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Jersey Number 15
Derrick Walker
- Height:
- 6-8
- Weight:
- 236
- Class:
- Sophomore
- Hometown:
- Kansas City, Mo.
- High School:
- Sunrise Christian Academy
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Career Stats (PDF)
CAREER HIGHS
- Points: 10 // at South Carolina, 1/20/18
- Rebounds: 7 (2x) // last at Ole Miss, 2/24/18
- Assists: 2 (2x) // last vs. LSU, 1/31/18
- Steals: 2 (2x) // last vs. Mississippi State, 3/5/19
- Blocks: 2 // at Alabama, 2/10/18
- Field Goals: 5 // at South Carolina, 1/20/18
- 3-Pointers: --
- Free Throws: 3 // vs. Vanderbilt, 1/23/18
- Minutes: 25 // at South Carolina, 1/20/18
2018-19 - SOPHOMORE
- Game-by-Game Statistics
- Following the season (May 15), he announced that he was transferring to the University of Nebraska.
- Shot .714 (25-of-35) during SEC play for his career.
- Finished with two points and two steals in UT's home win over Mississippi State (3/5/19).
- Had a big 3-point play to shift the momentum toward UT's favor on the road at South Carolina (1/29/19); finished with three points, three rebounds and a steal in 13 minutes of action.
- Tallied a career-high two steals and an assist in win over West Virginia (1/26/19).
- Recorded five points, two rebounds and an assist in win over Georgia (1/5/19).
- Had three rebounds, an assist and a block in win vs. Tennessee Tech (12/29/18).
- Scored five points in win over Samford (12/19/18).
- Had three points, four rebounds and a block in 14 minutes of action vs. Texas A&M-Corpus Christi (12/2/18).
- Posted an all-around performance in exhibition win over Tusculum (10/31/18) with eight points, a game-high seven rebounds, two assists, two steals and a block.
SUMMER 2018
- Engaged with campus leaders and SEC office staff at the two-day 2018 Joint Student-Athlete Leadership Council in Birmingham, Alabama, in July; he was one of 25 Basketball Leadership Council representatives.
2017-18 - FRESHMAN
- Game-by-Game Statistics
- Appeared in 34 of Tennessee's 35 games and saw the most action of any freshman, averaging 8.8 minutes off the bench.
- While defense and rebounding were his main areas of focus, he shot .679 (19-of 28) from the field during SEC play.
- Dropped seven points on 3-of-3 shooting and grabbed two boards in 15 minutes played at Mississippi State (2/27/18).
- Posted five points, seven boards, one assist and one steal in 22 minutes of action at Ole Miss (2/24/18).
- Missed his only game of the year after he was held out with an injury against Florida (2/21/18).
- Tallied season-highs in rebounds (7) and blocks (2) to go with four points at Alabama (2/10/18).
- Recorded five points, six rebounds and a pair of assists in 14 minutes of action during the win over LSU (1/31/18).
- Totaled five points and six boards, four of which were offensive, in 17 minutes of play vs. Vanderbilt (1/23/18).
- Stepped up big in UT’s win at South Carolina (1/20/18), posting 10 points on 5-of-5 shooting to go along with four rebounds and a block in 25 minutes of action.
- Had four points and one rebound in nine minutes of action at Missouri (1/17/18).
- Totaled three points, three rebounds and two assists in 11 minutes off the bench at Wake Forest (12/23/17).
- Scored five points in his collegiate debut, as Tennessee defeated Presbyterian in the season-opener (11/10/17).
- Was aggressive on the boards in UT’s exhibition at Clemson (11/4/17), grabbing seven rebounds in 13 minutes to share the team lead.
SUMMER 2017
- Was one of Tennessee's top performers during the team's three-game European exhibition tour, averaging 13.0 points and 8.0 rebounds per game.
- Totaled 12 points and nine rebounds in UT's 77-69 victory over the Valencia All-Stars (8/7/17).
- Posted a double-double with 13 points and 10 boards as the Vols defeated the Catalan All-Stars, 86-79 (8/4/17).
HIGH SCHOOL
- Signed with Tennessee out of Sunrise Christian Academy in Bel Aire, Kansas, near Wichita, where he was coached as a senior by former Gonzaga player Kyle Bankhead.
- Was a member of the 2016 class at one point, but decided in the summer of 2016 to re-classify back to the 2017 class and spend a post-grad year at Sunrise Christian. During the 2016-17 season, Walker averaged 14 points and seven rebounds per game.
- Rated as the No. 3 prospect in the state of Missouri in the 2017 industry-generated 247Sports Composite.
- During the 2016-17 season, Walker averaged 14 points and seven rebounds per game.
- Sunrise Christian also produced former NCAA stars Buddy Hield (Oklahoma) and Sebastian Saiz (Ole Miss).
- Played his AAU ball for MoKan Elite on the Nike EYBL circuit during the summer of 2016, helping that squad win the prestigious Nike Peach Jam championship in July; was teammates with 2018 NBA Draft picks Michael Porter Jr. and Trae Young.
- Attended Raytown Senior High School in Raytown, Missouri, from his freshman through junior years.
- As a junior in 2014-15, Walker helped lead Raytown to a conference title and the Missouri Class 5 District 14 championship game while earning second-team All-Suburban White Conference honors.
- He also played football (wide receiver) his first three years of high school at Raytown.
PERSONAL
- Full name is Derrick Lamont Walker Jr.
- Born Nov. 9, 1997, in Kansas City, Missouri
- Son of Brandy Hunter
- Is the first Missouri native ever to letter for the Vols.
- Academic Major: Communication Studies
- Recipient of The JoNelda & Sidney Blalock Athletic Scholarship Endowment
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