2018 Georgia Football Sugar Bowl Media Guide

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player bios

Georgia Bulldogs

D’ANDRE WALKER

QUAY WALKER

Fairburn, Georgia Langston Hughes High School

Cordele, Georgia Crisp County High School

OLB Sr. 6-3 245 3VL

ILB Fr. 6-4 240 HS

15 * 2018 Associated Press All-SEC Second Team * Career Highs

* 7 tackles vs. Ga. Tech, 2018 * 2.0 sacks at Missouri, 2018

* 2.0 TFL (5x), recent: vs. Alabama, 2018

25 2018 Has seen action in all 13 games thus far and has six total stops...season-best three tackles vs. Georgia Tech. High School

2018 Has started all 13 games to date and has 45 total stops, along with 11.0 tackles for loss, 7.5 QB sacks and 14 QB pressures, all team highs...career-best seven tackles vs. Georgia Tech...five tackles vs. Alabama included two for loss, a QB sack, a forced fumble and a pass breakup...had a sack for a 6-yard loss, in addition to a forced fumble, vs. Tennessee...had a sack and a tackle for a 9-yard loss vs. South Carollna...had a fumble recovery and QB pressure in season opener vs. Austin Peay...had two QB sacks and four QB pressures, to go along with this four tackles, in the win at Missouri...two stops vs. Auburn included a tackle for a 6-yard loss...also had a pass breakup vs. the Tigers. 2017 Played in 15 games and had 40 total stops...second on the team in both tackles for lost yardage (13.5) and QB sacks (5.5)...fourth on team in QB pressures with 12... one of four defensive players to win Most Improved Award... had career-high six total stops in win at Ga. Tech...in Rose Bowl, made five tackles, two for loss, and a QB sack for a loss of eight yards...blocked a punt at Tennessee...forced a fumble on a QB sack vs. Kentucky...at Notre Dame, had three solo tackles and two tackles for a loss of two yards...defensive winner of the Physicality/Head-hunter Award after spring drills. 2016 Appeared in all 13 games...had 19 total stops and seven QB pressures...five tackles, including one TFL, in win at USC...two tackles and two QB pressures against UNC...made two tackles and had a QB pressure at Missouri...earned Coffee County Hustle Award for exhibiting the most desire during spring drills.

Crisp County, coached by Brad Harber...selected to play in the 2018 Under Armour All-America Game...247Sports.com four-star prospect...#2 OLB nationally, #31 overall prospect nationally and the #6 prospect in Georgia... PrepStar Magazine four-star prospect, #93 nationally and a member of the Top 150 Dream Team...Rivals.com four-star prospect, ranked #38 nationally, the #3 OLB and #6 in the state...ESPN.com four-star prospect, #73 nationally, #2 OLB and #10 in Georgia...helped lead Crisp County to a 9-2 season and the second round of the GHSA Class 3A state playoffs in 2017...USA Today 2017 Georgia All-USA Second-Team defense...AJC 2017 Class 3A AllState First-Team defense...2017 Class 3A All-State Second-Team defense by the Georgia Sports Writers Assn....had 76 total tackles, 10 for loss, and five pass deflections as a senior, also caught 13 passes for 201 yards and five TDs as a receiver...listed to the 2017 High School Butkus Award Watch List, given annually to the nation’s top prep linebacker...helped lead the Cougars to a program-best 13-1 record and the GHSA Class 3A State Semifinals in 2016...registered 19 TFLs, 109 total tackles, eight sacks and five PBUs as a junior...also a starter for the Crisp County basketball team, which won a region title in 2017. Personal Full name JAQUAVIAN JY’QUESE WALKER...intended major: Business... recipient of the Joseph S. Espy Football Scholarship. Career Defensive Stats

Year G/GS Solo Asst. Total Sacks TFL FF FR PBU Int. QBP 2018 13/0 4 2 6 0.0/0 0.0/0 0 0 0 0 0

2015 Played in 13 games...nine total tackles...had four tackles each vs. No. 13 Alabama and at Vanderbilt...had a tackle and blocked a punt for a safety in his UGA debut against ULM. High School

MARK WEBB Philadelphia, Pennsylvania Archbishop Wood

Langston Hughes, coached by Willie Cannon…Parade Magazine All-America Honorable Mention...2014 U.S. Army All-American...member of the AJC 2014 Class 6A All-State Team...PrepStar Magazine four-star prospect, #236 overall player in the PrepStar 300 All-American…Rivals.com four-star prospect, #85 player nationally, #5 WDE nationally, #19 player in Georgia...Scout.com four-star prospect, #79 player nationally, #7 OLB nationally, #1 in the South …finished his senior season with 102 tackles. Personal Full name: D’ANDRE WALKER...Major: Communications Studies...recipient of the Larry Munson Football Scholarship, as well as the Leavy Family & Brunwick News Publishing Co. Football Scholarship. Career Defensive Stats Year G/GS Solo Asst. Total Sacks TFL FF FR PBU Int. QBP 2015 13/0 7 2 9 0.5/3 0.5/3 0 0 0 0 2 2016 13/0 9 10 19 0.0/0 2.5/8 0 0 0 0 7 2017 15/0 26 14 40 5.5/48 13.5/65 1 0 1 0 12 2018 13/13 23 22 45 7.5/43 11.0/59 4 1 3 0 15 Total 54/13 65 48 113 13.5/94 27.5/135 5 1 4 0 36

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DB So. 6-1 200 1VL

23 * 6 tackles vs. Auburn, 2018 2018

Career High

Has played in all 13 games to date, starting vs. Middle Tennessee State...has 14 total stops...career-high six tackles in win over Auburn...had a pass breakup at Missouri, as well as vs. Vanderbilt...two tackles in win at Kentucky, as well as vs. Alabama. 2017 Played in 13 games, seeing action mostly on special teams...only tackle came

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