Running back, Georgia, 1980–82
Herschel Walker
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Herschel Walker played running back at Georgia (1980–82). He won the 1982 Heisman Trophy, the 1982 Maxwell Award and the 1982 Walter Camp Award. He was a consensus All‑American in 1980, 1981 and 1982. The Dallas Cowboys took Walker in round 5, No. 114 overall in the 1985 NFL Draft. He was inducted into the College Football Hall of Fame in 1999.
At a glance
Honors
- 1982Heisman Trophy
- Inducted 1999College Football Hall of Fame
- 1980, 1981, 1982Consensus All‑American
- 1980, 1981, 1982SEC Player of the Year
- 1980, 1981, 1982First-team All-SEC
- 1980Third in the Heisman vote
- 1981Second in the Heisman vote
- 1982Maxwell Award
- 1982Walter Camp Award
- 1982Chic Harley Award
- 1982Sporting News College Football Player of the Year
- 1982UPI College Football Player of the Year
Team titles: National champions, 1980; SEC champions, 1980, 1981 and 1982
Players of the year, conference and regional honors: Wikipedia’s lists (CC BY-SA), each linked from its honor.
Season by season, from Wikipedia
| Season | Rushing | Receiving | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Att | Yds | Avg | TD | Rec | Yds | TD | |
| 1980 | 274 | 1,616 | 5.9 | 15 | 7 | 70 | 1 |
| 1981 | 385 | 1,891 | 4.9 | 18 | 14 | 84 | 2 |
| 1982 | 335 | 1,752 | 5.2 | 16 | 5 | 89 | 1 |
| Career | 994 | 5,259 | 49 | 26 | 243 | 4 | |
From the college statistics table in Walker’s Wikipedia article (Herschel Walker, CC BY-SA), season by season as the article gives them, bowls included where it counts them. Our own records come from box scores, which start in 2004 (tackles in 2016, kickoff returns in 2009).
The teams in those years
Our player records start in 2004; before that they hold the honors, the Heisman vote and the draft (from 1936), with college years from the player’s Wikipedia article where it gives them.
In the NFL
Pro Bowls: 2 (1987–88) · Second-team All-Pro (AP): 2 (1987–88)
All-Pro teams: AP second team 1987–88; NEA second team 1987–88.
Pro Bowls and All-Pro teams by NFL season: rosters and honors, Wikipedia (CC BY-SA).
Other pro football
| Years | League | Team |
|---|---|---|
| 1983–85 | USFL | New Jersey Generals |
Leagues other than the NFL, from the infobox of his Wikipedia article (CC BY-SA), as it names the teams.
Films and books
On film
Films: Wikidata (CC0) and Wikipedia’s lists and categories (CC BY-SA). Books: Open Library (CC0); most-reissued first, each linked to its page there.
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