WALTER PAYTON

Payton, 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

YEAR TEAM	NO	POS	GP	GS
1975 Chicago Bears (NFL)1975 CHIB NFL	34	RB	13	7
1976 Chicago Bears (NFL)1976 CHIB NFL	34	RB	14	14
1977 Chicago Bears (NFL)1977 CHIB NFL	34	RB	14	14
1978 Chicago Bears (NFL)1978 CHIB NFL	34	FB	16	16
1979 Chicago Bears (NFL)1979 CHIB NFL	34	HB	16	16
1980 Chicago Bears (NFL)1980 CHIB NFL	34	HB	16	16
1981 Chicago Bears (NFL)1981 CHIB NFL	34	HB	16	16
1982 Chicago Bears (NFL)1982 CHIB NFL	34	HB	9	9
1983 Chicago Bears (NFL)1983 CHIB NFL	34	RB	16	16
1984 Chicago Bears (NFL)1984 CHIB NFL	34	RB	16	16
1985 Chicago Bears (NFL)1985 CHIB NFL	34	RB	16	16
1986 Chicago Bears (NFL)1986 CHIB NFL	34	RB	16	16
1987 Chicago Bears (NFL)1987 CHIB NFL	34	RB	12	12
13 Years (NFL)13 Years NFL			190	184

Transaction	Date	Team
Draft	1/28/1975	1975 Chicago Bears (NFL)1975 CHIB NFL
Signed	6/3/1975	1975 Chicago Bears (NFL)1975 CHIB NFL
Exemption	9/23/1987	1987 Chicago Bears (NFL)1987 CHIB NFL
Activated	10/20/1987	1987 Chicago Bears (NFL)1987 CHIB NFL
Free Agent	2/1/1988	1987 Chicago Bears (NFL)1987 CHIB NFL

AWARDS
1976 The Sporting News NFL Player of the Year
1976 The Sporting News NFC Player of the Year
1976 Associated Press All-NFL
1976 Pro Football Writers of America All-NFL
1976 Pro Football Writers of America All-NFL
1976 Pro Bowl All-NFC
1976 Assoiciated Press All-NFC
1976 United Press International All-NFC
1976 The Sporting News All-NFC
1976 Pro Football Weekly All-NFC
1977 Associated Press NFL Player of the Year
1977 Pro Football Weekly NFL Player of the Year
1977 Pro Football Writers of America NFL Player of the Year
1977 The Sporting News NFL Player of the Year
1977 Newspaper Enterprise Association NFL Player of the Year
1977 Newspaper Enterprise Association NFL Player of the Year
1977 Associated Press NFL Offensive Player of the Year
1977 Newspaper Enterprise Association NFL Offensive Player of the Year
1977 Pro Football Weekly NFL Offensive Player of the Year
1977 The Sporting News NFC Player of the Year
1977 United Press International NFC Offensive Player of the Year
1977 Associated Press All-NFL
1977 Pro Football Writers of America All-NFL
1977 Pro Football Writers of America All-NFL
1977 Newspaper Enterprise Association All-NFL
1977 Pro Bowl All-NFC
1977 United Press International All-NFC
1977 The Sporting News All-NFC
1977 Pro Football Weekly All-NFC
1978 Pro Football Writers of America All-NFL
1978 Pro Football Writers of America All-NFL
1978 Newspaper Enterprise Association All-NFL
1978 Pro Bowl All-NFC
1978 United Press International All-NFC
1978 The Sporting News All-NFC
1978 Pro Football Weekly All-NFC
1979 Newspaper Enterprise Association All-NFL
1979 Pro Bowl All-NFC
1979 United Press International All-NFC
1979 The Sporting News All-NFC
1979 Pro Football Weekly All-NFC
1980 Associated Press All-NFL
1980 Pro Football Writers of America All-NFL
1980 The Sporting News All-NFL
1980 The Sporting News All-NFL
1980 Newspaper Enterprise Association All-NFL
1980 Pro Bowl All-NFC
1980 United Press International All-NFC
1980 Pro Football Weekly All-NFC
1984 Associated Press All-NFL
1984 Pro Football Writers of America All-NFL
1984 The Sporting News All-NFL
1984 The Sporting News All-NFL
1984 Newspaper Enterprise Association All-NFL
1984 Pro Bowl All-NFC
1984 United Press International All-NFC
1984 Pro Football Weekly All-NFC
1985 Newspaper Enterprise Association NFL Player of the Year
1985 Newspaper Enterprise Association NFL Player of the Year
1985 Maxwell Club NFL Player of the Year
1985 Newspaper Enterprise Association NFL Offensive Player of the Year
1985 United Press International NFC Offensive Player of the Year
1985 Associated Press All-NFL
1985 Pro Football Writers of America All-NFL
1985 The Sporting News All-NFL
1985 Newspaper Enterprise Association All-NFL
1985 Pro Bowl All-NFC
1985 United Press International All-NFC
1986 Pro Bowl All-NFC
1993 PRO FOOTBALL HALL OF FAME

