Oklahoma Sooners – No. 75 | |
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Position | Offensive tackle |
Class | Fifth Year Senior |
Major | Multidisciplinary Studies |
Personal information | |
Born: | Silver Spring, Maryland, U.S. |
Height | 6 ft 6 in (1.98 m) |
Weight | 323 lb (147 kg) |
Career history | |
College | |
High school | Sidwell Friends School |
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Walter Rouse is an American football offensive tackle for the Oklahoma Sooners. He previously played for the Stanford Cardinal.
Rouse attended high school at Sidwell Friends School. Coming out of high school, Rouse was rated as a three-star recruit, where he decided to commit to play college football for the Stanford Cardinal.[1][2]
During Rouse's freshman season in 2019, he played in 12 games while making 11 starts.[3] During the covid shortened 2020 season, Rouse would start all six games for the Cardinal.[4] In 2021, Rouse would play in and start all 12 games for Stanford.[5] During the 2022 season, Rouse played in and started ten games for the Cardinal.[6] For his performance on the 2022 season, Rouse earned honorable mention all Pac-12 honors.[7]
During Rouse's career at Stanford, he played in 40 games while making 39 starts.[8][9]
Rouse initially decided to transfer to play for the Nebraska Cornhuskers.[10][11] However, Rouse decided to flip his commitment to play for the Oklahoma Sooners.[12][13] During the 2023 season, Rouse played in and started all 12 games for the Sooners, where for his performance he was named Big-12 honorable mention.[14] After the conclusion of the 2023 season, Rouse declared for the 2024 NFL Draft.[15]
Rouse is the grandson of former NBA player Vic Rouse, who is most famous for hitting the game-winning shot as time expired in the overtime period of the 1963 NCAA championship game.[16][17]