Cardinal O'Hara Honors Alum Turned NFL Pro

When Anthony Walters graduated from Springfield's Cardinal O'Hara High School in 2006 he had big football dreams about college and the NFL.

Wednesday afternoon, the Chicago Bears Free Safety returned to the school where his dream was nutured to watch his number get retired.

According to announcement on the O'Hara website:

While at O'Hara, he was a two-time All-Catholic performer in Football.  In Anthony's Junior season (2004), he led the Lions to The PCL Title. During his senior year, Anthony led the Lions back to the Championship game.  That year, he was an All-Catholic, All-Area, All-State, and named the PCL League MVP.  Anthony also played in the highly prestigious Big 33 game, in which PA beat Ohio.

After graduation, Anthony had an outstanding career at The University of Delaware.  Anthony was a 4 year starter for the Blue Hens.  Anthony started in 3 NCAA Division 1-AA National title games.  Anthony was both All-conference & All-American while at Delaware.

After graduating from Delaware in December 2010, Anthony trained for his lifelong dream: to play in the NFL.

Read more Walters' pro career on the Chicago Bears website.