Rick Walker

Walker in 2015

No. 88

Position:

Tight end

Personal information

Date of birth:

May 28, 1955

Place of birth:

Cherry Point, North Carolina

Height:

6 ft 4 in (1.93 m)

Weight:

235 lb (107 kg)

Career information

College:

University of California, Los Angeles

NFL Draft:

1977 / Round: 4 / Pick: 85

Career history

Cincinnati Bengals (1977–1979)
Washington Redskins (1980–1985)

Career highlights and awards

Super Bowl champion (XVII)

Career NFL statistics

Games played:	119
Games started:	58
Receptions:	70
Receiving yards:	673
Average:	9.6
Touchdowns:	9
Player stats at NFL.com

Player stats at PFR

Richard "Doc" Walker (born May 28, 1955) is a former American football tight end in the National Football League (NFL), who played for the Cincinnati Bengals and the Washington Redskins. He is currently a radio sports commentator.

Playing career

Walker played college football at UCLA and won the 1976 Rose Bowl with them. He was drafted in the fourth round for the 1977 NFL Draft by the Bengals. He moved to the Redskins in 1980 and contributed to the team winning Super Bowl XVII.

Broadcasting career

Walker currently covers sports during radio broadcasts in the Washington Metro Area. He co-hosts Inside The Locker Room with former Redskin Brian Mitchell and broadcaster Scott Jackson on ESPN 980. He hosts a weekly television show called "Doc Walker's ProView," which airs Sunday mornings on ESPN 980 and Tuesday evenings at 11pm on MASN. In 2011, he moved into the color analyst’s seat for radio broadcasts of Redskins games on ESPN 980 after previously serving as the sideline reporter.^[1]

Previously he had been a co-host on The John Thompson Show and The Locker room with Doc Walker and Kevin Sheehan. He also appears in D.C. Lottery and BMW of Sterling commercials. He previously worked for Westwood One as a color commentator for college football broadcasts and a sideline reporter and occasional color commentator for the NFL on Westwood One. Up until the 2010 college football season, he was also the main color analyst for ACC football games for Raycom Sports with Steve Martin.

References

↑ https://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/dc-sports-bog/post/doc-walker-will-debut-in-redskins-broadcast-booth-friday/2011/08/16/gIQA7GzaJJ_blog.html

External links

Career statistics and player information from NFL.com • Pro-Football-Reference

Cincinnati Bengals 1977 NFL draft selections

Eddie Edwards Wilson Whitley Mike Cobb Pete Johnson Mike Voight Rick Walker Mike Wilson Jerry Anderson Ray Phillips Tommy Duniven Louis Breeden Jim Corbett Jose St. Victor Willie Zachary Bob Bialik Joel Parrish Carl Allen Terry Irving Alex Percival

Washington Redskins Super Bowl XVII champions

3 Mark Moseley 5 Jeff Hayes 7 Joe Theismann 8 Bob Holly 17 Tom Owen 20 Joe Lavender 21 Mike Nelms 22 Curtis Jordan 23 Tony Peters 25 Joe Washington 29 Mark Murphy 30 Nick Giaquinto 32 Vernon Dean 38 Clarence Harmon 39 Otis Wonsley 40 Wilbur Jackson 44 John Riggins (MVP) 45 Jeris White 46 LeCharls McDaniel 47 Greg Williams 50 Larry Kubin 51 Monte Coleman 52 Neal Olkewicz 53 Jeff Bostic 54 Peter Cronan 55 Mel Kaufman 56 Quentin Lowry 57 Rich Milot 58 Stuart Anderson 62 Donald Laster 63 Fred Dean 65 Dave Butz 66 Joe Jacoby 68 Russ Grimm 69 Perry Brooks 71 Garry Puetz 72 Dexter Manley 73 Mark May 74 George Starke 75 Pat Ogrin 76 Mat Mendenhall 77 Darryl Grant 78 Tony McGee 79 Todd Liebenstein 80 Virgil Seay 81 Art Monk 82 Rich Caster 84 Mike Williams 85 Don Warren 86 Clint Didier 87 Charlie Brown 88 Rick Walker 89 Alvin Garrett

Head coach: Joe Gibbs

Coaches: Don Breaux Joe Bugel Dan Henning Larry Peccatiello Richie Petitbon Wayne Sevier Warren Simmons Charley Taylor LaVern Torgeson

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