Dwight Walker
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Position: | Running back Wide receiver | ||||||
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Born: | Metairie, Louisiana, U.S. | January 10, 1959||||||
Height: | 5 ft 10 in (1.78 m) | ||||||
Weight: | 185 lb (84 kg) | ||||||
Career information | |||||||
High school: | Metairie (LA) East Jefferson | ||||||
College: | Nicholls State | ||||||
NFL draft: | 1982 / Round: 4 / Pick: 87 | ||||||
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Player stats at PFR |
Dwight Gerard Walker (born January 10, 1959) is a former American football player for the Cleveland Browns and New Orleans Saints.
Walker was a running back for the Browns for three years from 1982 to 1984. He was forced to retire due to injuries sustained in a car accident. His best season with the Browns was in 1983. In 1987, Walker resumed his career with the Saints and played wide receiver before retiring again following the season.
Walker played college football at Nicholls State University and was named first-team Associated Press All-American and first-team Kodak All-American by the American Football Coaches Association (AFCA) in 1981. He attended East Jefferson High School in Metairie, Louisiana.
References
[edit]External links
[edit]- Nicholls State bio
- Cleveland Browns Dwight Walker
- New Orleans Saints Dwight Walker Archived 2010-01-02 at the Wayback Machine
- NFL bio
- Dwight Walker statistics at databasefootball.com
Categories:
- Living people
- 1959 births
- Sportspeople from Metairie, Louisiana
- Players of American football from Jefferson Parish, Louisiana
- East Jefferson High School alumni
- Nicholls Colonels football players
- All-American college football players
- Cleveland Browns players
- New Orleans Saints players
- National Football League replacement players
- American football biography stubs