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.jpg) Walters in 2021 | |||||||||
| Cincinnati Bengals | |||||||||
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| Title | Wide receivers coach | ||||||||
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| Born | (1976-12-15)December 15, 1976 (age 48) Bloomington, Indiana, U.S. | ||||||||
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| High school | A&M Consolidated(College Station, Texas) | ||||||||
| College | Stanford | ||||||||
| NFL draft | 2000: 5th round, 165th overall pick | ||||||||
| Position | Wide receiver, No. 82, 86, 17 | ||||||||
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Troy McHenry Walters (born December 15, 1976) is an Americanfootball coach and former player who is thewide receivers coach for theCincinnati Bengals of theNational Football League (NFL). Walters played as awide receiver andpunt returner in the NFL for eight seasons. Walters playedcollege football for theStanford Cardinal, earning consensusAll-American honors and winning theFred Biletnikoff Award as the season's outstanding college football receiver. He was selected in the fifth round of the2000 NFL draft by theMinnesota Vikings, and also played for theIndianapolis Colts,Arizona Cardinals andDetroit Lions of the NFL.
Walters was born inBloomington, Indiana. His fatherTrent Walters was a three-year letterman atIndiana and played two seasons in theCFL with theEdmonton Eskimos. He attendedA&M Consolidated High School inCollege Station, Texas, and was a letterman in football, basketball and track. In football, as a senior, he was named to the Texas Magazine First-team; he also was a second-team All-Greater Houston selection and a third-team all-state selection.
After accepting anathletic scholarship to attend Stanford University, Walters played for theStanford Cardinal football team from 1996 to 1999. As a senior in 1999, he was recognized as consensus first-team All-American and won theFred Biletnikoff Award. He finished his college career with 244 catches and over 3,900 receiving yards, and currently ranks as Stanford's all-time leader in receptions and receiving yards.
TheMinnesota Vikings selected Walters in the fifth round (165th pick overall) of the2000 NFL draft, and he played for the Vikings from2000 to2001.[1] His father was on the coaching staff during his time with the Vikings. He subsequently played for theIndianapolis Colts (2002–2005),Arizona Cardinals (2006) andDetroit Lions (2007). During his eight-season NFL career, he played in 98 games, compiled 102 receptions for 1,135 yards and nine touchdowns, returned 117 kickoffs for 2,594 yards, and returned 139 punts for 1,241 yards.
| Legend | |
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| Bold | Career high |
| Year | Team | Games | Receiving | ||||||
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| GP | GS | Tgt | Rec | Yds | Avg | Lng | TD | ||
| 2000 | MIN | 12 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 5.0 | 5 | 0 |
| 2001 | MIN | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2002 | IND | 16 | 1 | 25 | 18 | 207 | 11.5 | 27 | 0 |
| 2003 | IND | 15 | 4 | 52 | 36 | 456 | 12.7 | 46 | 3 |
| 2004 | IND | 5 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 5.0 | 5 | 0 |
| 2005 | IND | 16 | 1 | 19 | 14 | 152 | 10.9 | 39 | 3 |
| 2006 | ARI | 15 | 3 | 35 | 23 | 209 | 9.1 | 26 | 2 |
| 2007 | DET | 13 | 0 | 10 | 9 | 101 | 11.2 | 21 | 1 |
| 98 | 9 | 143 | 102 | 1,135 | 11.1 | 46 | 9 | ||
| Year | Team | Games | Receiving | ||||||
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| GP | GS | Tgt | Rec | Yds | Avg | Lng | TD | ||
| 2000 | MIN | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 7.0 | 7 | 0 |
| 2002 | IND | 1 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 17 | 17.0 | 17 | 0 |
| 2003 | IND | 2 | 0 | 6 | 6 | 31 | 5.2 | 11 | 0 |
| 2004 | IND | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2005 | IND | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| 8 | 0 | 12 | 8 | 55 | 6.9 | 17 | 0 | ||
Walters joined the staff atIndiana State University as theiroffensive coordinator, quarterbacks coach, and wide receivers coach. He then left to become the wide receivers coach atTexas A&M University from 2010 to 2011. He then had stints atNorth Carolina State University in 2012, and at theUniversity of Colorado Boulder from 2013 to 2015 as a wide receivers coach.[2]
Walters joinedScott Frost's staff at theUniversity of Central Florida as offensive coordinator and wide receivers coach in 2016. Walters was a finalist for theBroyles Award, presented to the top assistant coach in college football in December 2017.[3][4]
Walters followed Frost toNebraska to become the offensive coordinator and wide receivers coach in December 2017.[5] On January 17, 2020, the University of Nebraska and Walters parted ways.
Walters was hired by theCincinnati Bengals as their assistant wide receivers coach on February 10, 2020.[6] He assumedBob Bicknell's wide receivers coaching duties for the team's weeks 10 and 11 games in 2020 against thePittsburgh Steelers andWashington Football Team due to Bicknell missing the games forCOVID-19 pandemic protocols.[7][8]