Taylor Walker

As a forward for Adelaide, Taylor Walker is ranked number 2 in the competition. His recent performance has been solid with an average of 10.6 over the last 5 rounds, playing all 5 games. For the season he is averaging 10.6. His consistency has been variable but overall performance has been strong.

Taylor Walker (born 25 April 1990), commonly referred to as Tex Walker, is an Australian Rules Footballer for the Adelaide Crows in the Australian Football League.

Walker accepted a NSW Scholarship contract in 2006 with Adelaide, when 16 years of age. However, Walker continued to play for his senior local amateur league team, North Broken Hill, in the Broken Hill Football League, leading them to the 2007 Premiership with a seven goal, best on ground performance, playing at centre half forward. Walker attended Willyama High School in Broken Hill.

Taylor's father Wayne, was a prominent footballer in Broken Hill, and was known for his aggressive attack on the ball, which often left several of his opponents in his wake.

In 2008, after being drafted to the Adelaide's senior list, he began to play for Norwood in the SANFL. Walker kicked 56 goals in his first year of professional league football, in the second tier SANFL, including kicking seven goals in an elimination final victory over rivals Port Adelaide. Walker made his AFL debut against Collingwood in round 1 of his second season, in 2009. He instantly impressed, showing signs of forming a lethal forward combination with fellow Adelaide young forward, Kurt Tippett. He received the NAB Rising Star nomination, following a 5 goal performance, in a win against Hawthorn in Round 10, but was dropped from the senior side later in the season, on the back of a few poor performance, where his defensive pressure was judged not to be good enough to retain his position in the side. Walker regained his spot in the side several weeks later after impressing in the local league but was again dropped.

Walker returned to the side in 2010 and showed fluctuating form, showing glimpses of brilliance along with some terrible form, he was again dropped from the side on a number of occasions throughout the year, sparking rumours that he and head coach Neil Craig were not seeing eye to eye and that Craig was using Walker as a 'scapegoat' for Adelaide's poor form throughout the year. Walker was accused of not showing enough forward pressure and was sent by the coaching staff to improve on this aspect of his game.