How to Use walk-on in a Sentence
walk-on
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Class might have a chance to walk-on at San Diego State.
—John Maffei, San Diego Union-Tribune, 2 Nov. 2023
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For now, walk-on Terrell Walden stands as the No. 5 back.
—Barry Jackson, Miami Herald, 27 Mar. 2025
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Check out a tweet with footage of the Survivor walk-on below.
—Gil Kaufman, Billboard, 15 Feb. 2023
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The bench was thrilled for the walk-on from Bristol, who hadn’t scored in his two seasons with the Huskies.
—Joe Arruda, Hartford Courant, 30 Apr. 2024
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This all creates a math problem for the two dozen walk-ons on the roster.
—Pete Sampson, The Athletic, 20 Mar. 2025
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Check out the Tonight Show walk-on, preview video and tour dates below.
—Gil Kaufman, Billboard, 18 Sep. 2024
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The brand also shares that one attendee has the chance to win a walk-on role in a Mahogany film.
—Jasmine Browley, Essence, 15 Sep. 2023
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The Star was told by a source that Shelby will start his KU career as a walk-on.
—Gary Bedore, Kansas City Star, 20 May 2024
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Hank The Dog was a walk-on for the Milwaukee Brewers after the team found him in 2014.
—Victoria Hernandez, USA TODAY, 20 Feb. 2024
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That and his son, Steven Izzo, plans to come back for a fifth season as a walk-on guard.
—Chris Solari, Detroit Free Press, 3 Mar. 2023
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Isaac is a freshman at UW, a walk-on on the basketball team.
—Jeff Potrykus, Journal Sentinel, 15 Feb. 2023
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O’Dell is a walk-on who rose to backup QB on last season’s depth chart.
—Kirk Kenney, San Diego Union-Tribune, 3 Dec. 2023
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O’Dell, a 6-foot-2 walk-on from La Puente, has been Mayden’s backup most of the season.
—Kirk Kenney, San Diego Union-Tribune, 13 Nov. 2023
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Gets a small walk-on role and understudies the lead, and then the top dog loses his voice.
—Neil Senturia, San Diego Union-Tribune, 14 Apr. 2025
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Beau was a high school standout as well and a walk-on to UNC’s basketball team.
—Alex Zietlow, Charlotte Observer, 22 Apr. 2024
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Rick Neuheisel went from walk-on to Rose Bowl champion.
—Ben Bolch, Los Angeles Times, 30 Mar. 2023
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The walk-on nobody had heard of before Wednesday night threatened to sue the New York Times.
—USA TODAY, 18 Mar. 2023
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That has meant the Wolf position has been largely filled by walk-ons this spring.
—Creg Stephenson | Cstephenson@al.com, al, 28 Mar. 2023
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In any story of success, failure has had at least a walk-on role.
—Paul Croughton, Robb Report, 4 Oct. 2023
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But the Aztecs iced it on a 5-yard touchdown pass from Mayden to walk-on running back Leo Kemp with 2:54 to play.
—Kirk Kenney, San Diego Union-Tribune, 26 Nov. 2023
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Sophomore walk-on Martin Blake made some noise at the end of the spring game and is intriguing as well.
—Kirk Kenney, San Diego Union-Tribune, 28 July 2023
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Pichardo was a freshman walk-on, and was not promised any playing time.
—Meg Oliver, CBS News, 29 Mar. 2023
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The country superstar bid on, and won, a walk-on role for a future Mark Wahlberg movie.
—Mark Gray, Peoplemag, 11 May 2024
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Boehm was recruited to the SEC program as a preferred walk-on.
—The Indianapolis Star, 30 Jan. 2024
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The final touchdown of the game was a 75-yard deep throw from walk-on Cole Tannenbaum to Riley.
—Justin Spears, The Arizona Republic, 15 Apr. 2023
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Trent Dilfer and his staff signed a slew of receivers in the offseason and added a few more walk-ons this summer.
—Evan Dudley, al, 10 July 2023
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But Hall’s attorney, Richard Hornsby, says Hall was set to join the team as a walk-on in the spring semester.
—Silas Morgan, Orlando Sentinel, 31 July 2024
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It was founded in 2003 by Brandon Landry and Jack Warner, a pair of walk-ons for the men’s basketball team.
—Cheryl V. Jackson, The Indianapolis Star, 12 May 2023
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Here’s a report on his storybook rise from college walk-on to NFL draft choice.
—Eric Sondheimer, Los Angeles Times, 28 Apr. 2025
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Then, Kansas could add a walk-on from last season or perhaps Mayo returns to KU.
—Shreyas Laddha, Kansas City Star, 25 Apr. 2025
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