Deone Walker
IL/DT BUF (7)
Sun 8/10/25 8:41 PM

Walker recorded one pass deflection during Saturday's 35-24 preseason loss to the Giants.
EDGE Analysis
Walker missed time due to illness leading up to Buffalo's preseason clash with New York, but he managed to get healthy in time to play. The rookie fourth-round pick is competing for depth rotational reps along the Bills' interior defensive line.

Deone Walker
IL/DT BUF (7)
Mon 8/4/25 11:53 AM

Walker (illness) isn't practicing Monday, Alaina Getzenberg of ESPN.com reports.
EDGE Analysis
Walker will look to recover in time to play in Saturday's preseason opener against the Giants. The rookie fourth-round pick out of Kentucky will likely begin his NFL career in a rotational role.

Deone Walker
IL/DT BUF (7)
Sat 5/10/25 11:37 AM

Walker, who is in rookie camp this week, revealed that he played the 2024 season with a back injury, Alec White and Maddy Glab of the Bills' official site report. "I had a pars defect in my back," Walker said on the night of the 2025 NFL Draft. "I didn't know about it until after the season, really until the combine. We didn't really know what it was, but I feel a 100 percent right now."
EDGE Analysis
Walker, selected in the fourth round, is a giant of a man at 6-foot-7, 331 pounds, and at some point during his college career at Kentucky he was expected to be drafted higher, as he was a lot more productive when healthier in 2023. He'll begin as a rotational defensive lineman among a talented crew that includes Greg Rousseau. Ed Oliver, Joey Bosa and DaQuan Jones, though Walker offers plenty of upside. Perhaps the Bills got themselves a steal now that the back issue is mostly behind him.