Football Recruiting
4-Star ATH JR Walker Visiting NC State Today
According to Steve Williams, 4-Star Athlete JR Walker (6’1”/205) will be taking an unofficial visit to NC State with his new Clayton High teammate, and NC State Commit, 4-Star defensive end Savion Jackson.
Big Visitor Alert—⭐⭐⭐⭐teammates @savionjac11 and @jaayrwalker_ will be at NC State tomorrow. @InsidePackSport #PACK19 pic.twitter.com/OyQPq5gKXg
— Steve Williams (@Steve_IPS) June 21, 2018
This will be the third time that Walker has visited NC State in the month of June alone.
247Sports ranks Walker as the #163 overall player in the 2019 class, the #13 Athlete, and the #7 player in the state of North Carolina.
Walker recently transferred from Northeastern High to Clayton High, joining NC State Commit Savion Jackson.
At Northeastern last season, Walker rushed for over 1,019 yards (14.4 yards per carry) and intercepted 7 passes (Free Safety).
NC State offered Walker on December 5, 2016, and he revealed the Wolfpack to be his top team back at the beginning of March of this year. On May 4th, Walker revealed his Top 5 schools: NC State, UNC, Duke, South Carolina, Virginia Tech.
Walker is also connected to another major NC State 2019 recruiting target in 4-Star LB/DE Traveon Freshwater. They were teammates at Northeastern the past three seasons, and grew up as best friends, playing pop warner football together as kids. Rivals ranks Freshwater as the #168 player overall in 2019, the #7 weakside defensive end, and the #5 player in North Carolina.
5th to 10th grade 😂😂!!!! @freshwatertrav1 pic.twitter.com/1ElGvu88qk
— Stunna Jaay 2⃣🐐👀 (@jaayrwalker_) January 26, 2017
As recently as this month, Walker has gone on the record saying that NC State is still his leader.
Here are Walker’s Junior Highlights from Northeastern.