SCORING	TD	X2	X2A	DX	S	PTS
1975 Chicago Bears (NFL)1975 CHIB NFL	7	-	-	-	-	42
1976 Chicago Bears (NFL)1976 CHIB NFL	13	-	-	-	-	78
1977 Chicago Bears (NFL)1977 CHIB NFL	16	-	-	-	-	96
1978 Chicago Bears (NFL)1978 CHIB NFL	11	-	-	-	-	66
1979 Chicago Bears (NFL)1979 CHIB NFL	16	-	-	-	-	96
1980 Chicago Bears (NFL)1980 CHIB NFL	7	-	-	-	-	42
1981 Chicago Bears (NFL)1981 CHIB NFL	8	-	-	-	-	48
1982 Chicago Bears (NFL)1982 CHIB NFL	1	-	-	-	-	6
1983 Chicago Bears (NFL)1983 CHIB NFL	8	-	-	-	-	48
1984 Chicago Bears (NFL)1984 CHIB NFL	11	-	-	-	-	66
1985 Chicago Bears (NFL)1985 CHIB NFL	11	-	-	-	-	66
1986 Chicago Bears (NFL)1986 CHIB NFL	11	-	-	-	-	66
1987 Chicago Bears (NFL)1987 CHIB NFL	5	-	-	-	-	30
Career Totals (NFL)Career Totals NFL	125	-	-	-	-	750

