ABOUT WALTER
Height : 6-5
Weight : 308
College : Florida State University
Birth Date : Jan. 19, 1974
Joined fellow Pro Bowler Steve Hutchinson to form one of the best left sides in football. Named to sixth career Pro Bowl after the season (1999, 2001-05) and was one of seven Seattle representatives (Shaun Alexander, Matt Hasselbeck, Hutchinson, Lofa Tatupu, Robbie Tobeck, Mack Strong). Also earned first-team All-Pro status for third time in career, second straight, (2001, 2004, 2005) by the Associated Press, joining nine other players in franchise history to earn All-Pro first-team honors (Kenny Easley and Cortez Kennedy, three times each; Hutchinson, twice; Bobby Joe Edmonds; Norm Johnson; Steve Largent; Joe Nash; Fredd Young, one each). Helped Alexander to become the NFL MVP with a career year on the ground with a career-high and Seattle-record 1,880 yards and an NFL-record 28 total touchdowns (27 rush, 1 rec.). Helped Seattle to a club-record 320 rush yards and two 100-yard rushers for only the third time in club history vs. Houston (10/16).
PRO
Selected with the sixth overall pick in the first round of the 1997 draft. Choice was acquired from the Tampa Bay Buccaneers on draft day for the Seahawks’ 12th overall choice in the first round and a third-round choice obtained from the Atlanta Falcons on March 28. Became the first Seahawks’ offensive lineman to play in the Pro Bowl, following the 1999 season. Named to his fifth consecutive Pro Bowl, sixth career, following the 2005 season. Has started all 137 career games played.COLLEGE
Second-team All-Atlantic Coast Conference choice as a junior. ACC Lineman of Week versus North Carolina State . Eight-time winner of the Victors Club given to the player for exceptional performance. Redshirted in 1995 after transferring from Holmes Community College in Holmes , Miss. Lettered two seasons and was named Mississippi Junior College Player of the Year by the Jackson Clarion-Ledger in 1994. Allowed just one sack in two seasons. Also played some tight end in the second half of the 1994 season. Criminology major
HIGH SCHOOL
Football and basketball letterman at Aliceville High School in Aliceville , Ala.
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