Quay Walker
Model Score
How good he is at what he is supposed to be doing, out of 100. Not a projection of what he will do next, and not a read on his contract. Median is about 70, and a 95 is rare. How it is built →
Season Stats · 14 games
Draft & College
Covers the college seasons in our data, which does not always reach back to a player's first year.
Comps
STM Take
2023 tier 2 (#14) peak to tier 6 (#45) in 2024 to tier 3 (#17) in 2025 shows real career-arc volatility for a 22nd overall pick. The Georgia 2021 CFP National Championship pedigree plus four years of Packers structural anchor reps give him real career foundation. The 2026 question is whether Walker returns to tier 2 territory or whether the structural tier 3 finish becomes the stable late-prime baseline.
Walker came out of Georgia as the Green Bay Packers' 1st-round pick (22nd overall) in 2022 after winning the 2021 CFP National Championship with the Bulldogs. He has anchored the Packers' linebacker corps across four seasons. His STTM career runs tier 2 (#14) in 2023, tier 6 (#45) in 2024, and tier 3 (#17) in 2025.
Strengths
- Georgia 2021 CFP National Championship pedigree plus the 22nd overall draft slot plus the 2023 tier 2 (#14) peak establishes structural top-15 LB ceiling.
- Four years of Packers system experience plus the 2025 tier 3 (#17) bounce-back confirms the structural ceiling is still reachable.
Concerns
- Career STTM volatility (tier 2 in 2023, tier 6 in 2024, tier 3 in 2025) confirms the ceiling is highly team-fit and context dependent.
- Green Bay's broader defensive identity around Jeff Hafley's first-year scheme puts continued Walker ceiling partly scheme-dependent.
What to watch: Whether Walker returns to tier 2 (top 15) in 2026, the threshold for confirming the 2023 ceiling is structural.
