The protection market is lastly transferring with some veterans nonetheless available on the market, and meaning former Detroit Lions captain Tracy Walker seems to have lastly discovered a brand new residence. Based on The Athletic’s Matt Barrows, Walker is predicted to signal with the San Francisco 49ers.
Walker, the Lions’ third-round choose in 2018, began 43 video games for the Lions over the previous six seasons. In 2022, he signed a three-year take care of Detroit, with the expectations he’d turn out to be a pacesetter of the secondary.
“You had been one of many guys we had been speaking about,” coach Dan Campbell advised Walker in a behind-the-scenes video. “After we get this factor proper, all of the shit you needed to undergo, all of the stuff you needed to undergo, it’s going to make it that a lot sweeter. So now that is yours. So what do you wish to do with it? You’re considered one of these guys. You’re one of many core.”
Sadly for Walker, he ended up tearing his Achilles simply three video games into the season. When he returned in 2023, he misplaced his beginning job twice. First to free agent signing C.J. Gardner-Johnson after which once more to Ifeatu Melifonwu late within the season.
This February, the Lions reduce Walker, creating about $5.5 million in cap area within the course of. Now he’ll be part of a 49ers staff seeking to defend their NFC crown.
Walker’s Lions profession ends after 79 whole video games, 398 tackles, 23 passes defended, and 5 interceptions—all of which occured within the 2021 season.
