North Carolina wide receiver Tez Walker has been granted eligibility by the NCAA.
North Carolina wide receiver Devontez Walker watches the game from the bench during the second quarter of an NCAA college football game against Minnesota, Saturday, Sept. 16, 2023, in Chapel Hill, N.C. had previously been denied a waiver for immediate eligibility by the NCAA
The NCAA allows players to transfer once and be immediately eligible. Players who have graduated are also granted immediate eligibility, but the NCAA has tightened its rules on players transferring for a second time.about the NCAA's initial decision to rule Walker ineligible to play this season. Even as it granted Walker his eligibility on Wednesday, the NCAA fired back at the way North Carolina has handled the situation.
"Plain and simple, the NCAA has failed Tez and his family and I've lost all faith in its ability to lead and govern our sport," Brown said in a Sept. 7 statement."They've messed so many things up as it relates to college football, and now their failures have negatively impacted the life of one of our own. Shame on you, NCAA.”
Walker, a native of Charlotte, originally signed with East Tennessee State out of high school, but the ETSU coaching staff deferred his enrollment to the spring after Walker suffered a knee injury. Instead of going to ETSU, Walker enrolled at NC Central in 2020. However, because of the COVID-19 pandemic, NC Central saw both its fall and spring seasons canceled, so Walker never suited up for the Eagles.
UNC was a natural fit, and Walker was expected to have a major role on the field for the Tar Heels — potentially even as the No. 1 receiver for star quarterback Drake Maye. That changed when the NCAA ruled him ineligible to play in 2023. Walker cited the fact that he actually only played at one school and the “stress and anxiety” of being away from his grandmother in hoping his waiver would be granted.
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