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 Mike Hogewood (left) and Rick Walker (right) on the LP Sports set at the 2007 ACC Championship Game |
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| Date of birth: | May 28, 1955 |
| Place of birth: | Santa Ana, California |
| Career information | |
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| Position(s): | Tight end |
| Jersey №: | 88 |
| College: | UCLA |
| NFL Draft: | 1977 / Round: 4 / Pick: 85 |
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| As player: | |
| 1977-1979 1980-1985 |
Cincinnati Bengals Washington Redskins |
| Playing stats at NFL.com | |
Richard "Doc" Walker (born May 28, 1955 in Santa Ana, California) is a former American football tight end in the National Football League, who played for the Cincinnati Bengals and the Washington Redskins. He played college football at UCLA.
Broadcasting career
Walker currently covers sports during radio broadcasts in the Washington Metro Area and co-hosts The John Thompson Show on WTEM. He used to be a co-host on The Locker room with Doc Walker and Kevin Sheehan. He hosts a weekly television show called "Doc Walker's ProView," which airs Sunday mornings on Comcast SportsNet. He is also the main color analyst for ACC football games for Raycom Sports with Steve Martin and appears in D.C. Lottery commercials.
Walker is the sideline reporter for Washington Redskins radio broadcasts. In 2004, Walker initially caused a bit of a stir, but later received accolades from listeners of "The John Thompson Show" when he predicted that the Washington Redskins would not be very good that year, the first of legendary coach Joe Gibbs return. Walker went on the record as saying they would "be competitive and play with more heart," but would not win many games in Gibbs' first year because they didn't "have a clue how to play smash-mouth, Joe Gibbs style, no nonsense, NFC East football." He predicted that Gibbs needed one season to "clean up the disaster he inherited (from former coach Steve Spurrier), get rid of the knuckleheads that aren't down with the program, right the ship, and assemble his group of core Redskins. That will take one year." His hypothesis proved correct, as he accurately guaranteed they would be in the playoffs the following year, 2005.
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