Tuesday, Oct. 07, 2008

Fever signs first player

By Ben Reynolds, Herald staff writer

KENNEWICK -- One down. A bunch more to go.

The Tri-Cities Fever were assigned defensive back Devon Walker (6-foot, 180 pounds) out of the University of Nevada-Reno on Monday.

He is the first player signed by new coach Richard Davis, with more to come this week, Davis said.

"I don't mind him being the first guy I signed at all," Davis said from his home in Oklahoma. "I would love to have a team full of guys like him."

Walker, 23, played two seasons for the Wolfpack after transferring from Cerritos College in Norwalk, Calif., where he had 77 tackles in two seasons.

Walker spent the last three weeks of last season with the Arena Football League's San Jose SabreCats.