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: | Cherry Point, North Carolina |
| Career information | |
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| Position(s): | Tight end |
| College: | UCLA |
| NFL Draft: | 1977 / Round: 4 / Pick: 85 |
| Organizations | |
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| 1977-1979 1980-1985 |
Detroit Lions Washington Redskins |
| Playing stats at NFL.com | |
Richard "Doc" Walker (born May 28, 1955 in Cherry Point, North Carolina) 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.
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 ESPN980 and Tuesday evenings at 11pm on MASN. He also appears in D.C. Lottery & BMW of Sterling commercials. Up until the 2010 college football season, he was also the main color analyst for ACC football games for Raycom Sports with Steve Martin.
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 record would not be very good that year, the first of legendary coach Joe Gibbs return. On the January 8th, 2004, episode of the John Thompson Show, Walker said, "Redskin Park has become a glorified country club. You have a coach (Steve Spurrier) more concerned about his golf game than winning, and his players are just as marshmallow soft. You think these knuckleheads have any clue what kind of commitment and buy-in it takes to play for Joe Gibbs? They'll be competitive and play with more heart, but aren't winning many games this year. I'm sorry, but they don't have a clue how to play smash-mouth, Joe Gibbs style, no nonsense, NFC East football... Gibbs needs 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, and that will take one year. They will be in the playoffs in '05, mark my words." His hypothesis proved correct, as he accurately guaranteed they would be in the playoffs the following year, 2005.