- Rick Walker
NFL player
|DateOfBirth=birth date and age|1955|5|28
Birthplace=Santa Ana, California
DateofDeath=
Position=Tight end
number=88
College=UCLA
DraftedYear=1977
DraftedRound=4
DraftedPick=85
PFR=WalkRi00
NFL=WAL311454
DatabaseFootball=WALKERIC01
years=1977-1979
1980-1985
teams=Cincinnati Bengals Washington Redskins Richard 'Doc' Walker (born
May 28 ,1955 inSanta Ana, California ) is a formerAmerican football tight end in the NFL, who played for theCincinnati Bengals and theWashington Redskins . He playedcollege football at UCLA. Nickname is "Doc".Broadcasting career
Walker currently covers sports during radio broadcasts in the Washington Metro Area and co-hosts "The Locker Room with Doc Walker & Kevin Sheehan" on
WTEM . He used to be a co-host on "The John Thompson Show." He hosts a weekly television show called "Doc Walker's ProView," which airs Sunday mornings onComcast SportsNet . He is also the main color analyst for ACC football games for Raycom/Lincoln Financial Sports and appears inD.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 be bad that year, the first of legendary coachJoe Gibbs return. Walker went on the record as saying they would be "just God awful" that year because they didn't "know 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, 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. Also, he is known for giving ridiculous names to football players, such as "The Tarantula" for Sean Taylor, "Cyborg" for a number of different people including former Maryland Terrapins tight end Vernon Davis. He also tabbed Virginia's Chris Long as "Neanderthal" and North Carolina State's Nate Irving as "the Thief of The Night".
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