During his 2022 Senate campaign, former NFL running back Herschel Walker said he graduated from the University of Georgia with a degree in criminal justice. Like many things said during the campaign, however, this turned out not to be true: Walker had dropped out his junior year to pursue professional football. But now the NFL star is back in class.
Walker first registered for summer classes at UGA last year after losing his Senate race, and according to a recent post on #redcupgeorgia, he’s still hitting the books. A picture from the account shows the sixty-two-year old Senate hopeful turned student sitting in a classroom surrounded by his much younger peers.
Although many took to X to make fun of the former NFL player, Cockburn thinks it’s great Walker has returned to school. It’s never too late for self-improvement!
It’s unclear what Walker plans to major in at UGA, although finishing his criminal justice degree could be a wise decision. Both Walker and his campaign were plagued by allegations of misconduct during his Senate run. Internal emails show that Walker padded his personal company with $535,200 political contribution. Walker was also accused of abuse by multiple women, including his ex-wife who said that Walker threatened her life twice. Knowing the in-and-outs of the justice system could really help Walker avoid the same protective order he was slapped with in 2005, after a judge ruled that he was “a clear and present danger of family violence.”
A criminal justice degree could also help Walker finally get into law enforcement, a profession he has said on multiple occasions to have worked in with zero evidence. During a debate with Senator Raphael Warnock, Walker infamously pulled out a police badge claiming that he has worked with many officers. Although the Johnson County sheriff later confirmed he gave Walker the honorific badge, Cockburn is still skeptical that Walker has “the right to work with the police getting things done.” Hopefully, Walker will be able to trade in his honorific badge for a real one soon.
