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Indiana football awards scholarship to former hockey player

Grant Bricker

By Grant Bricker

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A walk-on with Indiana football was put on scholarship on Saturday. Fans of the movie Happy Gilmore will enjoy this.

Following practice at the stadium, Tom Allen instructed his players to look at the jumbotron for a special presentation.

Trey Walker didn’t play football until he walked-on at Indiana in 2019. Walker originally played hockey in high school.

The video used a clip from Happy Gilmore where Adam Sandler’s character walks into a batting cage without a helmet to toughen up for next year’s hockey tryouts. Instead of Sandler’s face, the team edited Walker’s on.

After watching the clip, there was a picture of Walker that said: “Former hockey player turned scholarship football player.”

Walker’s teammates acted accordingly after the big news.

Walker plays TE for the Hoosiers and played in five games last season. Moments like these are why college football is loved by so many.

Indiana opens the 2023 campaign with a matchup against Ohio State on Sept. 2.

Grant Bricker

Grant Bricker covers the B1G for Saturday Tradition. His previous stops include the Williamson Homepage and Nashville Post.