Herschel Walker: Profile of a Reluctant Superstar (August 31, 1982)
Herschel Junior Walker OLY (born March 3, 1962) is an American political candidate and former football running back who played in the National Football League (NFL) for 12 seasons. He is the Republican nominee in the 2022 United States Senate election in Georgia.
Walker played college football at the University of Georgia, where he won a National Championship in 1980, and the Heisman Trophy in 1982.[2] In 1986, Walker joined the NFL with the Dallas Cowboys, earning consecutive Pro Bowl and second-team All-Pro honors from 1987 to 1988. In 1989, Walker was traded to the Minnesota Vikings. He was later a member of the Philadelphia Eagles and New York Giants before concluding his career with a second stint on the Cowboys. Walker was inducted to the College Football Hall of Fame in 1999.
From 2019 to 2020, he served as a co-chair on the President's Council on Sports, Fitness, and Nutrition under President Donald Trump. Walker will face incumbent Democratic Senator Raphael Warnock in the November 2022 general election.