DARIUS WALKER

DARIUS WALKER

    • 2003 scored 46 touchdowns, breaking Herschel Walker’s GA high school single-season record of 42
    • 2003 Gwinnett County Back of the Year
    • 2003 Parade Magazine All American
    • 2004 Offensive Player of Year – GA Athletic Coaches Association
    • 2004 Running Back of the Year -Touchdown Club of Atlanta
    • 2004 scholar athlete recipient Watkins Award, presented by National Alliance of African American Athletes, NAAA
    • 2004 Player of Year – Gwinnett Daily Post, Gainesville Times, Fox 5 TV Sports Team
    • 2003 Georgia Player of the Year, Gatorade
    • 2003 Georgia Player of the Year, Atlanta Journal-Constitution
    • Notre Dame, during first season for the Irish set the freshman rushing record, gaining 786 yards on 185 carries (4.2 average), and breaking a 30-year-old school record
    • Led the Irish in rushing in all three seasons
    • Recorded the sixth-best single-season rushing total in Notre Dame history as a junior with career-high 1,267 yards on 255 carries and holds career record for most receptions as a running back at Notre Dame
    • Ranked 4th All-time for career rushing yards at Notre Dame, 4th in school history to eclipse 1,000 rushing yards in consecutive seasons
    • NFL 2007-2010, Houston Texans, Denver Broncos
    • College football analyst for FOX in Los Angeles, CA
    • ESPN and Fox Sports Broadcaster

Gwinnett puts five in inaugural Georgia High School Football Hall of Fame class