Travon Walker

2022 - 4 - 25

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NFL Draft rumors: Travon Walker No. 1 to Jaguars would be a huge ... (SB Nation)

It's a complicated, weird draft. The 2022 class is exceptionally deep, with few truly standout players. There's a very real chance a team selecting at No. 9 or ...

It’s here we get to the crux of the issue, and why I feel Walker at No. 1 would be a mammoth mistake for Jacksonville. This is a team who has whiffed time, and time, and time again with their first round picks, especially on the defensive line. Something is baked into the Jaguars that tells this front office that they have to try and make a splash, no matter what. Aidan Hutchinson is the right pick, at the right time, for a team that needs to make the right choice. The Jaguars desperately need to add reliable talent that can anchor them for a decade, even if that means potentially looking wistfully at a 15-sack defensive end when you’ve got a 10-sack guy. It’s as if Jacksonville is allergic to the idea of hitting a double, and will instead swing for the fences every chance they get. Walker had 9.5 sacks ... in his career, 13.0 tackles for a loss ... in his career, three passes defended ... in his career, and forced one fumble, you guessed it ... in his career. As recently as last week Baalke seemed to already be justifying picking Walker to the media, trying to advocate that Walker and Hutchinson were equally productive players in college. What if the NFL doesn’t click for Walker the way it did Watt? What if coaching can’t make him realize that potential? What that doesn’t account for is the downside, the risk. The shift in thinking from Aidan Hutchinson to Walker began a couple of weeks ago, when “chatter” began that the Jags could be looking at the Georgia pass rusher. Honestly, it’s unclear who needs to shoulder the blame when it comes to Baalke’s selections, but whether it’s the scouting departments under him, or if he likes to go rogue and pick with his gut, there is an established history of him missing in almost every round. There’s no need for subterfuge and smokescreen when you’re selecting first overall, and at this point it’s really feeling like they’re going to take Travon Walker. His odds to go No. 1 overall in the 2022 NFL Draft are now tops at DraftKings Sportsbook.

Georgia Bulldogs DE Travon Walker emerges as consensus favorite ... (ESPN)

Georgia defensive end Travon Walker has gone from long shot to the consensus odds-on favorite to be the No. 1 overall pick in the NFL draft at sportsbooks ...

The trading team at sportsbook PointsBet, where Walker also moved past Hutchinson over the weekend, say they believe that Jacksonville general manager Trent Baalke is "fully on Walker." He now accounts for 35% of the money wagered in BetMGM's odds to go No.1, the most of any player. Hutchinson had been the outright favorite since early March.

NFL draft: Who is Travon Walker and why is he now favored to go ... (Yahoo Sports)

Walker's NFL draft rise can be traced to his big national-title game performance, as well as showing out at the NFL combine.

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UPDATE: Travon Walker Given Best Odds to Go No. 1 (CalBearsMaven)

As we head into the week of the 2022 NFL Draft, talk begins to muddy around who will go off the board when National Football League Commissioner Rodger ...

Now on Monday, the DraftKings sportsbook lists Walker as the favorite at -150 to become the number pick, overtaking former favorite Michigan edge rusher Aidan Hutchinson. Now Walker is looking to become the first taken in the Draft out of the three Georgia defensive linemen expected to go on day one. A surprising ascension for Walker for those who didn't pay close attention to Georgia over the 12 months.

Getting Drafty: Travon Walker (Dawg Sports)

We begin our annual assessment of Georgia Bulldogs likely to hear their names called in this weekend's NFL Draft with the player both likely to be taken ...

Walker’s job against the run was often to take up the blockers required to allow Nakobe Dean, Channing Tindall, and Quay Walker to run wild. But someone who doesn’t share my trepidation might conclude that Walker is the guy you want to step off the team bus first but not the guy you build a professional football defense around. And it bears noting that a team who drafts Walker isn’t drafting him as a polished finished product. As long as the paper in question isn’t the stat sheet from his time in Athens. Because if there’s one knock on Walker that’s made the rounds as he’s ascended draft boards it is this: how could a guy who’s clearly that much better physically than his competition not be more dominant? And if Walker irons out some of the inconsistencies in his game there’s no question he could be a stalwart on an NFL defense. They smile at the notion of him setting the edge in run defense in their 3-4. To put that in perspective, Walker was faster than any tight end, faster than any quarterback other than Desmond Ridder, and faster than every offensive lineman. That was only five more than Jordan Davis, landlocked in the middle of the unit with teams actively running away from him on nearly every snap. His 7.5 tackles for loss were tied with Robert Beal and Channing Tindall for 4th on the team. We’re talking after all about a guy who was running down on the the kickoff team as a true freshman at 290 pounds. They worship at the alter of the Trinity, by which I obviously mean the ratio of size, speed, and strength. In high school at Thomaston’s Upson-Lee he ran the court as a forward on the school’s undefeated state championship basketball team, more than once threading his way to the hoop for an explosive dunk.

Travon Walker becomes the betting favorite to go No. 1 (NBC Sports)

Via PointsBet, Georgia defensive end Travon Walker is now the favorite to become the first overall pick. His odds currently are -155. Michigan defensive end ...

It happened over the weekend. Walker is also the new favorite at DraftKings and FanDuel. Hutchinson, at +110, is now the PointsBet favorite to go to Detroit with the No. 2 overall pick. Via PointsBet, Georgia defensive end Travon Walker is now the favorite to become the first overall pick.

NFL odds: Travon Walker new favorite to be No. 1 pick in NFL Draft (FOXSports.com)

NFL Draft week is here! Read how Georgia's Travon Walker is the new favorite to be selected No. 1 overall in this year's NFL Draft.

Just make your picks and you could win the grand prize. When it comes to the NFL Draft's next No. 1 pick, what's your wager? We will have to wait until Thursday to see if Walker ends up being selected first. "But Jaguars general manager Trent Baalke values athletic ability, and Travon Walker’s combine numbers displayed this in abundance. While Walker's outstanding performance on the Junkyard Dawgs' historically exceptional defense was certainly worthy of a No. 1 draft spot, it wasn't until Peter King dropped his most recent mock draft that Travon's odds jumped to the very top. Don't look now, but Georgia Bulldog defensive end Travon Walker is now the odds-on favorite to go No. 1 overall at multiple sportsbooks.

Travon Walker suddenly betting favorite for first pick in NFL Draft 2022 (New York Post)

With three days to go until NFL Draft 2022, the new favorite to go first overall to the Jacksonville Jaguars is Georgia's Travon Walker.

However, his production lags well behind the other edge rushers in the draft. However, multiple insiders, including The Athletic’s Lance Zierlein and NFL Media’s Peter Schrager, have projected Walker to the Jags at No. 1, noting general manager Trent Baalke’s fondness for players with elite physical traits. Walker certainly fits into that category.

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