University of Nevada Las Vegas

UNLV: A walk-on local product who returns as a veteran reserve in the secondary and key contributor on special teams … Listed No. 2 at one cornerback spot following spring practice … A three-time member of the Academic All-Mountain West Team (2020-22) and named a 2021 MW Scholar-Athlete … A member of the UNLV Dean’s Honor List in fall 2020 and spring 2021.

2022: Played in 11 games, finding the field both on defense and special teams … Finished with 10 total tackles and a pass breakup … Added two TT in a win at Utah State and three takedowns at San Diego State.

2021: Earned his first letter as a Rebel by playing in 11 games, including making two starts, one at nickel at Fresno State and at cornerback in a victory at Fresno State … Finished with a career-high 18 total tackles, including 15 solo stops.

2020: Joined the team during the season and worked his way into playing time … Redshirted season by only appearing in the final two games … Made his debut vs. Wyoming and then started in the secondary in the season finale at Hawai’i … Totaled four tackles, forced a fumble and broke up a pass against the Rainbow Warriors.

HIGH SCHOOL: A 2019 graduate of Centennial HS … A three-year letterwinner under coach Dustin Forshee, who was an offensive lineman at UNLV in the mid-2000s … Lined up at both DB and WR for the Bulldogs … Hauled in four interceptions as a junior and grabbed five more picks as a senior in 2019 … Also lettered in track and basketball.

PERSONAL: Davone Mogen Walden Jr. was born in 2000 in Las Vegas … The son of Julie Dodd and Davone Walden Sr. … Majoring in kinesiology.