WALTER PAYTONPayton, Walter Jerry (Sweetness)Height: 5-10 Weight: 203 Born: July 25, 1953 Columbia, MS Died: November 1, 1999 South Barrington, IL High School: John J. Jefferson (Columbia, MS); Columbia (MS) |
| Year | College | Status |
|---|---|---|
| 1971 | Jackson State | Played |
| 1972 | Jackson State | Played |
| 1973 | Jackson State | Played |
| 1974 | Jackson State | Played |
| Draft: 1st round (4th overall) 1975 Chicago Bears |
| Relatives: Brother of Eddie Payton; father of Jarrett Payton |
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| Roster Key • Stat Key |
| YEAR TEAM | NO | POS | GP | GS |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1975 Chicago Bears (NFL) | 34 | RB | 13 | 7 |
| 1976 Chicago Bears (NFL) | 34 | RB | 14 | 14 |
| 1977 Chicago Bears (NFL) | 34 | RB | 14 | 14 |
| 1978 Chicago Bears (NFL) | 34 | FB | 16 | 16 |
| 1979 Chicago Bears (NFL) | 34 | HB | 16 | 16 |
| 1980 Chicago Bears (NFL) | 34 | HB | 16 | 16 |
| 1981 Chicago Bears (NFL) | 34 | HB | 16 | 16 |
| 1982 Chicago Bears (NFL) | 34 | HB | 9 | 9 |
| 1983 Chicago Bears (NFL) | 34 | RB | 16 | 16 |
| 1984 Chicago Bears (NFL) | 34 | RB | 16 | 16 |
| 1985 Chicago Bears (NFL) | 34 | RB | 16 | 16 |
| 1986 Chicago Bears (NFL) | 34 | RB | 16 | 16 |
| 1987 Chicago Bears (NFL) | 34 | RB | 12 | 12 |
| 13 Years (NFL) | 190 | 184 |
| AWARDS |
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| SCORING | TD | X1 | X1A | X1% | X2 | X2A | DX | FG | FGA | FG% | S | SAF | PTS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1975 Chicago Bears (NFL) | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | - | 0 | 42 | |||||
| 1976 Chicago Bears (NFL) | 13 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | - | 0 | 78 | |||||
| 1977 Chicago Bears (NFL) | 16 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | - | 0 | 96 | |||||
| 1978 Chicago Bears (NFL) | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | - | 0 | 66 | |||||
| 1979 Chicago Bears (NFL) | 16 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | - | 0 | 96 | |||||
| 1980 Chicago Bears (NFL) | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | - | 0 | 42 | |||||
| 1981 Chicago Bears (NFL) | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | - | 0 | 48 | |||||
| 1982 Chicago Bears (NFL) | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | - | 0 | 6 | |||||
| 1983 Chicago Bears (NFL) | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | - | 0 | 48 | |||||
| 1984 Chicago Bears (NFL) | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | - | 0 | 66 | |||||
| 1985 Chicago Bears (NFL) | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | - | 0 | 66 | |||||
| 1986 Chicago Bears (NFL) | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | - | 0 | 66 | |||||
| 1987 Chicago Bears (NFL) | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | - | 0 | 30 | |||||
| Career Totals (NFL) | 125 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | - | 0 | 750 |
| RUSHING | ATT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD | FD | G20+ | G40+ | FUM |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1975 Chicago Bears (NFL) | 196 | 679 | 3.5 | 54t | 7 | ||||
| 1976 Chicago Bears (NFL) | 311 | 1390 | 4.5 | 60 | 13 | ||||
| 1977 Chicago Bears (NFL) | 339 | 1852 | 5.5 | 73 | 14 | ||||
| 1978 Chicago Bears (NFL) | 333 | 1395 | 4.2 | 76 | 11 | ||||
| 1979 Chicago Bears (NFL) | 369 | 1610 | 4.4 | 43t | 14 | ||||
| 1980 Chicago Bears (NFL) | 317 | 1460 | 4.6 | 69t | 6 | ||||
| 1981 Chicago Bears (NFL) | 339 | 1222 | 3.6 | 39 | 6 | 0 | |||
| 1982 Chicago Bears (NFL) | 148 | 596 | 4.0 | 26 | 1 | 0 | |||
| 1983 Chicago Bears (NFL) | 314 | 1421 | 4.5 | 49t | 6 | ||||
| 1984 Chicago Bears (NFL) | 381 | 1684 | 4.4 | 72t | 11 | ||||
| 1985 Chicago Bears (NFL) | 324 | 1551 | 4.8 | 40t | 9 | ||||
| 1986 Chicago Bears (NFL) | 321 | 1333 | 4.2 | 41 | 8 | ||||
| 1987 Chicago Bears (NFL) | 146 | 533 | 3.7 | 17 | 4 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Career Totals (NFL) | 3838 | 16726 | 4.4 | 76 | 110 | 0 | 0 |
| PASSING | ATT | COM | COM% | INC | YDS | Y/ATT | Y/COM | LG | TD | TD% | INT | INT% | SK | YL | FD | G20+ | G40+ | RTG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1975 Chicago Bears (NFL) | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 100.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | ||
