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Walter Payton

Walter Jerry Payton (Sweetness)

Position: RB

5-10, 200lb (178cm, 90kg)

Born: July 25, 1954 in Columbia, MS

Died: November 1, 1999 in South Barrington, IL

College: Jackson St.

Weighted Career AV (100-95-...): 127 (30th overall since 1960)

High School: Columbia (MS)

Draft: Chicago Bears in the 1st round (4th overall) of the 1975 NFL Draft.

Hall of Fame: Inducted as Player in 1993 (Full List)

Relatives: Brother Eddie Payton; Son Jarrett Payton

SUMMARY

Career

G

190

AV

167

Rush

3838

Yds

16726

Y/A

4.4

TD

110

FantPt

2823.7

Rushing & Receiving

* Selected to Pro Bowl, + First-Team All-Pro

Rushing & Receiving Table
					Games		Rushing							Receiving							Total Yds
Year	Age	Tm	Pos	No.	G	GS	Rush	Yds	TD	Lng	Y/A	Y/G	A/G	Rec	Yds	Y/R	TD	Lng	R/G	Y/G	Touch	Y/Tch	YScm	RRTD	Fmb	AV
1975	21	CHI	RB	34	13	7	196	679	7	54	3.5	52.2	15.1	33	213	6.5	0	40	2.5	16.4	229	3.9	892	7	9	6
1976*+	22	CHI	RB	34	14	14	311	1390	13	60	4.5	99.3	22.2	15	149	9.9	0	34	1.1	10.6	326	4.7	1539	13	10	14
1977*+	23	CHI	RB	34	14	14	339	1852	14	73	5.5	132.3	24.2	27	269	10.0	2	75	1.9	19.2	366	5.8	2121	16	11	20
1978*	24	CHI	RB	34	16	16	333	1395	11	76	4.2	87.2	20.8	50	480	9.6	0	61	3.1	30.0	383	4.9	1875	11	5	15
1979*	25	CHI	RB	34	16	16	369	1610	14	43	4.4	100.6	23.1	31	313	10.1	2	65	1.9	19.6	400	4.8	1923	16	7	15
1980*+	26	CHI	RB	34	16	16	317	1460	6	69	4.6	91.3	19.8	46	367	8.0	1	54	2.9	22.9	363	5.0	1827	7	5	15
1981	27	CHI	RB	34	16	16	339	1222	6	39	3.6	76.4	21.2	41	379	9.2	2	30	2.6	23.7	380	4.2	1601	8	9	8
1982	28	CHI	RB	34	9	9	148	596	1	26	4.0	66.2	16.4	32	311	9.7	0	40	3.6	34.6	180	5.0	907	1	3	10
1983*	29	CHI	RB	34	16	16	314	1421	6	49	4.5	88.8	19.6	53	607	11.5	2	74	3.3	37.9	367	5.5	2028	8	5	13
1984*+	30	CHI	RB	34	16	16	381	1684	11	72	4.4	105.3	23.8	45	368	8.2	0	31	2.8	23.0	426	4.8	2052	11	5	16
1985*+	31	CHI	RB	34	16	16	324	1551	9	40	4.8	96.9	20.3	49	483	9.9	2	65	3.1	30.2	373	5.5	2034	11	6	18
1986*	32	CHI	RB	34	16	16	321	1333	8	41	4.2	83.3	20.1	37	382	10.3	3	57	2.3	23.9	358	4.8	1715	11	6	11
1987	33	CHI	RB	34	12	12	146	533	4	17	3.7	44.4	12.2	33	217	6.6	1	16	2.8	18.1	179	4.2	750	5	5	6
Career					190	184	3838	16726	110	76	4.4	88.0	20.2	492	4538	9.2	15	75	2.6	23.9	4330	4.9	21264	125	86	167

Rushing & Receiving Table
				Games		Rushing							Receiving							Total Yds
Year	Age	Tm	Pos	G	GS	Rush	Yds	TD	Lng	Y/A	Y/G	A/G	Rec	Yds	Y/R	TD	Lng	R/G	Y/G	Touch	Y/Tch	YScm	RRTD	Fmb
1977*+	23	CHI		1	1	19	60	0	11	3.2	60.0	19.0	3	33	11.0	0	20	3.0	33.0	22	4.2	93	0	1
1979*	25	CHI		1	1	16	67	2	12	4.2	67.0	16.0	3	52	17.3	0	31	3.0	52.0	19	6.3	119	2	0
1984*+	30	CHI	RB	2	2	46	196	0	20	4.3	98.0	23.0	4	23	5.8	0	12	2.0	11.5	50	4.4	219	0	0
1985*+	31	CHI	RB	3	3	67	186	0	12	2.8	62.0	22.3	8	52	6.5	0	19	2.7	17.3	75	3.2	238	0	2
1986*	32	CHI	RB	1	1	14	38	0	9	2.7	38.0	14.0	1	-2	-2.0	0	-2	1.0	-2.0	15	2.4	36	0	1
1987	33	CHI	RB	1	1	18	85	0	16	4.7	85.0	18.0	3	20	6.7	0	9	3.0	20.0	21	5.0	105	0	0
Career				9	7	180	632	2	20	3.5	70.2	20.0	22	178	8.1	0	31	2.4	19.8	202	4.0	810	2	4

