FAMU Football hires former NFL player and Super Bowl champion to oversee defensive line

Florida A&M football is added to the coaching staff as coach Colzie announced Casey Walker as defensive line coach.

“We are excited to add Casey Walker to our staff at Florida A&M,” said Colzie. “Casey has played in the NFL, at the Power 5 level, and most recently coached at the Group of 5 level. He will bring a tremendous amount of understanding to what we are going to do on defense (particularly the defensive line). He will also be an efficient player.” and excellent recruiter, who can only strengthen our technical staff.

“I will also need him to uphold the standard that our defensive line will be the most dominant group in the SWAC, second only to our defense as one of the best in the country.”

Walker joined the Rattlers after spending the past two seasons as the defensive line coach at Louisiana Tech.

In 2022, Walker coached Keivie Rose, who was named to the All-Conference USA First Team. Rose recorded 24 total tackles (18 solo, 6 assists) that season, with 4.0 tackles for loss and two sacks.

Before La Tech, Walker worked for three years at Texas A&M Commerce. While at Texas A&M-Commerce, Walker served as defensive line coach, and his position group led the Lone Star Conference in sacks per game in 2019. That same group set a Division II playoff record with ten sacks in a win over Colorado School of Mines.

In 2021, his TAMUC defensive line set an NCAA record by recording ten sacks in the first half of a game. He coached several performers at all conferences during his time at Texas A&M-Commerce.

Walker served at Oklahoma Baptist as defensive line coach in 2018 after a year of coaching at Garden City Community College and Central Oklahoma.

Walker was born in Dallas and attended Garland High School. He received a full scholarship to play at the University of Oklahoma under coach Bob Stoops, where he earned a Bachelor of Arts in Multi-Disciplinary Studies with a concentration in communications.

After graduating, Walker became an NFL free agent and was signed by the Carolina Panthers. The following year, Walker was signed by the New England Patriots, where he played on the winning Super Bowl XLIX team.

During his time in the league, Walker also played with the Baltimore Ravens, the Dallas Cowboys and the Buffalo Bills.

Walker is married to his wife Kelsi. They have three children, Kobi, Kennedi and Casey.

Florida A&M Rattlers 2024 Football Schedule

• August 24 vs. Norfolk State in MEAC/SWAC Challenge, Atlanta*

• August 31 vs. South Carolina State

• September 7 in Miami

• September 21 in Troy

• September 28 vs. Alabama A&M

• October 5 in the state of Alabama

• Oct. 19 at Jackson State

• October 26 vs. South

• November 2 vs. Texas Southern (HOMECOMING)

• Nov. 9 at Prairie View A&M

• Nov. 16 vs. Mississippi Valley State

• November 23 vs. Bethune-Cookman, Orlando*

BOLD = SWAC

* = Neutral location

This article originally appeared on Tallahassee Democrat: FAMU Football: Former NFL player, Super Bowl champion Casey Walker new DL coach