Northwest Arkansas Democrat-Gazette
DE commits to Hogs
Highly recruited defensive end Dante Walker, 6-3, 240 pounds, of Ellenwood (Ga.) Cedar Grove, orally committed to the University of Arkansas on Sunday evening, picking the Razorbacks over scholarship offers from Auburn, LSU, South Carolina, Alabama, Tennessee, Georgia, North Carolina and numerous others.
Defensive end Dante Walker felt like a member of the Razorbacks family during his weekend official visit to Fayetteville so much that he orally committed to the Hogs on Sunday evening.
“It’s a home feeling,” Walker said. “Last night at dinner, I just felt like one of the family members.”
Walker, 6-3, 240 pounds, of Ellenwood (Ga.)
Cedar Grove picked the University of Arkansas over scholarship offers from Auburn, LSU,
South Carolina, Alabama, Tennessee, Georgia,
North Carolina and numerous others.
“I found what I was looking for, to be honest,” Walker said of Arkansas.
ESPN rates Walker a four-star prospect, the
No. 31 defensive end and No. 263 overall prospect in the 2019 class. The highlight of the trip was the game Saturday.
“The game, just seeing Arkansas fight and being explosive against Alabama,” Walker said. “I really liked it.”
He recorded 69 tackles, 23 for loss, 9 sacks, 8 quarterback hurries, 3 forced fumbles and a recovered fumble as a junior. Junior defensive tackle T.J. Smith hosted Walker.
“He said I’m going to love it,” Walker said. “He had a great freshman and sophomore year. He said what you see is what you get.”
Walker, whose lead recruiter is defensive tackles coach John Scott Jr., is the fourth four-star defensive end to pledge to the Hogs.
He’s the No. 21 commitment for the 2019 class. Oral commitments are nonbinding.