Damon Walters
Northwestern Wildcats
77
Solid

Damon Walters

Northwestern WildcatsContender
FSDefenseSolid
Projected Starter

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Damon Walters is the projected starter at FS for Northwestern Wildcats.

Redshirt junior · #21 · 6'1", 195 lbs

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Depth at FS · Northwestern Wildcats

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Northwestern Starting Lineup

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Up next for Northwestern

Northwestern plays Iowa at home on Sat, Nov 7. The listed kickoff time is 07:30 PM ET.

The Story

Making His Case

A 3-star recruit out of Bolingbrook, ranked #533 nationally coming out of high school. In 2025: 3 tackles, 0 INT, 0 PBU. That's 0% of the team's production at his spot — good for a 77 overall (Solid tier).

Recruit3★ · #533 Natl2-Yr Total45 tacklesTeam Share0%
Bolingbrook, IL
Jersey
#21
Class
RS JR
Height
6'1"
Weight
195 lbs

Career Stats

SeasonTklINTPD
2025300
20244212

Regular-season totals from public sources. Derived splits (completion %, yards per carry, catch rate) aren't available in our current dataset.

Recruiting Profile

Stars
★★★☆☆3-star
Composite
0.8844
National Rank
#533
High School
Bolingbrook
Hometown
Bolingbrook, IL

Why this rating?

On a 88-rated defense; 18th-percentile production (×0.93 for competition level) put them -11 vs unit starters → 77.

Team defense (SP+)
88
Rating basis
On-field stats
On-field production
Outperforms 18% of peers
Recruiting pedigree
Top 50% recruit
Strength of schedule
Faces easier competition — rating adjusted down (×0.93)
Depth-chart adjustment
-11 for role

2026 projection — based on SP+ (a respected team-efficiency metric; 2026 not published yet, using 2025), 2025 production, recruiting, and the 2026 transfer portal; capped to depth-chart order.

2026 Game Log

Oct 31LORETKL 2
TKL
2
SOLO
0
SACK
0
INT
0
PD
0

Final L 34-26

Oct 24WRUTGTKL 6
TKL
6
SOLO
3
SACK
0
INT
0
PD
0

Final W 42-14

Oct 17WMSUTKL 5
TKL
5
SOLO
0
SACK
0
INT
0
PD
0

Final W 24-21

Sep 26LIUTKL 8
TKL
8
SOLO
4
SACK
0
INT
0
PD
0

Final L 29-23

Sep 19WCOLOTKL 7
TKL
7
SOLO
6
SACK
0
INT
0
PD
0

Final W 41-7

Sep 6WSDSTTKL 9
TKL
9
SOLO
4
SACK
0
INT
1
PD
2

Final W 34-18

Damon Walters's 2026 game-by-game stat log.

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Team Role

3 tkl · 0 PD · 0 INT
Usage / Involvement0%
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