Deone "Big Cat" Walker

[cathouse]

Just rewatched the UL game.
Deone Walker played an amazing game and was virtually unstoppable.

At one point Jordan Rogers said Deone played like a big giant cat. Light on his feet and arrives in a bad mood.

I will forever refer to Deone as "Big Cat" Walker.

I just hope we can find enough NIL money to keep him in Blue.

 

[BlueRaider22]

Just rewatched the UL game.
Deone Walker played an amazing game and was virtually unstoppable.

At one point Jordan Rogers said Deone played like a big giant cat. Light on his feet and arrives in a bad mood.

I will forever refer to Deone as "Big Cat" Walker.

I just hope we can find enough NIL money to keep him in Blue.

And it likely will just come down to money. I don't think that his draft stock would improve significantly other places. The guy is just a beast here as he would be other places.

 

[cathouse]

And it likely will just come down to money. I don't think that his draft stock would improve significantly other places. The guy is just a beast here as he would be other places.

Rogers said he is the type player you usually see at Bama or Georgia.

Yeah. He's that good.

 

[megablue]

Rogers said he is the type player you usually see at Bama or Georgia.

Yeah. He's that good.

He's clearly a high-level talent.
No question ...

 

[truebluewildcat]

His draft hype next year will be nice. Should be top 10-15. Maybe top 8 depending on how many teams need QB, because if you're good at QB with a franchise guy you're looking at D, probably DL specifically for another franchise piece.

Dude is cornerstone. You can build a defense around him.

 

[cathouse]

His draft hype next year will be nice. Should be top 10-15. Maybe top 8 depending on how many teams need QB, because if you're good at QB with a franchise guy you're looking at D, probably DL specifically for another franchise piece.

Dude is cornerstone. You can build a defense around him.

Teams certainly have to game plan around him. Thats for sure.

 

[Caveman Catfan]

Best players in the Stoops era are Josh Allen and Walker. Right now, I say Allen tops the list (seriously thought he should have been a Heisman candidate). But, at the same stage of career, Walker is the better player. I really hope we get to see him drafted in 2025 as a Wildcat.

 

[know1]

Deone has been a beast all year. He's been fun to watch.

 

[UKFan32065]

Best players in the Stoops era are Josh Allen and Walker. Right now, I say Allen tops the list (seriously thought he should have been a Heisman candidate). But, at the same stage of career, Walker is the better player. I really hope we get to see him drafted in 2025 as a Wildcat.

Can we make it three and add Jamin Davis?

 

[jeffky]

I will pony up 10 or 20 to keep big cat here giddy up

 

[CHAMPCAT11]

Hasn’t he indicated that he’s staying at this point ?

 

[cathouse]

Hasn’t he indicated that he’s staying at this point ?

Yes. But CMS said there would be a lot of offers coming his way with big bucks from the big boy football schools.

I'm sure Nick and Kirby will both be trying to buy him away from UK.

 

[Girthang]

Top 5 Defenders under CMS (no order)

Josh Allen
Deone Walker
Jamin Davis
Zadarius Smith
Mike Edwards

 

[cathouse]

Top 5 Defenders under CMS (no order)

Josh Allen
Deone Walker
Jamin Davis
Zadarius Smith
Mike Edwards

Bud Dupree wasn't too shabby.

 

[Deeeefense]

Rogers said he is the type player you usually see at Bama or Georgia.

Yeah. He's that good.

Bama and Georgia are loaded but I did not see a D lineman on either this year that is comparable to Walker. I don't think Kentucky has had a player that can dominate the way Walker has since Art Still.

 

[Catluv]

Bama and Georgia are loaded but I did not see a D lineman on either this year that is comparable to Walker. I don't think Kentucky has had a player that can dominate the way Walker has since Art Still.

Josh Allen just about dominated his last year. He seemed to be on a lot of players. Even when he didn’t get a sack seems like he could knock the ball out on a speed rush.

 

[docholiday51]

Bama and Georgia are loaded but I did not see a D lineman on either this year that is comparable to Walker. I don't think Kentucky has had a player that can dominate the way Walker has since Art Still.

He isn't in Still's class yet, maybe next year.

 

[cathouse]

He isn't in Still's class yet, maybe next year.

Totally different type player than Art Still. Both very disruptive, but totally different skill sets on defense.

