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New Orleans Saints sign Devon Walker (Safety #987)
A four-year letterman at Tulane, Walker played for the Green Wave from 2009-12. He joined the team as a walk-on in 2009 and had moved into the starting lineup and was named a team captain as a senior in 2012. Opening the second game of his senior campaign on Sept. 8 at Tulsa, Walker suffered a career-ending spinal injury when he collided with a teammate while attempting to make a tackle just seconds before halftime. Walker injured his C3 and C4 vertebrae, which left him paralyzed from the neck down and spent over three months in the hospital before returning home in December 2012.
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Obviously they aren't happy with Vaccaro, Byrd or Bush.
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This has a feel good story to it. Then again we have Byrd then Vaccaro, then a handful of near equal talent. Would kick ass if he fell in clearly above Bush. |
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Nah. They also have Jordan Jefferson and Jacob Hester working out. It's early. |
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Great gesture from the team signing him on the day of his graduation, hate to see it when any player suffers the kind of injury he did that changes his life forever
congrats to walker for always staying positive through tough times |
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Its why we have class, and the Falcons... well you get the picture.
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Did anyone read the story? Walker is in a wheelchair.
Very classy move, but he isn't competing for a spot. |
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Classy move Saints! Well done!
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agreed class move |
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I saw a picture of them on stage together. The Saints made another classy move. Way to go guys. :smile:
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Scott, that's the problem here is that some here do not have the organ between their ears in sync with the other parts... One of the best lessons I was taught as a young man was to "think twice before speaking once" - sadly, not enough young men receive that charge at an early age, then again, some never receive that lesson throughout their lives... This was a simple, great classy move on the part of the Saints; the press announcement video is available via the NFL.com website... Saints sign paralyzed safety Devon Walker - NFL.com |
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Thanks for pointing that out, no sarcasm intended. I posted by phone walking through the mall with my girls and only skimmed the first few sentences with the intention of reading the rest later in the day. Most of the mods here try and get news or articles posted on B&G as soon as possible so the members can get it here first and we don't always read through the entire article. The first paragraph had career ending in it, I assumed that was his college career. Apologies if my comment was misleading. |
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Man, I know Mickey said they don't look at injuries too much before drafting/signing guys, but this is a little extreme...
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If wasn't such a big fan already...
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