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Career Accolades

  • William V. Campbell Trophy finalist (2022)
  • Tommy Vardell Award (2022)
  • Two-time All-Pac-12 honorable mention offensive tackle - Coaches (2020, 2022)
  • 2022 College Sports Communicators first team Academic All-American
  • Freshman All-America second team (The Athletic, 2019)
  • Two-time Pac-12 Academic Honor Roll (2021, 2022)
  • DC Touchdown Club Player of the Week (Sept. 11, 2021)

As a Senior (2022)

  • William V. Campbell Trophy finalist 
  • All-Pac-12 honorable mention offensive tackle - Coaches
  • College Sports Communicators first team Academic All-America
  • Tommy Vardell Award 
  • Pac-12 Academic Honor Roll
  • Started 10 games at left tackle

As a Junior (2021)

  • Pac-12 Academic Honor Roll
  • Outland Trophy watch list
  • DC Touchdown Club Player of the Week (Sept. 11, 2021)
  • Started all 12 games at left tackle
  • Didn't allow a sack and graded out as an 88 in the win over No. 3 Oregon (Oct. 2)

As a Sophomore (2020)

  • All-Pac-12 honorable mention (Coaches)
  • Played in and started all six games at left tackle
  • Started at left tackle and helped protect QB Davis Mills who went 32 for 47 passing for 428 yards and three touchdowns as Stanford beat UCLA 48-47 in double overtime (Dec. 19)

As a Freshman (2019)

  • Freshman All-America second team (The Athletic)
  • Played in all 12 games and started the final 11 at left tackle
  • Made first career start at left tackle in week two at USC
  • Stanford's second true freshman to start at left tackle since 2000 (Kirk Chambers, Walker Little)

Prior to Stanford

  • Prepped at Sidwell Friends (D.C.) under head coach John Simon
  • Four-star recruit by Rivals
  • Nation’s 34th-best tackle by Rivals, 36th by PrepStar, 44th by ESPN and 53rd by 247Sports
  • State’s second-best recruit by PrepStar, fourth by 247Sports, fifth by ESPN and fifth by Rivals
  • Two-time team captain
  • 2018 DCSAA all-state offensive line
  • 2018 all-Met honorable mention
  • Two-time all-league first team offensive tackle (2017-18)
  • 2018 all-USA Today D.C. first team
  • 2018 Sidwell Friends Coaches Award
  • 2017 DCSAA all-state offensive line
  • 2017 all-USA Today D.C. second team
  • 2015 football state champions
  • Nominated for 2019 Big 33 Game
  • Nominated for 2019 Gatorade Player of the Year
  • 2018 Pro Football Hall of Fame World Bowl in Mexico City, Mexico
  • 60 tackles, three sacks and 18 pancakes as a senior
  • 97 tackles (nine for loss), seven sacks, 10 pancakes and two touchdowns as a junior
  • Also competed in basketball and track
  • Two-time team captain of basketball team
  • 2017 basketball league champions

Personal

  • Son of Hillary Lucas and the late Victor Rouse
  • Grandfather, Walter V. Rouse, was a basketball All-American at Loyola University of Chicago
  • Grandfather hit the game-winning shot in overtime of the 1963 NCAA Championship game
  • Eagle Scout
  • Pescatarian
  • Attended Perelman School of Medicine Medical and Surgical program at University of Pennsylvania
  • Attended Physician Scientist Training program: Biomedical Research Training at SMU
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2019
Offensive Tackle
6-6 / 291 lbs
Walter_Rouse_MG_10162020_233
2020
Offensive Tackle
6-6 / 320 lbs
Walter_Rouse_DZ_072121_021
2021
Offensive Tackle
6-6 / 322 lbs