| 1979 Chicago Bears (NFL) | 1 | 1 | 100.0 | 0 | 54 | 54.0 | 54.0 | 54t | 1 | 100.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 158.3 |
| 1980 Chicago Bears (NFL) | 3 | 0 | 0.0 | 3 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 39.6 | ||
| 1981 Chicago Bears (NFL) | 2 | 0 | 0.0 | 2 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 39.6 | ||
| 1982 Chicago Bears (NFL) | 3 | 1 | 33.3 | 2 | 39 | 13.0 | 39.0 | 39t | 1 | 33.3 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 121.5 |
| 1983 Chicago Bears (NFL) | 6 | 3 | 50.0 | 1 | 95 | 15.8 | 31.7 | 56t | 3 | 50.0 | 2 | 33.3 | 0 | 0 | 95.8 | |||
| 1984 Chicago Bears (NFL) | 8 | 3 | 37.5 | 4 | 47 | 5.9 | 15.7 | 42 | 2 | 25.0 | 1 | 12.5 | 0 | 0 | 57.8 | |||
| 1985 Chicago Bears (NFL) | 5 | 3 | 60.0 | 2 | 96 | 19.2 | 32.0 | 50 | 1 | 20.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 143.8 | |||
| 1986 Chicago Bears (NFL) | 4 | 0 | 0.0 | 3 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 25.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | ||
| 1987 Chicago Bears (NFL) | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 100.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | ||
| Career Totals (NFL) | 34 | 11 | 32.4 | 17 | 331 | 9.7 | 30.1 | 56t | 8 | 23.5 | 6 | 17.6 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 69.6 |
| RECEIVING | TAR | REC | PCT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD | FD | G20+ | G40+ | FUM |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1975 Chicago Bears (NFL) | 33 | 213 | 6.5 | 40 | 0 | ||||||
| 1976 Chicago Bears (NFL) | 15 | 149 | 9.9 | 34 | 0 | 0 | |||||
| 1977 Chicago Bears (NFL) | 27 | 269 | 10.0 | 75t | 2 | ||||||
| 1978 Chicago Bears (NFL) | 50 | 480 | 9.6 | 61 | 0 | ||||||
| 1979 Chicago Bears (NFL) | 31 | 313 | 10.1 | 65t | 2 | ||||||
| 1980 Chicago Bears (NFL) | 46 | 367 | 8.0 | 54t | 1 | ||||||
| 1981 Chicago Bears (NFL) | 41 | 379 | 9.2 | 30 | 2 | 0 | |||||
| 1982 Chicago Bears (NFL) | 32 | 311 | 9.7 | 40 | 0 | ||||||
| 1983 Chicago Bears (NFL) | 53 | 607 | 11.5 | 74t | 2 | ||||||
| 1984 Chicago Bears (NFL) | 45 | 368 | 8.2 | 31 | 0 | 0 | |||||
| 1985 Chicago Bears (NFL) | 49 | 483 | 9.9 | 65 | 2 | ||||||
| 1986 Chicago Bears (NFL) | 37 | 382 | 10.3 | 57 | 3 | ||||||
| 1987 Chicago Bears (NFL) | 33 | 217 | 6.6 | 16 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Career Totals (NFL) | 492 | 4538 | 9.2 | 75t | 15 | 0 | 0 |
| PUNTING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | BL | TB | I20 | OB | DN | RYDS | NYDS | NET |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1975 Chicago Bears (NFL) | 1 | 39 | 39.0 | 39 | 0 | |||||||
| Career Totals (NFL) | 1 | 39 | 39.0 | 39 | 0 |
| KICKOFF RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD | G20+ | G40+ | FUM |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1975 Chicago Bears (NFL) | 14 | 444 | 31.7 | 70 | 0 | ||||
| 1976 Chicago Bears (NFL) | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| 1977 Chicago Bears (NFL) | 2 | 95 | 47.5 | 68 | 0 | 2 | 1 | ||
| Career Totals (NFL) | 17 | 539 | 31.7 | 70 | 0 | 2 | 1 |
| FUMBLES | NO | LOST | OWN | OPP | REC | YDS | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1975 Chicago Bears (NFL) | 9 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
| 1976 Chicago Bears (NFL) | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 1977 Chicago Bears (NFL) | 11 | 5 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | |
| 1978 Chicago Bears (NFL) | 5 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | |
| 1979 Chicago Bears (NFL) | 7 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | |
| 1980 Chicago Bears (NFL) | 5 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | |
| 1981 Chicago Bears (NFL) | 9 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | |
| 1982 Chicago Bears (NFL) | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
| 1983 Chicago Bears (NFL) | 5 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | |
| 1984 Chicago Bears (NFL) | 5 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
| 1985 Chicago Bears (NFL) | 6 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
| 1986 Chicago Bears (NFL) | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 1987 Chicago Bears (NFL) | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Career Totals (NFL) | 86 | 20 | 1 | 21 | 0 | 0 |
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