Walter Payton
Walter Jerry Payton "Sweetness"
Born: July 25, 1954
Columbia, MS USA
Deceased: November 1, 1999
South Barrington, IL
Position: RB
Height: 5'10"
Weight: 200
College: Jackson St.
High School: Columbia (MS)
Career: 1975-1987
Drafted: 1975 in Round 1, #4 overall by the Chicago Bears
Elected to Pro Football Hall of Fame in 1993
Walter Payton played from 1975 to 1987 during his career with the Chicago Bears. Payton ran for 16,726 yards in his career on 3,838 attempts, scoring 110 rushing touchdowns. He also caught 492 passes for 4,538 yards and 15 receiving touchdowns..
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Passing:
Year | Team | Att | Comp | Comp % | Yds | Yds/Att | TDs | TD % | Ints | Int % | Long | Rating |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1975 | NFL Chicago Bears | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 100.0 | 0 | 0.0 |
1979 | NFL Chicago Bears | 1 | 1 | 100.0 | 54 | 54.0 | 1 | 100.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 54 | 158.3 |
1980 | NFL Chicago Bears | 3 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 39.6 |
1981 | NFL Chicago Bears | 2 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 39.6 |
1982 | NFL Chicago Bears | 3 | 1 | 33.3 | 39 | 13.0 | 1 | 33.3 | 0 | 0.0 | 39 | 121.5 |
1983 | NFL Chicago Bears | 6 | 3 | 50.0 | 95 | 15.8 | 3 | 50.0 | 2 | 33.3 | 56 | 95.8 |
1984 | NFL Chicago Bears | 8 | 3 | 37.5 | 47 | 5.9 | 2 | 25.0 | 1 | 12.5 | 42 | 57.8 |
1985 | NFL Chicago Bears | 5 | 3 | 60.0 | 96 | 19.2 | 1 | 20.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 50 | 143.8 |
1986 | NFL Chicago Bears | 4 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 25.0 | 0 | 0.0 |
1987 | NFL Chicago Bears | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 100.0 | 0 | 0.0 |
Totals | 34 | 11 | 32.4 | 331 | 9.7 | 8 | 23.5 | 6 | 17.6 | 56 |
Rushing:
Year | Team | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1975 | NFL Chicago Bears | 196 | 679 | 3.5 | 54 | 7 |
1976 | NFL Chicago Bears | 311 | 1390 | 4.5 | 60 | 13 |
1977 | NFL Chicago Bears | 339 | 1852 | 5.5 | 73 | 14 |
1978 | NFL Chicago Bears | 333 | 1395 | 4.2 | 76 | 11 |
1979 | NFL Chicago Bears | 369 | 1610 | 4.4 | 43 | 14 |
1980 | NFL Chicago Bears | 317 | 1460 | 4.6 | 69 | 6 |
1981 | NFL Chicago Bears | 339 | 1222 | 3.6 | 39 | 6 |
1982 | NFL Chicago Bears | 148 | 596 | 4.0 | 26 | 1 |
1983 | NFL Chicago Bears | 314 | 1421 | 4.5 | 49 | 6 |
1984 | NFL Chicago Bears | 381 | 1684 | 4.4 | 72 | 11 |
1985 | NFL Chicago Bears | 324 | 1551 | 4.8 | 40 | 9 |
1986 | NFL Chicago Bears | 321 | 1333 | 4.2 | 41 | 8 |
1987 | NFL Chicago Bears | 146 | 533 | 3.7 | 17 | 4 |
Totals | 3838 | 16726 | 4.4 | 76 | 110 |
Receiving:
Year | Team | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1975 | NFL Chicago Bears | 33 | 213 | 6.5 | 40 | 0 |
1976 | NFL Chicago Bears | 15 | 149 | 9.9 | 34 | 0 |
1977 | NFL Chicago Bears | 27 | 269 | 10.0 | 75 | 2 |
1978 | NFL Chicago Bears | 50 | 480 | 9.6 | 61 | 0 |
1979 | NFL Chicago Bears | 31 | 313 | 10.1 | 65 | 2 |
1980 | NFL Chicago Bears | 46 | 367 | 8.0 | 54 | 1 |
1981 | NFL Chicago Bears | 41 | 379 | 9.2 | 30 | 2 |
1982 | NFL Chicago Bears | 32 | 311 | 9.7 | 40 | 0 |
1983 | NFL Chicago Bears | 53 | 607 | 11.5 | 74 | 2 |
1984 | NFL Chicago Bears | 45 | 368 | 8.2 | 31 | 0 |
1985 | NFL Chicago Bears | 49 | 483 | 9.9 | 65 | 2 |
1986 | NFL Chicago Bears | 37 | 382 | 10.3 | 57 | 3 |