 

[Jireh]

Josh Allen just about dominated his last year. He seemed to be on a lot of players. Even when he didn’t get a sack seems like he could knock the ball out on a speed rush.

He was held on just about every other play as well. Dude was literally unstoppable otherwise.

 

[docholiday51]

Totally different type player than Art Still. Both very disruptive, but totally different skill sets on defense.

Yes he is

 

[Catluv]

He was held on just about every other play as well. Dude was literally unstoppable otherwise.

I forgot about that yes he was held A LOT!!

 

[cathouse]

He was held on just about every other play as well. Dude was literally unstoppable otherwise.

Big Cat Walker should have autographed his jersey and presented it to the UL offensive line Saturday.

They practically ripped his jersey off on every play trying to keep him out of the backfield.

 

[Caveman Catfan]

Can we make it three and add Jamin Davis?

Love Davis. Incredible player.

 

[The-Hack]

Seriously, after games you would think UK can’t fit Big Cat with a proper jersey. He’s been held so much they’ve damn near torn his jersey off.

 

[BLUEDOUG46]

He literally gets held on almost every play and its rarely called

 

[Catluv]

Love Davis. Incredible player.

As good as Davis was he was behind Oats. Oats was an awfully good player. We probably would have got Davis another year if the tragedy didn’t happen!!

 

[RunninRichie]

Top 5 Defenders under CMS (no order)

Josh Allen
Deone Walker
Jamin Davis
Zadarius Smith
Mike Edwards

Baity wasn't too bad either.

 

[FirewithFire]

Top 5 Defenders under CMS (no order)

Josh Allen
Deone Walker
Jamin Davis
Zadarius Smith
Mike Edwards

Might want to add Josh Paschal in there somewhere, like number two or three.

 

[cathouse]

As good as Davis was he was behind Oats. Oats was an awfully good player. We probably would have got Davis another year if the tragedy didn’t happen!!

Oats had superstar written all over him. He was definitely NFL caliber LB.

Hurts my heart to think about what happened to him.

 

[screwduke1]

As good as Davis was he was behind Oats. Oats was an awfully good player. We probably would have got Davis another year if the tragedy didn’t happen!!

Really a shame what happened to Oats. He probably would have been playing on Sundays.

 

[bigblueinsanity]

If he ever learned leverage and playing lower, he'd be literally unstoppable. It's mind-blowing what he does with playing basically standing straight up

 

[ConRay9]

Josh Allen is probably the only defensive player that has ever drawn my attention each and every play. Normally my eye is trained on the action with the other team’s quarterback or running back or just wherever the ball is. With Allen I couldn’t help but follow his every movement. He was a joy to watch.

Deone Walker comes back next year and he’s probably going to be next on that list. The dude is electric and is going to be impossible to stop after another year of development.

 

[kywildcat41035]

Walker was a load and a half hope he comes back another year….

 

[Girthang]

I have a lot of personal favorites on D, but I'm going to stick with that 5. Paschal was great for us and one of my absolute favorites of CMS recruits. Took me a while to come to that 5. If Walker transfers, Paschal replaces him, but given his current trajectory he seems to be top 5.

Some would say Paschal over Jamin Davis, but this is about quality of UK player. Jamin played one full season as a starter, could've started earlier, and was drafted 1st Round.

 

[pauled]

Really a shame what happened to Oats. He probably would have been playing on Sundays.

He had the size, speed and power to play on Sundays!

 

[cat888]

Walker is a bulldozer why not use him to block on offense short yardage and red zone plays like Still was used on the 77 team?

 

[maysvilleky]

His draft hype next year will be nice. Should be top 10-15. Maybe top 8 depending on how many teams need QB, because if you're good at QB with a franchise guy you're looking at D, probably DL specifically for another franchise piece.

Dude is cornerstone. You can build a defense around him.

I love the way Walker plays, but I don’t know that he’s a top 10 pick in the NFL draft. He’s not an edge rusher.

 

[yoshukai]

Bama and Georgia are loaded but I did not see a D lineman on either this year that is comparable to Walker. I don't think Kentucky has had a player that can dominate the way Walker has since Art Still.

Remember when Curci would bring Still into the game on goal line situations? Imagine big Deon coming in on 4th and goal from the 1.

 

[mrschwump]

First half of the year Walker would take plays off every now and then, staff wanted him to be more assertive. Light seemed to come on for him the last third of the year.