Jacksonville State University Athletics

JSU CAREER: Fall 2020/Spring 2021: Started seven of 13 contests throughout the fall and spring season in his first year with the Gamecocks... received All-OVC Second Team as well as Stats Perform National Player of the Week honors for his career high performance against Florida International where he had 163 rushing yards, 38 receiving yards and a touchdown against the Panthers... was the team’s leading rusher with 773 yards and a long of 64 on 139 carries and had eight touchdowns throughout the season... also caught the ball 14 times for 197 yards and a touchdown coming on a 54-yard catch-and-run against Southeast Missouri on March 21...finished the season with a combined 970 all-purpose yards.

PRIOR TO JSU: Spent three seasons at Western Kentucky in Bowling Green, including a breakout campaign in 2018…was redshirted in 2017 before rushing for 639 yards and a touchdown on 121 carries…his 639 yards led all Conference USA freshmen and were the fourth-most by a freshman in WKU program history…scored his first career touchdown on Sept. 22 at Ball State, a five-yard score with 59 seconds left that sealed a 28-20 win…ran for a career-high 101 yards vs. Florida Atlantic on Nov. 10, WKU’s first 100-yard game in two seasons.

HIGH SCHOOL: Prepped at Central Gwinnett High School in Lawrenceville, Ga., where he was a three-star prospect by 247Sports.com and a two-star by Rivals.com…in 2016-17, tallied 1,073 rushing yards and 13 rushing touchdowns, averaging 123.4 yards per game and 5.7 yards per carry…was considered the 101st-best running back in the country and the 184th-best overall prospect in Georgia in his recruiting class….selected to play in the Gwinnett All-Star Game.

PERSONAL: Born on June 6, 1999, in Queens, N.Y…the son of Sam Samuel and Shanea Walker…has two brothers – Jordan and Jaylen…majoring in sports management at JSU.