Troy Walters: Wide Receivers coach at North Carolina State University
Troy Walters' Coaching Career
Year(s): Team - Position
2009: Indiana State - Offensive Coordinator/Quarterbacks/Wide Receivers
2010-11: Texas A&M - Wide Receivers
2012: NC State - Wide Receivers
PLAYING EXPERIENCE: College - Lettered at wide receiver at Stanford from 1996-99, he holds the single-game, single-season and career records for receiving yards and the season and career records for receptions; Professional - Drafted in the fifth round of the 2000 NFL draft by the Minnesota Vikings, where he played in 2000-01. Played for the Indianapolis Colts from 2002-05, for the Arizona Cardinals in 2006 and the Detroit Lions in 2007.
EDUCATION: Earned a B.A. in communication from Stanford in 1999 and his M.A. in sociology (organized behavior) in 2000.
PERSONAL DATA: A native of Bloomington, Ind., he married the former Josephine Jackson in June of 2012. Son of long-time college and NFL coach Trent Walters BOWL EXPERIENCE: As a player - 1996 Sun Bowl, 1999 Rose Bowl; As a coach (Texas A&M) - 2010 Cotton Bowl, 2011 Meineke Car Care of Texas Bowl
OTHER HIGHLIGHTS: As a player - The winner of the 1999 Biletnikoff Trophy, given annually to the nation's top wide receiver. A consensus All-American in 1999, he also was named the Pac-10 Player of the Year. Also earned Academic All-America honors. An All-Pac-10 player as a specialist in 1997 and as a wideout in 1999. Holds the Stanford single-season (86) and career (244) records for receptions and the single-game (278), single season (1,456 in 1999) and career (3,986) records for receiving yards. The 244 career receptions was also a Pac-10 record. Fifth-round draft choice of the Vikings in 2000, he averaged 23.1 yards per kickoff return and 14.5 yards per punt return as a rookie, seeing action in all 12 games. Played for Indianpolis from 2002-05, helping the Colts reach the playoffs every year. Caught 36 passes for 456 yards and three TDs in 2003. As a coach - In two seasons at A&M, coached school record setting receivers Ryan Swope and Jeff Fuller. In 2010, both players set the school record for single-season receptions with 72, while Fuller set the schoolmark for reception yardage with 1,066. In 1022, Swop broke both of those marks with 89 grabs for 1,207 yards.
Troy Walters' Coaching Career
Year(s): Team - Position
2009: Indiana State - Offensive Coordinator/Quarterbacks/Wide Receivers
2010-11: Texas A&M - Wide Receivers
2012: NC State - Wide Receivers
PLAYING EXPERIENCE: College - Lettered at wide receiver at Stanford from 1996-99, he holds the single-game, single-season and career records for receiving yards and the season and career records for receptions; Professional - Drafted in the fifth round of the 2000 NFL draft by the Minnesota Vikings, where he played in 2000-01. Played for the Indianapolis Colts from 2002-05, for the Arizona Cardinals in 2006 and the Detroit Lions in 2007.
EDUCATION: Earned a B.A. in communication from Stanford in 1999 and his M.A. in sociology (organized behavior) in 2000.
PERSONAL DATA: A native of Bloomington, Ind., he married the former Josephine Jackson in June of 2012. Son of long-time college and NFL coach Trent Walters BOWL EXPERIENCE: As a player - 1996 Sun Bowl, 1999 Rose Bowl; As a coach (Texas A&M) - 2010 Cotton Bowl, 2011 Meineke Car Care of Texas Bowl
OTHER HIGHLIGHTS: As a player - The winner of the 1999 Biletnikoff Trophy, given annually to the nation's top wide receiver. A consensus All-American in 1999, he also was named the Pac-10 Player of the Year. Also earned Academic All-America honors. An All-Pac-10 player as a specialist in 1997 and as a wideout in 1999. Holds the Stanford single-season (86) and career (244) records for receptions and the single-game (278), single season (1,456 in 1999) and career (3,986) records for receiving yards. The 244 career receptions was also a Pac-10 record. Fifth-round draft choice of the Vikings in 2000, he averaged 23.1 yards per kickoff return and 14.5 yards per punt return as a rookie, seeing action in all 12 games. Played for Indianpolis from 2002-05, helping the Colts reach the playoffs every year. Caught 36 passes for 456 yards and three TDs in 2003. As a coach - In two seasons at A&M, coached school record setting receivers Ryan Swope and Jeff Fuller. In 2010, both players set the school record for single-season receptions with 72, while Fuller set the schoolmark for reception yardage with 1,066. In 1022, Swop broke both of those marks with 89 grabs for 1,207 yards.