Age
22
Oct 14, 2003
Walter Nolen
ARI · 2025–presentACT
WalterNolen#97IDL
2025 Season
Latest productionTackles
11
2025
TFL
5
regular season
Sacks
2.0
regular season
QB Hits
5
regular season
FF
0
regular season
Snap %
43%
avg / game
Career
Team path from high school through the NFL, with draft context and accolades.
01 / Career
Career Path
2022 — Present · Includes honors2025–
Arizona Cardinals · Interior DL
IDL · 8 active weeks
NFL
2024
Ole Miss · DT
NCAA
2022–2023
Texas A&M · DT
NCAA
Draft Profile
2025 DraftSelection
Round 1, Pick 16
#16 overall by Arizona Cardinals
TeamARI
Overall#16
Data Sources & Attribution
CreditsHeadshot — NFL officialA local silhouette placeholder is shown in the hero. Official artwork is not embedded for licensing reasons; the `View headshot` button links to the source on NFL.com.
Statistics — nflverseStats are sourced from nflverse. Carl S, Baldwin B, Sharpe L, Ho T, Edwards J (2025). nflverse: Easily Install and Load the ‘nflverse’. R package version 1.0.3.9001, https://nflverse.nflverse.com/. Advanced metrics shown here are drawn via nflverse from Pro Football Reference Advanced Stats and NFL Next Gen Stats.
Pro Football ReferenceSports Reference LLC. “Pro Football Statistics and History.” Pro-Football-Reference.com. https://www.pro-football-reference.com/. (Accessed 2026-06-02.)
Athleticism & RASCombine and pro-day measurements compiled by Ray Carpenter, nfl-draft-data. Relative Athletic Score (RAS) by Kent Lee Platte, https://ras.football/.