New Orleans Saints surprise paralyzed former Tulane player with a contract on his graduation day
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Tulane safety Devon Walker made a routine tackle during a 2012 football game against Tulsa. Except it wasn't routine, not by a long shot.
Walker never got up off the ground, never gave the thumbs-up sign players are expected to flash after an especially hard hit. The collision paralyzed Walker from the neck down; he now uses a wheelchair with a ventilator. But the former football player still rolled across the stage as a Tulane graduate today — just a year behind his pre-injury timeline — with a degree in cell and molecular biology. He headed out into the world as not just a college graduate but a New Orleans Saint.
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