackles, an interception, a sack and two pass breakups at Rutgers ... Had five tackles and two pass breakups at Pittsburgh ... Posted five tackles, including one for a loss against Temple ... Recorded four tackles and a pass breakup at Virginia Tech ... Had five tackles against West Virginia ... Posted four tackles at Miami ... Collected four tackles against Boston College ... Posted five tackles, including two solo, against Kansas State in the Insight.com Bowl ... Sophomore Year: Played in all 11 games, starting 10 ... One of 26 players to participate in every game ... Recorded a career-high 14 tackles against Cincinnati ... Had a career-high nine solo stops in the win against Pittsburgh ... Had 10 tackles against Miami ... Ranked third on the team in tackles ... Led the Orange in tackles against Cincinnati ... Recorded 10 or more tackles three times ... Tied for third in the BIG EAST with two fumble recoveries ... Freshman Year: Played in nine games as a running back ... Rushed a career-high six times for a personal-best 35 yards, including the longest run of his career at 18 yards, against Central Michigan ... Also had his first career reception for 21 yards, the first blocked punt of his SU tenure and a career-best 18-yard punt return against CMU ... Rushed three times for six yards against Tulane ... Had five carries for 16 yards at Virginia Tech ... High School: Super Prep, Tom Lemming, Blue Chip Illustrated and Prep Star All-Regional selection ... All-State New Ledger Top 100 and Golden 50 Team New Jersey ... First-team All-Conference ... American Conference Back of the Year ... Heisman High School All-Star ... Prep Star Eastern Region Super 25 selection ... Career statistics: 23 touchdowns and 1,632 yards rushing ... Recruited by former SU assistant coach Jeff Stoutland ... Personal: Keeon Walker ... Born May 15, 1980, in Hoboken, N.J. ... Son of Odessa Patterson ... Majoring in sociology.
Walker's Career Statistics
Carries Yards Avg. TDs Long
1999 16 58 3.6 0 18
Recpt Yards Avg TDs Long
1999 1 21 21.0 0 21
Punt Ret. Yards Avg. TDs Long
1999 1 18 18.0 0 18
Tackles Asts. Tot. Int. Sacks FF Fumble Rec.
2000 58 27 85 0 0.0 1 2- 7 yds
2001 39 28 67 1 1.0 0 1-12 yds
2002 70 18 88 0 2.0 5 0- 0 yds.
Totals 167 73 240 1 3.0 6 3-19 yds
Walker's Career Bests
Tackles Solo 12 vs. West Virginia, 2002
Assist 7 vs. Cincinnati, 2000
Total 16 vs. West Virginia, 2002
Sacks 1 vs. Rutgers, 2001; West Virginia & Miami, 2002
Fumble Recovery 1 vs. Buffalo & Brigham Young, 2000
Yards 7 vs. Buffalo, 2000
Forced Fumble 1 Five times, most recently vs. Virginia Tech, 2002
Pass Breakups 2 vs. Rutgers & Pittsburgh, 2001
Interceptions 1 vs. Rutgers, 2001
Rushing Yards 35 vs. Central Michigan, 1999
Carries 6 vs. Central Michigan, 1999
Longest 18 vs. Central Michigan, 1999
