Stampeding Through the 2025 USF Football Roster: #75 OL Khalil Walker

Today's player is a JUCO transfer who may be counted on to provide depth on the offensive line.

PLAYER: Khalil Walker

POSITION: Offensive lineman

YEAR: Redshirt sophomore

HEIGHT/WEIGHT: 6'5”, 310 lbs.

HOW DID HE GET HERE? Walker played his high school ball in Canton, Ohio at McKinley High School, where recruiting services labeled him a two-star prospect. He reportedly received offers from Toledo and Liberty, but elected up at Division II Ashland University in Ohio. He redshirted during his one season there, then transferred to Coffeyville Community College in Coffeyville, Kansas, where he started on the interior of the line and very much excelled, earning a mid three-star rating from the recruiting services and offers from a number of mid-major programs like North Texas, South Alabama, and Utah State. He was a bit of a surprise late addition to the Bulls’ recruiting class in 2024, as he committed in November and went on to sign in December and enroll in January - a busy few months for the young man.

WHAT SHOULD WE EXPECT IN 2025? Like some of the other incoming offensive linemen we discussed, Walker faces an uphill battle for playing time in 2025 given the Bulls’ uber-experienced offensive line. But here’s the thing about uber-experienced offensive lines: they tend to graduate a lot of players the next year. USF could be losing up to eight (!) significant players on the OL after this season*, so bringing in a player like Walker who’s already spent a couple years at the college level and can conceivably provide depth right away seems like a wise move. I suspect most of Walker’s opportunities for significant playing time will come in 2026, but the Bulls might really, really need him then.

*I say this now, but as we’ve learned, college eligibility is fake now and is just determined by a chaotic eligibility goblin who spins a giant wheel and shouts things out like “ONE MORE YEAR” and “JUNIOR COLLEGE DOESN’T COUNT.” To be clear: I love Chaotic Eligibility Goblin dearly, but he does make determining returning starters very challenging. To that point, Walker would traditionally have two or three years of eligibility with USF, but with the Diego Pavia JUCO case still pending, he could conceivably have anything up to a full four. All hail Chaotic Eligibility Goblin, our fearless hero and leader.