GA SENATE: Herschel Walker (R)
Herschel Walker was born on March 3, 1962, to his parents, Willis and Christine Walker, and raised in Wrightsville, Georgia.
During his high school years, he led both his football and track teams to state championships, and as a freshman at the University of Georgia, Walker helped the Bulldogs win the 1980 national championship.
He earned consensus All-American honors three consecutive years in both football and track and field, set 10 NCAA and 15 SEC records, and capped his college career by winning the 1982 Heisman Trophy.
In 1999, he was voted into the College Football Hall of Fame and was selected as the greatest player in college football in the last half-century.
After three years at UGA, Walker gave up his final year of collegiate eligibility to play professional football.
During his 15-year pro-football career in the U.S. Football League and National Football League, Walker played for the New Jersey Generals, Dallas Cowboys, Minnesota Vikings, Philadelphia Eagles, and New York Giants, setting the current single-season pro-football rushing record of 2,411 yards, leading the NFL in rushing, and receiving numerous All-Pro and Pro-Bowl honors.
Additionally, Walker broke a world record in the 60-yard dash, represented the U.S. in the 1992 Winter Olympics in bobsledding, earned a fifth-degree black belt in Tae Kwon Do, and went undefeated as a Mixed Martial Arts fighter.
Walker has also performed in the Fort Worth Ballet, competed on “The Apprentice,” and won the “Celebrity Cook-Off” on the Food Network.
In recognition of his numerous athletic accomplishments, former President Donald Trump appointed Walker chair of the President’s Council on Sports, Fitness and Nutrition.
Walker is also the owner and CEO of two businesses in the food and service industry, H. Walker Enterprises, LLC, and Renaissance Man Food Services, LLC.
Since being diagnosed with Dissociative Identity Disorder as a result of trauma he experienced in childhood, Herschel has dedicated his life to helping others struggling with mental health.
He lives with his wife, Julie, and dog, Cheerio, in Atlanta.
The biographical information above was sourced from the campaign website; see links above for more information.
