2021 • REDSHIRT JUNIOR SEASON
Awards: Postseason: Named third-team All-Big Ten by the media and honorable mention by the coaches. Preseason: Named to the Lombardi Award and Outland Trophy Watch Lists...Earned a spot on the NFLPA Collegiate Bowl Preseason Big Board.
Season: Made 10 starts at left tackle...Voted a team captain.
at Wisconsin (9/4): Helped the Nittany Lion offense to gain 254 yards in the second half...Protected Sean Clifford as he threw for 247 yards and a touchdown...Led the way for Noah Cain to average 6.0 yards per carry and score on a 2-yard run. Ball State (9/11): Helped guide the Penn State offense to 493 yards of total offense...Blocked for Sean Clifford as he recorded 230 yards and a touchdown...Helped guide three different rushers to 60-plus yards on the ground. Auburn (9/18): Guided the Penn State offense to 391 total yards....Blocked for Sean Clifford as he threw for 280 yards and two touchdowns on the day...Helped Noah Cain and Tyler Warren score rushing touchdowns. Villanova (9/25): Helped Sean Clifford throw for a career-high 401 yards and four touchdowns...Guided the Penn State offense to 509 total yards. Indiana (10/2): Assisted the offense in gaining 408 yards and posting three passing touchdowns in the win. at Iowa (10/9): Helped guide the Penn State offense to 287 total yards. Illinois (10/23): Helped guide the offense to 227 total yards. at Ohio State (10/30): Guided Penn State to 394 yards of total offense...Helped guide Sean Clifford to a career-high 35 completions for 361 yards and a passing touchdown. at Maryland (11/6): Helped guide the Penn State offense to 456 yards...Blocked for Sean Clifford as he threw for 363 yards and three touchdowns. Michigan (11/13): Helped guide the Nittany Lion offense to 332 total yards...Blocked for Sean Clifford as he passed for 205 yards and a touchdown...Guided Keyvone Lee to 88 yards rushing.
2020 • REDSHIRT SOPHOMORE SEASON
Awards: Named third team All-Big Ten by the media and honorable mention All-Big Ten by the coaches.
Season: Started all nine games at left tackle...Penn State ranked second in the Big Ten in total offense (430.3).
at Indiana (10/24): Helped the Nittany Lion offense gain 488 yards, including 250 on the ground...Led the way for Penn State to convert 27 first downs...Protected Sean Clifford as he threw for 238 yards and three touchdowns while rushing for a career-high 119 yards and a score. Ohio State (10/31): Led the way for the Nittany Lions to gain 325 yards...Allowed Sean Clifford to throw for 281 yards and three touchdowns. Maryland (11/7): Aided the Penn State offense to gain 434 yards...Helped Sean Clifford throw for 340 yards and three touchdowns…Offense totaled a season-high 30 first downs. at Nebraska (11/14): Paved the way for the Nittany Lions to gain 501 yards, including 245 on the ground...Aided Devyn Ford to find the end zone on a five-yard run and helped Keyvone Lee score on a 31-yard rush...Protected Will Levis as he threw for 219 yards…The Penn State offense matched a season high in first downs with 30. Iowa (11/21): Protected quarterbacks Will Levis and Sean Clifford as they threw for a combined 280 yards...Aided Keyvone Lee to find the endzone on a six-yard rush. at Michigan (11/28): Helped the Nittany Lions rush to a season-high 254 yards on the ground, the most since the 2019 Cotton Bowl...Helped Keyvone Lee rush for 134 yards...Aided Keyvone Lee, Sean Clifford and Will Levis to rushing touchdowns...Paved the way for 50 total rushing attempts and four rushes over 20 yards...Helped the offense to total 417 yards. at Rutgers (12/5): Paved the way for the Nittany Lions to rush for 248 yards...The offense had 57 rushing attempts, the second most in the James Franklin era. Michigan State (12/12): Protected Sean Clifford as he threw for 232 yards and two touchdowns...The offense did not allow a sack for the first time since at Maryland in 2019...Aided Sean Clifford and Will Levis on rushing touchdowns, including a 31-yarder from Clifford. Illinois (12/19): Helped Penn State total 580 yards of offense, the seventh most in the James Franklin era...Penn State had two passing plays of 70 or more yards in the same game for the first time in program history...PSU's 42 points in the first half were its most in a half since scoring 42 points in the second half at Illinois in 2018…Helped pave the way to 253 rushing yards, Penn State’s fifth game of the season with 245-plus rushing yards.
2019 • REDSHIRT FRESHMAN SEASON
Awards: Midseason: Tabbed with the offensive line unit for the Joe Moore Award Midseason Honor Roll. Weekly: Named to the Pro Football Focus Big Ten Team of the Week first team following the Purdue game (10/5).
Season: Made 13 starts at left tackle...One of 18 Nittany Lions to make their first career start...One of 29 players to make their collegiate debut.
