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Running back, Jackson State, 1971–74
Walter Payton
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Walter Payton played running back at Jackson State (1971–74). The Chicago Bears took Payton in the first round, No. 4 overall in the 1975 NFL Draft. He was inducted into the College Football Hall of Fame in 1999.
Honors
All-America: Time 1974
Season by season, from Wikipedia
| Season | Rushing | Kicking | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Att | Yds | Avg | TD | XPM | FGM | |
| 1971 | 94 | 652 | 6.9 | 5 | 13 | 3 |
| 1972 | 124 | 781 | 6.3 | 15 | 21 | 0 |
| 1973 | 205 | 1,139 | 5.6 | 24 | 13 | 2 |
| 1974 | 175 | 1,029 | 5.9 | 19 | 6 | 0 |
| Career | 598 | 3,601 | 63 | 53 | 5 | |
From the college statistics table in Payton’s Wikipedia article (Walter Payton, 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).
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: 9 (1976–80, 1983–86) · First-team All-Pro (AP): 5 (1976–77, 1980, 1984–85) · Second-team All-Pro (AP): 3 (1978–79, 1986)
All-Pro teams: AP first team 1976–77, 1980, 1984–85; AP second team 1978–79, 1986; Pro Football Writers first team 1976–78, 1980, 1984–85; Sporting News first team 1980, 1984–85; NEA first team 1977–80, 1984–85; Pro Football Weekly first team 1976–80, 1984; and 1 more.
Pro Bowls and All-Pro teams by NFL season: rosters and honors, Wikipedia (CC BY-SA).
Books
Books: Open Library (CC0); most-reissued first, each linked to its page there.
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