Wake Forest Athletics
2026 Football Roster

Jersey Number 14
Tyler Walton
- Height:
- 6-5
- Weight:
- 265
- Class:
- Redshirt Junior
- Hometown:
- Suwanee, GA
- High School:
- North Gwinnett
2025 (Redshirt Sophomore)
Appeared in all 13 games for the Demon Deacons… Recorded 16 tackles and a pass breakup… Added three tackles in the games against Oregon State (10/11) and SMU (10/25).
2024 (Sophomore)
Saw action in two games during the 2024 season for the Demon Deacons...Recorded two total tackles versus N.C. A&T...Finished the season with a career-high three total tackles.
2023 (Freshman)
Did not see any action during the 2023 season... Redshirted.
High School
Team Captain … Played two years on varsity at North Gwinnett High School… Recorded 101 tackles, 35 tackles-for-loss and 16 sacks in 20 career games… 2022: Helped lead his team to a 10-3 record (6-0 in district play) and a trip to the quarterfinals of the Georgia Class 7A playoffs… Tallied 54 tackles (6.0 per game), 18 tackles-for-loss (2.0 per game), eight sacks and a forced fumble in nine appearances during his senior season… 2021: Racked up 47 tackles, 17 tackles-for-loss, eight sacks, a team-high three forced fumbles and two fumble recoveries in his junior campaign… Earned an appearance in the second round of the playoffs.
Personal
Son of Sharonda (mother) and Branton (father) Walton… Born on February 23, 2005
Appeared in all 13 games for the Demon Deacons… Recorded 16 tackles and a pass breakup… Added three tackles in the games against Oregon State (10/11) and SMU (10/25).
2024 (Sophomore)
Saw action in two games during the 2024 season for the Demon Deacons...Recorded two total tackles versus N.C. A&T...Finished the season with a career-high three total tackles.
2023 (Freshman)
Did not see any action during the 2023 season... Redshirted.
High School
Team Captain … Played two years on varsity at North Gwinnett High School… Recorded 101 tackles, 35 tackles-for-loss and 16 sacks in 20 career games… 2022: Helped lead his team to a 10-3 record (6-0 in district play) and a trip to the quarterfinals of the Georgia Class 7A playoffs… Tallied 54 tackles (6.0 per game), 18 tackles-for-loss (2.0 per game), eight sacks and a forced fumble in nine appearances during his senior season… 2021: Racked up 47 tackles, 17 tackles-for-loss, eight sacks, a team-high three forced fumbles and two fumble recoveries in his junior campaign… Earned an appearance in the second round of the playoffs.
Personal
Son of Sharonda (mother) and Branton (father) Walton… Born on February 23, 2005
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