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Passing

* Selected to Pro Bowl, + First-Team All-Pro

Passing Table
Year	Age	Tm	Pos	No.	G	GS	QBrec	Cmp	Att	Cmp%	Yds	TD	TD%	Int	Int%	Lng	Y/A	AY/A	Y/C	Y/G	Rate	Sk	Yds	NY/A	ANY/A	Sk%	4QC	GWD
1975	21	CHI	RB	34	13	7		0	1	0.0	0	0	0.0	1	100.0	0	0.0	-45.0		0.0	0.0	0	0	0.00	-45.00	0.0
1979*	25	CHI	RB	34	16	16		1	1	100.0	54	1	100.0	0	0.0	54	54.0	74.0	54.0	3.4	158.3	0	0	54.00	74.00	0.0
1980*+	26	CHI	RB	34	16	16		0	3	0.0	0	0	0.0	0	0.0	0	0.0	0.0		0.0	39.6	0	0	0.00	0.00	0.0
1981	27	CHI	RB	34	16	16		0	2	0.0	0	0	0.0	0	0.0	0	0.0	0.0		0.0	39.6	0	0	0.00	0.00	0.0
1982	28	CHI	RB	34	9	9		1	3	33.3	39	1	33.3	0	0.0	39	13.0	19.7	39.0	4.3	121.5	0	0	13.00	19.67	0.0
1983*	29	CHI	RB	34	16	16		3	6	50.0	95	3	50.0	2	33.3	56	15.8	10.8	31.7	5.9	95.8	0	0	15.83	10.83	0.0
1984*+	30	CHI	RB	34	16	16		3	8	37.5	47	2	25.0	1	12.5	42	5.9	5.3	15.7	2.9	57.8	0	0	5.88	5.25	0.0
1985*+	31	CHI	RB	34	16	16		3	5	60.0	96	1	20.0	0	0.0	50	19.2	23.2	32.0	6.0	143.7	0	0	19.20	23.20	0.0
1986*	32	CHI	RB	34	16	16		0	4	0.0	0	0	0.0	1	25.0	0	0.0	-11.3		0.0	0.0	0	0	0.00	-11.25	0.0
1987	33	CHI	RB	34	12	12		0	1	0.0	0	0	0.0	1	100.0	0	0.0	-45.0		0.0	0.0	0	0	0.00	-45.00	0.0
Career					190	184		11	34	32.4	331	8	23.5	6	17.6	56	9.7	6.5	30.1	1.7	69.6	0	0	9.74	6.50	0.0

Passing Table
Year	Age	Tm	Pos	G	GS	QBrec	Cmp	Att	Cmp%	Yds	TD	TD%	Int	Int%	Lng	Y/A	AY/A	Y/C	Y/G	Rate	Sk	Yds	NY/A	ANY/A	Sk%	4QC	GWD
1984*+	30	CHI	RB	2	2	0-0	1	2	50.0	19	1	50.0	0	0.0	19	9.5	19.5	19.0	9.5	122.9	1	0	6.33	13.00	33.3
Career				9	7	0-0	1	2	50.0	19	1	50.0	0	0.0	19	9.5	19.5	19.0	2.1	122.9	1	0	6.33	13.00	33.3