RUSHING	ATT	YDS	AVG	LG	TD	20+	40+
1975 Chicago Bears (NFL)1975 CHIB NFL	196	679	3.5	54t	7
1976 Chicago Bears (NFL)1976 CHIB NFL	311	1390	4.5	60	13
1977 Chicago Bears (NFL)1977 CHIB NFL	339	1852	5.5	73	14
1978 Chicago Bears (NFL)1978 CHIB NFL	333	1395	4.2	76	11
1979 Chicago Bears (NFL)1979 CHIB NFL	369	1610	4.4	43t	14
1980 Chicago Bears (NFL)1980 CHIB NFL	317	1460	4.6	69t	6
1981 Chicago Bears (NFL)1981 CHIB NFL	339	1222	3.6	39	6		0
1982 Chicago Bears (NFL)1982 CHIB NFL	148	596	4.0	26	1		0
1983 Chicago Bears (NFL)1983 CHIB NFL	314	1421	4.5	49t	6
1984 Chicago Bears (NFL)1984 CHIB NFL	381	1684	4.4	72t	11
1985 Chicago Bears (NFL)1985 CHIB NFL	324	1551	4.8	40t	9
1986 Chicago Bears (NFL)1986 CHIB NFL	321	1333	4.2	41	8
1987 Chicago Bears (NFL)1987 CHIB NFL	146	533	3.7	17	4	0	0
Career Totals (NFL)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%	FD	20+	40+	RTG
1975 Chicago Bears (NFL)1975 CHIB NFL	1	0	0.0	0	0	0.0			0	0.0	1	100.0	0	0	0	0.0
1979 Chicago Bears (NFL)1979 CHIB NFL	1	1	100.0	0	54	54.0	54.0	54t	1	100.0	0	0.0	1	1	1	158.3
1980 Chicago Bears (NFL)1980 CHIB NFL	3	0	0.0	3	0	0.0			0	0.0	0	0.0	0	0	0	39.6
1981 Chicago Bears (NFL)1981 CHIB NFL	2	0	0.0	2	0	0.0			0	0.0	0	0.0	0	0	0	39.6
1982 Chicago Bears (NFL)1982 CHIB NFL	3	1	33.3	2	39	13.0	39.0	39t	1	33.3	0	0.0	1	1	0	121.5
1983 Chicago Bears (NFL)1983 CHIB NFL	6	3	50.0	1	95	15.8	31.7	56t	3	50.0	2	33.3				95.8
1984 Chicago Bears (NFL)1984 CHIB NFL	8	3	37.5	4	47	5.9	15.7	42	2	25.0	1	12.5				57.8
1985 Chicago Bears (NFL)1985 CHIB NFL	5	3	60.0	2	96	19.2	32.0	50	1	20.0	0	0.0				143.8
1986 Chicago Bears (NFL)1986 CHIB NFL	4	0	0.0	3	0	0.0			0	0.0	1	25.0	0	0	0	0.0
1987 Chicago Bears (NFL)1987 CHIB NFL	1	0	0.0	0	0	0.0			0	0.0	1	100.0	0	0	0	0.0
Career Totals (NFL)Career Totals NFL	34	11	32.4	17	331	9.7	30.1	56t	8	23.5	6	17.6	2	2	1	69.6

RECEIVING	REC	YDS	AVG	LG	TD	20+	40+
1975 Chicago Bears (NFL)1975 CHIB NFL	33	213	6.5	40	0
1976 Chicago Bears (NFL)1976 CHIB NFL	15	149	9.9	34	0		0
1977 Chicago Bears (NFL)1977 CHIB NFL	27	269	10.0	75t	2
1978 Chicago Bears (NFL)1978 CHIB NFL	50	480	9.6	61	0
1979 Chicago Bears (NFL)1979 CHIB NFL	31	313	10.1	65t	2
1980 Chicago Bears (NFL)1980 CHIB NFL	46	367	8.0	54t	1
1981 Chicago Bears (NFL)1981 CHIB NFL	41	379	9.2	30	2		0
1982 Chicago Bears (NFL)1982 CHIB NFL	32	311	9.7	40	0
1983 Chicago Bears (NFL)1983 CHIB NFL	53	607	11.5	74t	2
1984 Chicago Bears (NFL)1984 CHIB NFL	45	368	8.2	31	0		0
1985 Chicago Bears (NFL)1985 CHIB NFL	49	483	9.9	65	2
1986 Chicago Bears (NFL)1986 CHIB NFL	37	382	10.3	57	3
1987 Chicago Bears (NFL)1987 CHIB NFL	33	217	6.6	16	1	0	0
Career Totals (NFL)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)1975 CHIB NFL	1	39	39.0	39	0
Career Totals (NFL)Career Totals NFL	1	39	39.0	39	0

KICKOFF RETURNS	NO	YDS	AVG	LG	20+	40+
1975 Chicago Bears (NFL)1975 CHIB NFL	14	444	31.7	70
1976 Chicago Bears (NFL)1976 CHIB NFL	1	0	0.0	0	0	0
1977 Chicago Bears (NFL)1977 CHIB NFL	2	95	47.5	68	2	1
Career Totals (NFL)Career Totals NFL	17	539	31.7	70	2	1