Former Bears DT Darwin Walker Eyeing NFL Comeback
is contemplating a return to the NFL after sitting out last season.
“I haven’t ruled out the possibility of playing still,” said Walker, who played nine seasons in the NFL. “I’ve had a couple of offers. I turned them all down.”
Walker said he would only play for a championship contender. He’s still stung by the Super Bowl he lost with the Philadelphia Eagles in 2004.
“I’ve played in it and I lost it; I never got over that feeling,” Walker said. “If I could just get one, I’d be happy.”
Walker said he believes he could bring veteran leadership to an NFL team – and a presence in the middle of a defensive line.
“That’s important,” he said. “When you’ve got that in the middle, it’s hard to beat a defense.”
Until that time comes – if it even does, Walker is busy enough raising two small children, being a mostly silent partner in the engineering firm he created then sold and dabbling in commercial real estate.
Walker, who broke UT’s bench press record in 1999, grew even stronger in the NFL. He bench pressed 600 pounds before suffering a torn pectoral muscle that has altered his lifting.
Walker said he’s only aware of one other player in the NFL that benched 600 pounds: former Dallas Cowboy offensive lineman Larry Allen, who Walker played twice a season while with the Eagles.
“Larry Allen was a beast,” Walker said flatly.
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