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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In that matchup, backup KU QB Cole Ballard (then a third-string walk-on) led Kansas back from a 13-0 deficit ... but Texas Tech kicked a game-winning field goal.
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Kellis Robinett, Kansas City Star, 12 Aug. 2025
The 4-star prospect from Jacksonville Mandarin even recently worked with the first-team offense, along with Louisville transfer Harrison Bailey and redshirt sophomore Aidan Warner, a former walk-on who starred at Winter Park High.
—Edgar Thompson, The Orlando Sentinel, 11 Aug. 2025
His Hulu comedy Chad Powers — inspired by the viral sketch in which Arch's uncle Eli Manning impersonated a walk-on at Penn State — premieres Sept. 30.
—Anna Lazarus Caplan, People.com, 7 Aug. 2025
Lewis brought the team together, called walk-on cornerback Xavier Hamlett to the front of the group and announced that the senior from Lincoln High School was being awarded a scholarship.
—Kirk Kenney, San Diego Union-Tribune, 1 Aug. 2025
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Kellis Robinett, Kansas City Star, 12 Aug. 2025
The 4-star prospect from Jacksonville Mandarin even recently worked with the first-team offense, along with Louisville transfer Harrison Bailey and redshirt sophomore Aidan Warner, a former walk-on who starred at Winter Park High.
—Edgar Thompson, The Orlando Sentinel, 11 Aug. 2025
His Hulu comedy Chad Powers — inspired by the viral sketch in which Arch's uncle Eli Manning impersonated a walk-on at Penn State — premieres Sept. 30.
—Anna Lazarus Caplan, People.com, 7 Aug. 2025
Lewis brought the team together, called walk-on cornerback Xavier Hamlett to the front of the group and announced that the senior from Lincoln High School was being awarded a scholarship.
—Kirk Kenney, San Diego Union-Tribune, 1 Aug. 2025
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“Walk-on.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/walk-on. Accessed 20 Aug. 2025.
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