2020 was “a pretty hectic year”—both positively and negatively—for Detroit Lions safety Tracy Walker. Off the field, his cousin Ahmaud Arbery was murdered, which put him into the national spotlight at times, and he welcomed his first child into the world.
On the field, he opened camp with the starters, then inexplicably was benched after coaches apparently lost confidence in him. He began the season coming off the bench and it wasn’t until Week 3 that former Lions’ coaches realized the error of their ways. Even then, once he was back with the starters, he was used in a manner that didn’t play to his strengths.