Defense & Fumbles

* Selected to Pro Bowl, + First-Team All-Pro

Defense & Fumbles Table
					Games		Def Interceptions					Fumbles
Year	Age	Tm	Pos	No.	G	GS	Int	Yds	TD	Lng	PD	FF	Fmb	FR	Yds	TD	Sk	Sfty
1975	21	CHI	RB	34	13	7							9	1	0	0	0.0
1976*+	22	CHI	RB	34	14	14							10	0	0	0	0.0
1977*+	23	CHI	RB	34	14	14							11	5	0	0	0.0
1978*	24	CHI	RB	34	16	16							5	2	0	0	0.0
1979*	25	CHI	RB	34	16	16							7	2	0	0	0.0
1980*+	26	CHI	RB	34	16	16							5	3	0	0	0.0
1981	27	CHI	RB	34	16	16							9	3	0	0	0.0
1982	28	CHI	RB	34	9	9							3	1	0	0	0.0
1983*	29	CHI	RB	34	16	16							5	2	0	0	0.0
1984*+	30	CHI	RB	34	16	16							5	1	0	0	0.0
1985*+	31	CHI	RB	34	16	16							6	1	0	0	0.0
1986*	32	CHI	RB	34	16	16							6	0	0	0	0.0
1987	33	CHI	RB	34	12	12							5	0	0	0	0.0
Career					190	184							86	21	0	0	0.0

Defense & Fumbles Table
				Games		Def Interceptions					Fumbles
Year	Age	Tm	Pos	G	GS	Int	Yds	TD	Lng	PD	FF	Fmb	FR	Yds	TD	Sk	Sfty
1977*+	23	CHI		1	1						0	1	0	0	0	0.0
1985*+	31	CHI	RB	3	3						0	2	0	0	0	0.0
1986*	32	CHI	RB	1	1						0	1	0	0	0	0.0
Career				9	7						0	4	0	0	0	0.0

Kick & Punt Returns

* Selected to Pro Bowl, + First-Team All-Pro

Kick & Punt Returns Table
					Games		Punt Returns					Kick Returns
Year	Age	Tm	Pos	No.	G	GS	Ret	Yds	TD	Lng	Y/R	Rt	Yds	TD	Lng	Y/Rt	APYd
1975	21	CHI	RB	34	13	7						14	444	0	70	31.7	1336
1976*+	22	CHI	RB	34	14	14						1	0	0	0	0.0	1539
1977*+	23	CHI	RB	34	14	14						2	95	0	68	47.5	2216
Career					190	184						17	539	0	70	31.7	21803

Kick & Punt Returns Table
				Games		Punt Returns					Kick Returns
Year	Age	Tm	Pos	G	GS	Ret	Yds	TD	Lng	Y/R	Rt	Yds	TD	Lng	Y/Rt	APYd
1977*+	23	CHI		1	1						3	57	0	27	19.0	150
Career				9	7						3	57	0	27	19.0	867

Kicking & Punting

* Selected to Pro Bowl, + First-Team All-Pro

Kicking & Punting Table
					Games		0-19		20-29		30-39		40-49		50+		Scoring			Scoring				Kickoffs					Punting
Year	Age	Tm	Pos	No.	G	GS	FGA	FGM	FGA	FGM	FGA	FGM	FGA	FGM	FGA	FGM	FGA	FGM	Lng	FG%	XPA	XPM	XP%	KO	KOYds	TB	TB%	KOAvg	Pnt	Yds	Lng	Blck	Y/P
1975	21	CHI	RB	34	13	7																							1	39	39	0	39.0
Career					190	184																							1	39	39	0	39.0

Scoring Summary

* Selected to Pro Bowl, + First-Team All-Pro

Scoring Summary Table
Year	Age	Tm	Pos	No.	G	GS	RshTD	RecTD	PR TD	KR TD	FblTD	IntTD	OthTD	AllTD	2PM	2PA	XPM	XPA	FGM	FGA	Sfty	Pts	Pts/G
1975	21	CHI	RB	34	13	7	7							7								42
1976*+	22	CHI	RB	34	14	14	13							13								78
1977*+	23	CHI	RB	34	14	14	14	2						16								96
1978*	24	CHI	RB	34	16	16	11							11								66
1979*	25	CHI	RB	34	16	16	14	2						16								96
1980*+	26	CHI	RB	34	16	16	6	1						7								42
1981	27	CHI	RB	34	16	16	6	2						8								48
1982	28	CHI	RB	34	9	9	1							1								6
1983*	29	CHI	RB	34	16	16	6	2						8								48
1984*+	30	CHI	RB	34	16	16	11							11								66
1985*+	31	CHI	RB	34	16	16	9	2						11								66
1986*	32	CHI	RB	34	16	16	8	3						11								66
1987	33	CHI	RB	34	12	12	4	1						5								30
Career					190	184	110	15						125								750

Scoring Summary Table
Year	Age	Tm	Pos	G	GS	RshTD	RecTD	PR TD	KR TD	FblTD	IntTD	OthTD	AllTD	2PM	2PA	XPM	XPA	FGM	FGA	Sfty	Pts	Pts/G
1979*	25	CHI		1	1	2							2								12
Career				9	7	2							2								12

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