1987 | NFL Chicago Bears | 33 | 217 | 6.6 | 16 | 1 |
Totals | 492 | 4538 | 9.2 | 75 | 15 |
Punting:
Year | Team | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
1975 | NFL Chicago Bears | 1 | 39 | 39.0 | 39 |
Totals | 1 | 39 | 39.0 | 39 |
Kick Returns:
Year | Team | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1975 | NFL Chicago Bears | 14 | 444 | 31.7 | 70 | 0 |
1976 | NFL Chicago Bears | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
1977 | NFL Chicago Bears | 2 | 95 | 47.5 | 68 | 0 |
Totals | 17 | 539 | 31.7 | 70 | 0 |
Defense and Fumbles:
Year | Team | Tackle | Brup | Fum | F Rec | FYds | FTD | FF |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1975 | NFL Chicago Bears | 9 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |||
1976 | NFL Chicago Bears | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
1977 | NFL Chicago Bears | 11 | 5 | 0 | 0 | |||
1978 | NFL Chicago Bears | 5 | 2 | 0 | 0 | |||
1979 | NFL Chicago Bears | 7 | 2 | 0 | 0 | |||
1980 | NFL Chicago Bears | 5 | 3 | 0 | 0 | |||
1981 | NFL Chicago Bears | 9 | 3 | 0 | 0 | |||
1982 | NFL Chicago Bears | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |||
1983 | NFL Chicago Bears | 5 | 2 | 0 | 0 | |||
1984 | NFL Chicago Bears | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |||
1985 | NFL Chicago Bears | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |||
1986 | NFL Chicago Bears | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
1987 | NFL Chicago Bears | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
Totals | 0 | 0 | 86 | 21 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Total Scoring:
Touchdowns | Other | Total | |||||||||||||
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Year | Team | Rush | Rec | Punt | Kick | MFG | Int | Fum | Other | FG | X/C | Single | 2Pt | Saf | Points |
1975 | NFL Chicago Bears | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 42 | |||||||
1976 | NFL Chicago Bears | 13 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 78 | |||||||
1977 | NFL Chicago Bears | 14 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 96 | |||||||
1978 | NFL Chicago Bears | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 66 | ||||||||
1979 | NFL Chicago Bears | 14 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 96 | ||||||||
1980 | NFL Chicago Bears | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 42 | ||||||||
1981 | NFL Chicago Bears | 6 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 48 | ||||||||
1982 | NFL Chicago Bears | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||||||||
1983 | NFL Chicago Bears | 6 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 48 | ||||||||
1984 | NFL Chicago Bears | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 66 | ||||||||
1985 | NFL Chicago Bears | 9 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 66 | ||||||||
1986 | NFL Chicago Bears | 8 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 66 | ||||||||
1987 | NFL Chicago Bears | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 30 | ||||||||
Totals | 110 | 15 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 750 |
Playing Career:
Year | League | Team | GP | GS |
---|---|---|---|---|
1975 | NFL | Chicago Bears | 13 | 7 |
1976 | NFL | Chicago Bears | 14 | 14 |
1977 | NFL | Chicago Bears | 14 | 14 |
1978 | NFL | Chicago Bears | 16 | 16 |
1979 | NFL | Chicago Bears | 16 | 16 |
