Herschel Walker Lied About Graduating From UGA

CNN reports:

For years, Herschel Walker has told the same inspiring story: that he graduated in the top 1% of his class at the University of Georgia. He’s told the story, per a review of his speeches by CNN’s KFile, during motivational speeches over the years. The only problem: it’s not true.

“I also was in the top 1% of my graduating class of college,” Walker told Sirius XM radio. Walker did not graduate from Georgia, where he was a star running back after entering as a prized high school recruit. A profile of Walker from 1982 in the Christian-Science Monitor said he maintained a B average at the school.

CNN’s KFile found another little-noticed claim was removed that said Walker graduated valedictorian of his high school. The website now says that Walker graduated “top of his class.” The claim still remains on the Heisman Winners page for Walker.

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.@KFILE also found no evidence for Walker’s claim, on his website and in his autobiography, that he was high school valedictorian: https://t.co/AG6taRKinD

— Daniel Dale (@ddale8) April 1, 2022

When we noticed the claim was changed from “valedictorian” to “top of his class,” we looked into the coverage of the graduation. Walker was not the top GPAed student in any subject, according to the now-defunct local paper.https://t.co/uCPQ7rnVnm pic.twitter.com/yZnYsqPFc2

— andrew kaczynski (@KFILE) April 1, 2022