2021 Football Roster
Roster
Chance Walker
- Height:
- 5-11
- Weight:
- 180
- Class:
- Graduate Student
- Hometown:
- Gaston, S.C.
- High School:
- Swansea HS
Blazing fast graduate transfer from Newberry College with one season of eligibility remaining … Former running back who will play in the slot in 2020 … Played at Newberry for Gardner-Webb alum Todd Knight … Runs a 10.6-second time in the 100m dash … Has been timed as fast as 4.41 in the 40-yard dash.
2019 at Newberry: Played in all 11 games with six starts ... Finished sixth in the SAC with 731 rushing yards and seventh in the league with 66.5 yards per game ... Set school records with 261 rushing yards and six touchdowns on 26 carries in a win at Catawba Oct. 19 ... Six rushing touchdowns set school and conference records by players at any position (SAC record had stood since 1989) ... 36 points scored set a school record and tied the SAC single-game record ... Rushed for at least 95 yards in four of the final five games of the season ... Caught 12 passes for 61 yards and a touchdown. 2018 at Newberry: Played in all 11 games … Led team in kickoff return yardage, posting 341 yards on 15 chances … Had 129 return yards at Western Carolina. 2017 at Newberry: Led the Wolves with 404 kickoff return yards and a score on 15 returns … Averaged 26.9 yards per return … Had 19 carries on offense for 101 yards in spot duty … Had a 100-yard kickoff return vs. Virginia Union.
High School: Played all over the field offensively at Swansea (S.C.) High under Coach Chad Leaphart … Finished career with more than 4,000 yards and 62 touchdowns … Earned Class 3A All-State honors as an athlete from the S.C. High School Sports Report in 2015 … Played quarterback as a senior and passed for 2,067 yards and 23 touchdowns … Selected to play in the Touchstone Energy North/South All-Star Game … Named to the HSSR All-Rookie Team in 2013.
