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Former UK Safety Marcus Walker Was Found With $95,000 and Drugs Prior to Arrest

New details have emerged on the arrest of former University of Kentucky football player Marcus Walker.

According to reports, Walker was found with approximately $95,000 in cash and large amounts of cocaine and marijuana prior to his arrest in May.

Here are details from SEC Country:




When former Kentucky safety Marcus Walker was arrested at 4:40 a.m. on May 24 in Lexington on drug trafficking charges, police found $430 in cash in his pockets. After a search, $70,312 was found in a bag by a closet and another $25,000 was found in a box in the top-floor bedroom of a townhome he shared.

The more than $95,000 in cash belonged to Walker, according to a property and evidence record obtained by SEC Country.

During the search, police found 52.86 grams of suspected powder cocaine in a kitchen cabinet along with digital scales and packaging material. More than 5 pounds of marijuana was found throughout the house — in a water heater closet, a counter next to the stove, under a bed and in a backpack.

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