Idaho (8/31): Helped the Nittany Lions to gain 673 total yards, their third-most in a game since 1947...Sprung Nittany Lion rushers for 331 yards and seven touchdowns...Did not allow a sack while helping Sean Clifford to throw for 280 yards and two touchdowns and Will Levis to throw for 62 yards and a score...Aided Penn State to earn 35 first downs. Buffalo (9/7): Led the way for the Penn State offense to gain 357 total yards...Protected Sean Clifford as he threw for 279 yards and four touchdowns...Helped the Nittany Lions to score 38 points in the second half, including 28 in the third quarter. Pittsburgh (9/14): Helped the Nittany Lions to gain 389 yards, including 222 through the air...Led the way for Journey Brown's first career 100-yard game...Paved the way for rushing scores by Noah Cain and Devyn Ford. at Maryland (9/27): Led the way as the Nittany Lions gained 613 yards, its third-most in a Big Ten game...Helped the Nittany Lions to throw for 421 yards, their most in a Big Ten contest...Aided PSU to gain 30 first downs...Helped Sean Clifford to throw for 398 yards, the third-most in program history, including a program-record 287 yards in the first half...Helped the Nittany Lions to score five rushing touchdowns. Purdue (10/5): Helped the Nittany Lion offense to gain 460 total yards...Led the way as Sean Clifford threw for three touchdowns and rushed for one score...Aided Clifford to record his fifth-straight 200-yard passing game...Helped Noah Cain to earn his first career 100-yard game with 105 yards and a touchdown...Paved the way for the PSU offense to score 21 points in the first quarter. at Iowa (10/12): Helped the Penn State offense to gain 294 total yards, including 177 on the ground...Led the way for Noah Cain's second-straight 100-yard rushing game and 5-yard score in the fourth quarter. Michigan (10/19): Helped the Nittany Lions gain 283 total yards, including 101 on the ground...Aided Sean Clifford to throw for three touchdowns...Led the way for Clifford's 2-yard rushing touchdown. at Michigan State (10/26): Led the way for Penn State to gain 302 total yards, including 189 through the air...Protected Sean Clifford to throw for a career-high-tying four touchdowns...Paved the way for Clifford to score on a two-point conversion. at Minnesota (11/9): Guided the Nittany Lion offense to 518 total yards, including 340 passing yards...Protected Sean Clifford to throw for 340 yards and a touchdown...Led the way for Journey Brown to rush for 124 yards and two touchdowns. Indiana (11/16): Paved the way for the Nittany Lion offense to gain 371 total yards, including 192 on the ground...Guided Journey Brown to 100 rushing yards on 21 carries...Protected Sean Clifford to throw for one touchdown and rush for two scores...Led the way on an 18-play, 75-yard drive covering 9:01 to seal the game...Selected as the coaching staff's Offensive Player of the Week. at Ohio State (11/23): Helped the Nittany Lion offense to gain 227 yards...Led the way for rushing touchdowns by Journey Brown and Will Levis. Rutgers (11/30): Led the way for the Penn State offense to gain 333 yards, including 252 on the ground...Helped Will Levis (108) and Journey Brown (103) to rush for 100 yards, the first Penn State teammates to run for 100 yards since Saquon Barkley (195) and Akeel Lynch (120) against Rutgers in 2015...Paved the way for Brown to rush for a career-high three touchdowns...Protected Will Levis to find Jahan Dotson for a 44-yard touchdown. vs. Memphis (12/28): Led the Nittany Lions to score a program-bowl record 53 points...Helped the Penn State offense to gain 529 total yards, the program's second-most in bowl games...Paved the way for Penn State to tie a Cotton Bowl record with five rushing touchdowns...Helped Penn State run for 396 yards, a program bowl record and the second-most in Cotton Bowl history...Helped Penn State to set program bowl records for points in a first half (35), a Cotton Bowl record...Aided the Nittany Lions to tie a program bowl record with 28 points in the second quarter, also a Cotton Bowl record...Led the way for Journey Brown to run for a program bowl record 202 yards.
2018 • TRUE FRESHMAN SEASON
Season: Appeared in four games...One of 16 true freshmen to make their collegiate debut...One of 40 players to make their first Penn State appearance.
HIGH SCHOOL
Four-time letterman for head coach Tom Petre at North Point High School...Three-time team captain...Helped the Eagles to a 12-1 record and a berth in the state semifinals for the first time in school history in 2017...Selected to the U.S. Army All-American Bowl...Participated in Nike's The Opening Finals for Lunar Beast...Claimed a first-team spot on USA Today’s All-USA Maryland Football Team as a senior...Named first-team Washington Post All-Met in 2017 and second team in 2016...Named consensus all-state by the Maryland High School Football Foundation in 2016...Garnered Maryland Public Secondary Schools Athletic Association (MPSSAA) Big School All-State (Class 4A/3A) first-team accolades as an offensive lineman and defensive lineman as a junior...Selected All-Southern Maryland Athletic Conference (SMAC) on the offensive and defensive lines as a sophomore, one of two players to do so...Named team MVP once...Collected 63 tackles and 11.0 sacks and anchored an offensive line that scored 37.0 points per game as a senior...Had 35 tackles and 4.0 sacks as a junior...Registered 30 tackles and 5.0 sacks as a sophomore...Tabbed a four-star prospect by all three major recruiting outlets – 247Sports, ESPN and Rivals...Ranked as the No. 47 overall prospect, No. 3 offensive tackle and No. 3 player in Maryland by 247Sports...Ranked as the No. 160 overall prospect, No. 13 offensive tackle, No. 5 player in Maryland and No. 20 in the region by ESPN...Ranked the No. 65 overall prospect, No. 7 offensive tackle and No. 2 player in Maryland by Rivals.
PERSONAL
Full name is Rasheed Amar Walker...Son of Karen and Alfred Walker...Has one sister, Syisha...Born February 13, 2000 in Washington D.C.