1
: a minor part (as in a dramatic production)
also
: an actor having such a part
2
: a college athlete who tries out for an athletic team without having been recruited or offered a scholarship
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Kirk Kenney, San Diego Union-Tribune, 24 Dec. 2025
Corbo, a first-team All-Dade player at Palmer, went to Ole Miss as a walk-on track athlete, training in the javelin throw as a freshman and in the decathlon as a sophomore.
—Walter Villa, Miami Herald, 22 Dec. 2025
Both Cutforth and Martinez are Treasure Valley products who arrived at Boise State as walk-ons; Cutforth earned a scholarship at the tail end of last season.
—Shaun Goodwin, Idaho Statesman, 14 Dec. 2025
Winner Logan Jones, Iowa Burlsworth Trophy The trophy is named for Brandon Burlsworth, who rose from walk-on to All-American at Arkansas, and is given to the most outstanding player who began his college career as a walk-on.
—Jordy Fee-Platt, New York Times, 14 Dec. 2025
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Leading the way is redshirt freshman Drew Mestemaker (292-for-416, 4,129 yards, 31 TD/7 INT), a former walk-on who emerged as one of the country’s top quarterbacks.
—Kirk Kenney, San Diego Union-Tribune, 24 Dec. 2025
Corbo, a first-team All-Dade player at Palmer, went to Ole Miss as a walk-on track athlete, training in the javelin throw as a freshman and in the decathlon as a sophomore.
—Walter Villa, Miami Herald, 22 Dec. 2025
Both Cutforth and Martinez are Treasure Valley products who arrived at Boise State as walk-ons; Cutforth earned a scholarship at the tail end of last season.
—Shaun Goodwin, Idaho Statesman, 14 Dec. 2025
Winner Logan Jones, Iowa Burlsworth Trophy The trophy is named for Brandon Burlsworth, who rose from walk-on to All-American at Arkansas, and is given to the most outstanding player who began his college career as a walk-on.
—Jordy Fee-Platt, New York Times, 14 Dec. 2025
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“Walk on.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/walk%20on. Accessed 29 Dec. 2025.
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