Walter Dean

Walter Dean
No. 42
Position:	Running back
Personal information
Born:	June 1, 1968 (age 55); Ruston, Louisiana, U.S.
Height:	5 ft 10 in (1.78 m)
Weight:	216 lb (98 kg)
Career information
High school:	Grambling State University Laboratory ; (Grambling, Louisiana)
College:	Grambling State (1988–1990)
NFL draft:	1991 / Round: 6 / Pick: 149
Career history
	Green Bay Packers (1991); Shreveport Pirates (1994);
Career highlights and awards
	Walter Payton Award (1990);
Career NFL statistics
Kickoff returns:
Kickoff returns:	1
	Player stats at NFL.com · PFR

Walter Kevin Dean (born June 1, 1968) is an American former

1991 NFL Draft

.

Early life

Dean was born on June 1, 1968, in

Grambling State University Laboratory High School in Grambling, Louisiana^[3] and turned down offers from major college football programs such as Nebraska and Louisiana State in order to attend Grambling State. Dean said, "I wanted to go to a college where everybody I knew wouldn't have to sign up for a frequent-flyer program in order to see me play."^[2]

College career

At Grambling, Dean studied

fullback Paul "Tank" Younger said about Dean, "You take one look at him and you think, hey, he doesn't look that tough. He isn't the huge, muscle-flexing type of back, but once you see him run the ball, you want to check out his scrapbook."^[2]

At Grambling, Dean recorded a career total of 3,328 yards and 41 touchdowns.

Hampton, he compiled a career-high 232 yards and helped lead the Tigers to a 22-3 victory.^[2] Grambling finished the season with an 8–3 record, including a win against their arch-rival, Southern, in the Bayou Classic.^[4]

Eddie Robinson believed that Dean was deserving of the Heisman Trophy, awarded annually to the best college football player, but acknowledged that voters would not seriously consider a Division I-AA player for the honor.^[2] Dean did, however, win the Walter Payton Award, which is the award bestowed annually upon Division I-AA football's most outstanding player.^[4]

Professional football

Dean was selected in the sixth round of the

kick return and one fumble.^[1]^[3]

References

^ ^a ^b Walter Dean Statistics Archived January 18, 2018, at the Wayback Machine, Pro Football Reference, retrieved July 3, 2009.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h The Deans Of Grambling Archived January 2, 2013, at archive.today, Sports Illustrated, October 8, 1990.
^ ^a ^b Walter Dean Past Stats Archived 2010-02-05 at the Wayback Machine, Database Football, retrieved July 3, 2009.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e Walter Payton Award – History Archived 2011-04-04 at the Wayback Machine, The Sports Network, retrieved July 3, 2009.
^ "1991 NFL Draft Listing". Pro-Football-Reference.com. Retrieved May 7, 2023.

[pfr-1] Walter Dean Statistics Archived January 18, 2018, at the Wayback Machine, Pro Football Reference, retrieved July 3, 2009.

[si-2] ^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h The Deans Of Grambling Archived January 2, 2013, at archive.today, Sports Illustrated, October 8, 1990.

[dbf-3] Walter Dean Past Stats Archived 2010-02-05 at the Wayback Machine, Database Football, retrieved July 3, 2009.

[wp-4] Walter Payton Award – History Archived 2011-04-04 at the Wayback Machine, The Sports Network, retrieved July 3, 2009.

[5] "1991 NFL Draft Listing". Pro-Football-Reference.com. Retrieved May 7, 2023.

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