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Career Accolades

  • National Football Foundation Hampshire Honor Society (2021)
  • Two-time Pac-12 Fall Academic Honor Roll (2019, 2020)
  • All-Pac-12 first team (2018)
  • Pac-12 All-Academic honorable mention (2018)
  • All-Pac-12 honorable mention (2017)
  • Pac-12 Freshman Offensive Co-Player of the Year (2017)
  • ESPN Freshman All-America (2017)
  • Stanford's first true freshman to start at left tackle since 2000 (Kirk Chambers)

As a Senior (2020)

  • Outland Trophy watch list
  • Reese's Senior Bowl Top 250 watch list
  • Preseason All-America second team (Walter Camp Football Foundation)
  • Preseason All-America second team (Phil Steele)
  • Preseason All-America fourth team (Athlon)
  • Preseason All-Pac-12 first team (Phil Steele)
  • Preseason All-Pac-12 second team (Athlon)
  • Pac-12 All-Academic Honor Roll

As a Junior (2019)

  • Member of Pac-12 Fall Academic Honor Roll
  • Started the first game at left tackle but suffered a season-ending injury

As a Sophomore (2018)

  • All-Pac-12 first team
  • Pac-12 All-Academic honorable mention
  • Played in 12 games and started all 12 at left tackle
  • Protected blindside of K.J. Costello, who finished with second-most passing yards in a season in school history

As a Freshman (2017)

  • Pac-12 Freshman Offensive Co-Player of the Year
  • All-Pac-12 honorable mention
  • ESPN Freshman All-America
  • Nine games played
  • First career start (left tackle) at San Diego State
  • Stanford's first true freshman to start at left tackle since 2000 (Kirk Chambers)
  • Led Stanford to 405 rushing yards vs. UCLA (fourth-most in school history) in second career start
  • Helped Bryce Love set single-game school record with 301 rushing yards (vs. Arizona State) in third career start

Prior to Stanford

  • Prepped at Episcopal (Texas) under head coach Steve Leisz
  • Consensus five-star recruit
  • Nation’s top-ranked recruit by 247Sports, fourth by Scout, seventh by Rivals
  • Texas’ top-ranked recruit by Scout and 247Sports, second by Rivals, sixth by PrepStar, 10th by ESPN
  • Nation’s top-ranked offensive tackle by 247Sports, second by Scout and Rivals, eighth by ESPN, 10th by PrepStar
  • Four-year starter
  • 2017 Parade All-America first team
  • 2017 U.S. Army All-America
  • 2017 U.S. Army All-American Bowl team captain
  • 2016 MaxPreps All-America first team
  • 2016 USA Today All-USA second team
  • 2016 Nike Opening Final Five
  • 2016 Nike Regional Camp MVP
  • 2016 Rivals Camp MVP
  • Three-time All-Southwest Preparatory Conference
  • 2016 team MVP
  • 2016 team captain
  • Led team to 2014 state title
  • Also competed in basketball and track

Personal

  • Full name is Walker Douglas Little
  • Born in Houston, Texas
  • Son of Doug and Sara Little
  • Father played baseball at Texas Tech
  • Has two siblings, Dalton and Ellie
  • Grandfather, Gene Little, played football at Rice and professionally for the New York Giants
  • Uncle, Jack Little, played football at Texas A&M and professionally for the Baltimore Colts
  • Sixth-generation Texan
  • Is one-quarter Jamaican from his maternal grandmother and has visited Jamaica throughout his high school and college years, most recently in the summer of 2019 for vacation and beachside training