2023-24 Men's Basketball Roster
Jersey Number 15
Corey Walker Jr.
- Position:
- Forward
- Height:
- 6-8
- Weight:
- 215
- Class:
- Junior
- Hometown:
- Hastings, Fla.
- Prev School:
- Tennessee
- High School:
- Bishop Snyder HS/Hargrave Military Academy
2023-24: Appeared in 30 games, including eight starts โฆ produced a season-high nine points against Central Michigan on Nov. 15 and against UNI on Nov. 19 โฆ brought down a season-high 10 rebounds against No. 24 Florida Atlantic on Feb. 18 โฆ dished out a season-high three assists against No. 24 Florida Atlantic on Feb. 18 and against Tulane on March 5 โฆ notched a season-best two steals against ECU on Jan. 31 and against ECU on March 15 โฆ blocked a season-high two shots against No. 24 Florida Atlantic on Feb. 18 โฆ finished the season with a career-best 119 points and a career-high field goal percentage of 54.3 percent โฆ brought down a total of 98 rebounds, including a career-high 36 offensive rebounds โฆ tallied 18 assists, 16 steals, and 15 blocks.
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2022-23:ย Appeared in 30 games, including two starts โฆ averaged 3.5 points per game and 4.0 rebounds per game โฆ had a team-best 21 blocked shots โฆ totaled 22 assists and 22 stealsโฆranked third on the team with 120 total rebounds โฆ shot 52 percent from the field, 44-of-85 โฆ shot 31percent from 3-point range, 5-for-16 โฆ scored a career-high 25 points at Cincinnati on Feb 11, on 10-of-13 shooting โฆ pulled down a season-best 12 rebounds against Tulsa on March 1.
2021-22: Appeared in 21 games, including 12 starts in his first season at USF โฆ missed the first seven games of the season with an injury and came on strong during the second part of the season to become one of the Bullsโ top contributors โฆ shot 42.4 percent from the field, 42-of-99 โฆ averaged 19.3 minutes and 5.5 points per game โฆ led the team with 25 blocks โฆ second on the team with 4.7 rebounds a game โฆ totaled 30 steals and 23 assists โฆ averaged 8.3 points, 7.0 rebounds, 1.6 assists, 1.7 blocks, and 1.4 steals over the final nine games of the season on 50 percent shooting, 28-of-56 ... scored in double figures three times over the final eight games of the season โฆ logged a season-high 34 minutes and recorded his first career double-double, 12 points, and 11 rebounds, against Memphis on March 3 โฆ pulled down 11 rebounds twice โฆ had two games with four blocks and two more with four stealsโฆrecorded three games with three assists ... averaged 6.3 points and 5.5 rebounds over 15 AAC games.
2020-21 (Tennessee): Contributed as a member of the scout team during his first season in the programโฆwas hindered by contact tracing during the preseason and suffered a broken toe just before the start of the season in November โฆ entered the NCAA Transfer Portal on April 9, 2021.
2019-20 (Hargrave Military Academy): Spent the 2019-20 academic year at Hargrave Military Academy in Chatham, Virginia, where Lee Martin coached himโฆ was rated as a top-75 prospect nationally (Rivals No. 57, 247Sports No. 57, ESPN No. 73) โฆ helped lead Hargrave to a 36-4 record before the COVID-19 pandemic interrupted the 2019-20 season; he was averaging 15.2 points, 8.0 rebounds, 2.3 assists and 1.5 blocks per game.
High School: Attended Bishop Snyder High School in Jacksonville, Florida, for three years โฆ as a junior in 2018-19, he was a first-team Class 4A All-State selection by the Florida Association of Basketball Coaches (FABC) and Source Hoops โฆ was a third-team FABC Class 4A All-State performer as a sophomore in 2017-18 โฆ his coaches at Bishop Snyder were Vince Martin and Russell Powell.
Personal: Full name is Corey Lenard Walker Jr. โฆ son of Corey Walker Sr. and Cathy Walker โฆ recipient of theย Holland Family Athletic Scholarship.
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2022-23:ย Appeared in 30 games, including two starts โฆ averaged 3.5 points per game and 4.0 rebounds per game โฆ had a team-best 21 blocked shots โฆ totaled 22 assists and 22 stealsโฆranked third on the team with 120 total rebounds โฆ shot 52 percent from the field, 44-of-85 โฆ shot 31percent from 3-point range, 5-for-16 โฆ scored a career-high 25 points at Cincinnati on Feb 11, on 10-of-13 shooting โฆ pulled down a season-best 12 rebounds against Tulsa on March 1.
2021-22: Appeared in 21 games, including 12 starts in his first season at USF โฆ missed the first seven games of the season with an injury and came on strong during the second part of the season to become one of the Bullsโ top contributors โฆ shot 42.4 percent from the field, 42-of-99 โฆ averaged 19.3 minutes and 5.5 points per game โฆ led the team with 25 blocks โฆ second on the team with 4.7 rebounds a game โฆ totaled 30 steals and 23 assists โฆ averaged 8.3 points, 7.0 rebounds, 1.6 assists, 1.7 blocks, and 1.4 steals over the final nine games of the season on 50 percent shooting, 28-of-56 ... scored in double figures three times over the final eight games of the season โฆ logged a season-high 34 minutes and recorded his first career double-double, 12 points, and 11 rebounds, against Memphis on March 3 โฆ pulled down 11 rebounds twice โฆ had two games with four blocks and two more with four stealsโฆrecorded three games with three assists ... averaged 6.3 points and 5.5 rebounds over 15 AAC games.
2020-21 (Tennessee): Contributed as a member of the scout team during his first season in the programโฆwas hindered by contact tracing during the preseason and suffered a broken toe just before the start of the season in November โฆ entered the NCAA Transfer Portal on April 9, 2021.
2019-20 (Hargrave Military Academy): Spent the 2019-20 academic year at Hargrave Military Academy in Chatham, Virginia, where Lee Martin coached himโฆ was rated as a top-75 prospect nationally (Rivals No. 57, 247Sports No. 57, ESPN No. 73) โฆ helped lead Hargrave to a 36-4 record before the COVID-19 pandemic interrupted the 2019-20 season; he was averaging 15.2 points, 8.0 rebounds, 2.3 assists and 1.5 blocks per game.
High School: Attended Bishop Snyder High School in Jacksonville, Florida, for three years โฆ as a junior in 2018-19, he was a first-team Class 4A All-State selection by the Florida Association of Basketball Coaches (FABC) and Source Hoops โฆ was a third-team FABC Class 4A All-State performer as a sophomore in 2017-18 โฆ his coaches at Bishop Snyder were Vince Martin and Russell Powell.
Personal: Full name is Corey Lenard Walker Jr. โฆ son of Corey Walker Sr. and Cathy Walker โฆ recipient of theย Holland Family Athletic Scholarship.
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