PFF College Cornerback of the Week (10/11/21)
ESPN All-ACC Midseason Team (10/11/21)
2019 All-ACC Honorable Mention
2021: Has started all 11 games at CB ... Tied for the ACC lead and is tied for 10th in the FBS with four interceptions ... Joins Iowa’s Riley Moss (2 INT return TDs) and Penn State’s Ji’Ayir Brown as the only other Power Five players in the nation with four INTs and an INT return score ... One of six ACC players to return an interception for a touchdown ... Ranks third in the ACC with 67 interception return yards ... Recorded seven tackles, an interception and broke up a pass vs. North Carolina (9/3) ... Made five tackles and had a 30-yard interception return vs. Middle Tennessee State (9/11) ... Recorded four tackles, returned an interception for 11 yards and broke up a pass at West Virginia (9/18) ... Registered six tackles including 1.0 TFL (-2.0 yards) vs. Richmond (9/25) ... Recorded five tackles and returned an interception 28 yards for a touchdown, his first career pick-six, vs. Notre Dame (10/9) ... Made two tackles vs. Pitt (10/16) before leaving the game due to injury ... Recorded five tackles at Georgia Tech (10/30) ... Made five tackles and broke up a pass at Boston College (11/5) ... Recorded three tackles vs. Duke (11/13) ... Registered four tackles including 1.0 TFL (-4.0 yards) and broke up two passes at Miami (11/20).
2020: Battled a variety of injuries that limited him to two starts … Finished the year with 10 tackles (eight solo), 1.0 TFL and a pass breakup … Made his first start of the season at UNC (10/10), posting eight tackles, 1.0 TFL and a pass breakup … Started vs. Liberty (11/7) and made a pair of tackles … Was sidelined for the remainder of the season.
2019: Played in all 13 games (10 starts) … Registered three INTs to tie with teammate LB Dax Hollifield for seventh in the ACC … Tied for fifth in the ACC with 13 passes defensed … Made six stops and registered his first INT in a Tech uniform at Boston College (8/31) ... Made his first career started and registered a career-high seven tackles and 1.0 TFL vs. ODU (9/7) ... Had two INTs for 23 yards at Miami (10/5) to go with five tackles and half a sack ... Registered five tackles at Georgia Tech (11/16) ... Had three pass breakups vs. Pitt (11/23) … Made four stops and broke up two passes at Virginia (11/29).
2018: Saw action in 12 games, registering seven tackles, a forced fumble and a pass defensed … Registered his first career tackle at Florida State (9/3) … Had two tackles at Old Dominion (9/22) ... Forced a fumble at Pitt (11/10) ... Posted a pass breakup vs. Marshall (12/1).
High School: Earned two varsity letters under head coach Tyree Spinner at the Avalon School in Washington, D.C. … Spent his first two seasons at Archbishop Carroll … Threw for more than 2,600 yards and 24 touchdowns as a quarterback before at Archbishop Carroll … Moved to defensive back at the Avalon School … Tallied six interceptions as a junior and was on The Washington Post’s All-Met preseason watch list in 2017.
Personal: Jermaine Antonio Walker … Son of Sharron Waller and Vincent Hunnicutt … Has two sisters ... Majoring in criminology.
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Jermaine Waller Season 2020
PositionDB
Weight180 lbs
Height6-1
ClassJunior
HometownWashington, D.C.
High SchoolAvalon School
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