The Tulane No. 18 currently displayed at Yulman Stadium during football games will soon have a presence at all athletic events.
The university has a plan in place to retire the football number last worn by Devon Walker, the football player whose spinal injury in 2012 left him paralyzed from the neck down. The number retirement will be for all sports.
Tulane athletic director Troy Dannen announced the move to a group of about 100 former Green Wave football players Friday (April 13) at a private letterwinners event before the spring game.
Walker, who attended the event with his mother Inez, was unaware of the plan before the announcement.