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North Carolina wide receiver Devontez Walker watches the game against Minnesota from the sidelines during the second quarter of an NCAA college football game, Saturday, Sept. 16, 2023, in Chapel Hill, N.C. Walker was originally declared ineligible this season as a second-time transfer, despite his original school, North Carolina A&T, having canceled its 2020 season due to COVID. However, after receiving what it called “new information,” the NCAA granted Walker’s waiver request.
“It is unfortunate that UNC failed to provide this important information previously. While we must be careful not to compromise a student-athlete’s right to privacy when it comes to sensitive issues, we want to assure the Division I membership and everyone watching how the new transfer rules are applied, that this meets the new transfer waiver standards.
The 6-foot-2, 200-pound Walker signed with East Tennessee State out of a Charlotte, N.C., high school in 2019, but never enrolled due a knee injury. He landed the next season at North Carolina A&T — like ETSU an FCS school — but also never played there before heading to Kent State in 2021. The question of Walker’s eligibility has been a major controversy for several months, with Walker making the case he would have been eligible before the rule change and that he wanted to move closer to home so that his elderly grandparents could see him play. North Carolina coach Mack Brownwhen Walker’s waiver appeal was denied on Sept. 7, saying that the “decision makers at the NCAA and on the committee should be ashamed of themselves.
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