Herschel Walker's campaign for Senate removed a false claim, which inaccurately said he graduated from the University of Georgia, from a website for his Senate bid, the Atlanta Journal Constitution reported
Walker's campaign deleted the claim, which said that the former football star had"graduated from UGA with a Bachelor's degree in Criminal Justice," after the Atlanta-based paper asked about the reference Thursday, according to the AJC.Walker -- a Republican frontrunner in the race for Georgia Democratic Sen.
"After playing with the New Jersey Generals, I returned to Athens to complete my degree, but life and football got in the way."The inaccurate claim that Walker completed a degree in criminal justice has been made before, including on his Amazon author page, his booking agency site and the New Georgia Encyclopedia website.
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