Walker Sets Montana Western Sacks Record and Earns NAIA Defensive Player of the Week Honors

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September 8, 2025

KANSAS CITY, Mo. – Tyler Walker’s 4.5 sacks broke a Montana Western single-game record and the senior defensive lineman from Dillon, Mont., had a team-best 11 tackles in the Bulldogs’ 52-0 win over Montana State-Northern, earning the first NAIA Defensive Player of the Week designation of the 2025 season.

Of Walker’s game-high 11 tackles, six were solo efforts, and he had six tackles-for-loss, totaling 33 yards.

But the storyline for Walker in the game was his effort in the backfield with the quarterback, breaking the aforementioned UMW single-game record with 4.5 sacks that totaled 25 negative yards for Northern.

Walker’s 4.5 sacks on the season – all in Saturday’s win – are best in the NAIA through two weeks in the 2025 football season. Montana Western is off this week, traveling next to Rocky Mountain (Mont.) on Sept. 20.

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