1980 | NFL | Chicago Bears | 16 | 16 |
1981 | NFL | Chicago Bears | 16 | 16 |
1982 | NFL | Chicago Bears | 9 | 9 |
1983 | NFL | Chicago Bears | 16 | 16 |
1984 | NFL | Chicago Bears | 16 | 16 |
1985 | NFL | Chicago Bears | 16 | 16 |
1986 | NFL | Chicago Bears | 16 | 16 |
1987 | NFL | Chicago Bears | 12 | 12 |
Awards
- Pro Football Hall of Fame 1st team All-1970s Team
- Pro Football Hall of Fame 1st team All-1980s Team
1977 - AP MVP
1977 - AP Offensive Player of the Year
1977 - Newspaper Ent. Assoc. MVP
1977 - PFWA MVP
1977 - Walter Payton Man of the Year
1985 - Bert Bell Award (Player of the Year)
1985 - Newspaper Ent. Assoc. MVP
Honors
1976 - Associated Press All-Conference (1st Team)
1976 - The Sporting News All-Conference (1st Team)
1976 - Pro Football Writers Association All-NFL (1st Team)
1976 - United Press International All-Conference (1st Team)
1976 - Pro Football Weekly All-NFL (1st Team)
1976 - Newspaper Enterprise Association All-NFL (2nd Team)
1976 - Pro Football Weekly All-Conference (1st Team)
1976 - Associated Press All-NFL (1st Team)
1977 - Pro Football Weekly All-NFL (1st Team)
1977 - Pro Football Writers Association All-NFL (1st Team)
1977 - Newspaper Enterprise Association All-NFL (1st Team)
1977 - The Sporting News All-Conference (1st Team)
1977 - United Press International All-Conference (1st Team)
1977 - Associated Press All-NFL (1st Team)
1977 - Pro Football Weekly All-Conference (1st Team)
1978 - Pro Football Weekly All-NFL (1st Team)
1978 - The Sporting News All-Conference (1st Team)
1978 - United Press International All-Conference (1st Team)
1978 - Pro Football Writers Association All-NFL (1st Team)
1978 - Pro Football Weekly All-Conference (1st Team)
1978 - Associated Press All-NFL (2nd Team)
1978 - Newspaper Enterprise Association All-NFL (1st Team)
1979 - United Press International All-Conference (1st Team)
1979 - The Sporting News All-Conference (1st Team)
1979 - Associated Press All-NFL (2nd Team)
1979 - Pro Football Weekly All-Conference (1st Team)
1979 - Newspaper Enterprise Association All-NFL (1st Team)
1979 - Pro Football Weekly All-NFL (1st Team)
1980 - Pro Football Weekly All-NFL (1st Team)
1980 - The Sporting News All-NFL (1st Team)
1980 - Pro Football Weekly All-Conference (1st Team)
1980 - United Press International All-Conference (1st Team)
1980 - Pro Football Writers Association All-NFL (1st Team)
1980 - Associated Press All-NFL (1st Team)
1980 - Newspaper Enterprise Association All-NFL (1st Team)
1983 - United Press International All-Conference (2nd Team)
1983 - Newspaper Enterprise Association All-NFL (2nd Team)
1984 - Associated Press All-NFL (1st Team)
1984 - The Sporting News All-NFL (1st Team)
1984 - Pro Football Weekly All-NFL (1st Team)
1984 - Pro Football Writers Association All-NFL (1st Team)
1984 - Pro Football Weekly All-Conference (1st Team)
1984 - Newspaper Enterprise Association All-NFL (1st Team)
1984 - United Press International All-Conference (1st Team)
1985 - Associated Press All-NFL (1st Team)
1985 - United Press International All-Conference (1st Team)
1985 - The Sporting News All-NFL (1st Team)
1985 - Pro Football Writers Association All-NFL (1st Team)
1985 - Newspaper Enterprise Association All-NFL (1st Team)
1986 - Newspaper Enterprise Association All-NFL (2nd Team)
1986 - Associated Press All-NFL (2nd Team)
1986 - United Press International All-Conference (2nd Team)