Cleveland Browns
2023 Courage Award Winner
- Position MLB
- Height 6-1
- Weight 235 lbs
- NFL Exp. 7 yrs
In 2022, Walker started the first three games of the season before sustaining a season-ending injury in Week 3 against the Steelers. Walker thought his football career might be done at that point but he spent the rest of the 2022 season at the Browns’ CrossCountry Mortgage campus where he continued to workout, rehab and fight his way back to football. Walker continued to make sure his presence was felt throughout the team and remained a leader for his teammates, showing up every day and helping his team in any way he could.
After 11 and a half months on the sidelines, Walker was named a team captain for the second straight season and has started all 11 games he’s played in this year compiling 37 tackles (16 solo), four passes defensed and one fumble recovery.
Walker’s leadership continues off the field in the community where just this year he has volunteered at several community events and sometimes attends multiple per week. The Browns focus on three community pillars: youth football, education and social justice. Walker has spent a majority of his time and energy on his off days focusing on the three community pillars of the Browns: youth football, education and social justice and how he can impact the community in these spaces.
Anthony Walker Jr
2023 Ed Block Courage Award Winner
In 2022, Walker started the first three games of the season before sustaining a season-ending injury in Week 3 against the Steelers. Walker thought his football career might be done at that point but he spent the rest of the 2022 season at the Browns’ CrossCountry Mortgage campus where he continued to workout, rehab and fight his way back to football. Walker continued to make sure his presence was felt throughout the team and remained a leader for his teammates, showing up every day and helping his team in any way he could.
After 11 and a half months on the sidelines, Walker was named a team captain for the second straight season and has started all 11 games he’s played in this year compiling 37 tackles (16 solo), four passes defensed and one fumble recovery.
Walker’s leadership continues off the field in the community where just this year he has volunteered at several community events and sometimes attends multiple per week. The Browns focus on three community pillars: youth football, education and social justice. Walker has spent a majority of his time and energy on his off days focusing on the three community pillars of the Browns: youth football, education and social justice and how he can impact the community in these spaces.
| Position | MLB |
|---|---|
| Height | 6-1 |
| Weight | 235 lbs |
| College | Northwestern |
| NFL Experience | 7 years |
Past Winners
- 2022 - Jack Conklin
- 2021 - Grant Delpit
- 2020 - Nick Chubb
- 2019 - Juston Burris
- 2018 - Terrance Mitchell
- 2017 - Kevin Zeitler
- 2016 - Joe Haden
- 2015 - Alex Mack
- 2014 - Desmond Bryant
- 2013 - T.J. Ward
- 2012 - Reggie Hodges
- 2011 - D’Qwell Jackson
- 2010 - Eric Barton
- 2009 - Mike Furrey
- 2008 - Joe Jurevicius
- 2007 - Gary Baxter
- 2006 - Phil Dawson
- 2005 - Kenard Lang
- 2004 - Lee Suggs
- 2003 - Courtney Brown
- 2001 - Jeremy McKinney
- 2000 - Jamir Miller
- 1999 - Derrick Alexander
- 1995 - Bennie Thompson
- 1994 - Carl Banks
- 1993 - Patrick Rowe
- 1992 - Lawyer Tillman
- 1991 - Mark Harper
- 1990 - Cody Risien
- 1989 - Eddie Johnson
- 1988 - Earnest Byner
- 1987 - Ozzie Newsome
- 1986 - Carl Hairston
- 1985 - Willie Adams
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