Former Oklahoma Running Back Finds New Football Home
An Oklahoma running back has a new home.
Sooners walk-on Tawee Walker has landed at Wisconsin. He posted the announcement Friday evening on Twitter.
Walker announced on Nov. 30 that he planned to enter the NCAA Transfer Portal, but he remained with the OU football team throughout December practices and played Thursday night in the Alamo Bowl in San Antonio, logging seven carries for 17 yards and two catches for 12 yards in his final game.
Walker, a walk-on and former junior college transfer from Las Vegas via Palomar College, was second on the team this season with 513 yards and scored seven touchdowns. He also caught 10 passes for 81 yards and played 12 of the Sooners’ 13 games, missing only one contest after what coach Brent Venables termed an “in-house” suspension.
Venables said Walker was welcome at OU in December as well as next season if he shopped around in the transfer portal and didn’t find what he was looking for.
But in Madison, it seems Walker found exactly what he wanted — another opportunity.
The 5-foot-9, 216-pound Walker joins the Badgers with two years of eligibility left. As a sophomore at OU in 2022, he rushed 18 times for 62 yards in 11 games.
He started this year’s season opener against Arkansas State and was named a game captain against Iowa State. His highlights this year included two 100-yard games on the ground, including a career-high 146 and a TD on 23 carries in the loss at Kansas. He also ran for 117 yards on 21 carries against SMU.
