2026 Getting to know Tony Walker from Beechcroft




Name: Tony Walker 

School/town: Beechcroft High School (Columbus OH)

Positions played: DE | TE

Class: 2029

Height and Weight: 6’1 160lbs

Jersey Number: 14

HUDL LINK: http://www.hudl.com/profile/25983538

Other sports played: Track 


What makes you a good teammate?

I make sure I do my job to make it easier for my teammates, rather that’s my linebackers, my QB, or my coordinators

What has been the biggest lesson that you have learned from playing sports?

How to work hard to accomplish something bigger than myself with a team.

Wide receiver or defensive end: Which one do you feel you are better at?

 Defensive End 

Wide receiver or defensive end: Which one is the hardest to prepare for?

Defensive End 

What has been your biggest moment as an athlete?

Breaking my previous schools freshman record in the 100m 

As a defensive end, can you explain to can to the readers your biggest responsibility?

 To contain the QB, get off the line fast, & protect the edge 

What is the toughest part of being a student-athlete?

 Everything, from practicing, to staying on top of school, to making sure I still got time
To be a kid and play the game with my friends. 

What is the most rewarding part of being a student-athlete?

  Honestly just to be blessed to be able to be a student athlete 

What is the toughest part of practice?

 The conditioning 

What is your favorite part of practice?

 Defense 

What is something you would like to do in a game but may never have the chance to?

 Catch a TD pass and get a Force Fumble Sack, recover the fumble and run it back for 6. I’d love to do that in the same game. 

What is your favorite home-cooked meal?

 Everything my parents make. Especially when my dad grills steak and my mom makes the potatoes. 

Outside of sports, what are you doing for fun?

Play the game or go outside with my brothers/sister or cousins

Have you watched any of the preseason games?

 Not yet.


 

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