Dontae Walker passed away

[JesterB]

That’s all I know. Sorry if Germans

 

[dawgstudent]

That’s tough to hear.

 

[IBleedMaroonDawg]

 

[Bobby Ricigliano]

That’s all I know. Sorry if Germans

Damn…hate to hear that no matter how his career played out…couldn’t been more than 44 or 45.

 

[57stratdawg]

Damn. RIP champ. May your wings carry you to glory.

 

[HailStout]

This hits me harder than I thought it would have

 

[L4Dawg]

Dude was a Dawg. RIP.

 

[DAWGSANDSAINTS]

Hate to hear that.

 

[MSUDC11-2.0]

As someone whose introduction to MSU football was the ‘99 and 2000 teams this breaks my heart.

 

[dawgstudent]

Who remembers this from the 1999 season from the CL?

 

[L4Dawg]

Who remembers this from the 1999 season from the CL?

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I think they were passing them out outside the game immediately afterward. I know they did after one game before we lost.

 

[atomic dawg]

Who remembers this from the 1999 season from the CL?

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Still have one of these somewhere.

 

[Leeshouldveflanked]

Last news I had heard on him, he had really turned things around the last 10 years or so.

 

[InTheIttaBenaHotSun]

I'm sorry to hear this....saying a prayer for his family. RIP #3

 

[greenbean.sixpack]

Sad news.

 

[CEO2044]

Legend to me.

 

[ronpolk]

Hate to hear it…. Maybe the biggest “what if” player I’ve seen at state.

 

[Bully1972]

I think they were passing them out outside the game immediately afterward. I know they did after one game before we lost.

Yes, it was after beating UK I believe. As soon as you walked out of the stadium they were passing them out. I still have mine.

 

[DawgsGoneWild]

Graduated from Belhaven. I had a few classes with Dontae. Back when players still had schooling to do. He would chirp his name the entire class. Just sit back and yell “Dontae!” He was a funny guy with a lot of demons

 

[WilCoDawg]

Who remembers this from the 1999 season from the CL?

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I still have mine as well

 

[TPIPER36]

So sad, wasn’t he in jail before he we went to state?

 

[TPIPER36]

Actually that was Bullard never mind.

 

[thatsbaseball]

How many have we all known that were "their own worst enemy" ? R.I.P. Dontae .

 

[GloryDawg]

He was the front page of the Clarion Ledger wearing a Bama hat.

 

[GloryDawg]

So sad, wasn’t he in jail before he we went to state?

He did go to jail.

 

[eckie1]

He did go to jail.

Sounds like he served 4 years for cocaine…

Dontae Walker, former Mississippi State RB, passes away

Dontae Walker passed away, the former Mississippi State running back a key member of the Bulldogs' turn-of-the-millennium squads.

www.saturdaydownsouth.com

 

[60sdog]

I will never forget that 2000 Florida game, when he and Dicenzo Miller each ran for 160 yards or so. I think the whole team was over 400 yards rushing.

 

[Maroon13]

The Florida game in 2000. Also the OkSt game in 99. He was a beast.

 

[horshack.sixpack]

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That’s tough to hear.

Any idea how/why he died?

 

[Bobby Ricigliano]

Any idea how/why he died?

ED saying heart attack.

 

[ToxicTimberDawg]

Who remembers this from the 1999 season from the CL?

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Still have it in the bedroom at my parents' house. I was senior in high school that year.

 

[rockydawg1013]

I believe it was after the Thursday night Kentucky game.

 

[HailStout]

I believe it was after the Thursday night Kentucky game.

It was.

 

[Captain Ron]

If I remember correctly, he didn‘t start on Senior day and left the field prior to the end of the gam. I am not sure if it was Rick Cleveland or the other big sports writers (Hampton?) that did the article on Donte the next year where he was going to try to get drafted. He had lost a ton of weight and got in incredible shape. I really thought with his talent he had a chance to make it.

I wonder what was going on personally for him to be that good early on and then that out of shape his senior year.

 

[DovaDawg]

Who remembers this from the 1999 season from the CL?

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Still have a couple of those floating around somewhere.

 

[Dawghouse]

If I remember correctly, he didn‘t start on Senior day and left the field prior to the end of the gam. I am not sure if it was Rick Cleveland or the other big sports writers (Hampton?) that did the article on Donte the next year where he was going to try to get drafted. He had lost a ton of weight and got in incredible shape. I really thought with his talent he had a chance to make it.

I wonder what was going on personally for him to be that good early on and then that out of shape his senior year.

Aside from any personal issues he was battling, Jackie had lost the locker room by then. There was zero disciple or accountability on those teams.