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The Chicago Bears drafted Walter Payton in the first round of the 1975 NFL draft as the fourth overall pick. Payton was assigned #21 by the team but switched to #34 before the season started. [25] The Bears had endured several losing seasons after the retirement of the iconic Gale Sayers in 1972. Payton's first game was not particularly ...
The 1975 NFL draft was held January 28–29, ... Walter Payton, running back from Jackson State, taken 1st round 4th overall by Chicago Bears; Inducted: Professional ...
[29] [30] Running back Walter Payton was drafted by the Bears in 1975 and inducted into the Pro Football Hall of Fame in 1993. He won the NFL MVP award in 1977 and was unanimously selected for the NFL 100th Anniversary All-Time Team.
Walter Payton RB 1975–1987 Jackson State: Gale Sayers RB/KR 1965–1971 Kansas: Brian Piccolo RB/FB 1965–1969 Wake Forest: Sid Luckman QB/DB/P 1939–1950 Columbia: Dick Butkus MLB 1965–1973 Illinois: Bill Hewitt End 1932–1936 Michigan: Bill George MG/MLB 1952–1965 Wake Forest: Clyde Turner C/LB 1940–1952 Hardin-Simmons: Red Grange ...
NFL draft: 1982 / round: 1 / pick: 5: ... His main offensive weapon in Walter Payton had retired and McMahon publicly expressed his desire to win a Super Bowl again ...
2025 NFL MOCK DRAFT: ... The Walter Payton Man of the Year award will be presented during the annual NFL Honors show on CBS on Feb. 8 at 9 p.m. ET. This article originally appeared on USA TODAY: ...
In his sixth game back from suspension, he rushed for 143 yards against the Bengals on 22 carries—this effort lifted him past Jim Brown to third place on the NFL career rushing list behind Walter Payton and Tony Dorsett. He was again suspended in November 1991, [16] and amidst injuries and age, managed to run for only 536 yards that season ...
With much of the early first-round order set, here's USA TODAY Sports' latest 2025 NFL mock draft (remainder of the order filled in by Tankathon): 1. Tennessee Titans – Cam Ward, QB, Miami (Fla.)