Jarrett Payton

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Jarrett Payton
Date of birth: December 26, 1980 (1980-12-26) (age 27)
Place of birth: Flag of the United States Arlington Heights, Illinois, U.S.
Career information
Position(s): Running back
Jersey №: 33
College: University of Miami
NFL Draft: 2005 / Round: Undrafted
Organizations
 As player:
2005
2005
2007		 Amsterdam Admirals (NFLE)
Tennessee Titans (NFL)
Montreal Alouettes (CFL)
Career highlights and Awards
Awards: World Bowl (Amsterdam Admirals)
Stats at DatabaseFootball.com

Jarrett Walter Payton (born December 26, 1980 in Arlington Heights, Illinois) is a professional Canadian football player. Payton currently plays the running back position as a member of the Canadian Football League Montreal Alouettes. He is the son of the late Walter Payton. Payton was previously signed as an undrafted free agent by the NFL Tennessee Titans.

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[edit] High school career

Payton played high school soccer and football at Arlington Heights' St. Viator High School. At St.Viator High School Payton only played football for two seasons. In his first two years of high school, he opted for soccer and earned All-State player honors. As a senior in high school Payton accounted for 2,842 all-purpose yards while playing quarterback, tailback, and wide receiver (passed for 1,088 yards and rushed for another 1,345 yards). He was rated the No. 58 overall prospect in the nation by The Sporting News and named the No. 5 athlete in the Midwest Region by PrepStar.

[edit] Career at the University of Miami

As a freshman at the University of Miami Payton saw action in seven games. He finished his freshman year with 262 yards rushing on 53 carries for a 4.9 average. He also totaled six catches for 48 yards (8.0 average) and returned two kickoffs for 44 yards. As a sophomore in college Payton sat out the season with a redshirt year (not medically related). As a third-year sophomore, moving to fullback from tailback, Payton played in eight games during the regular season and gained 26 yards on 14 carries with two touchdowns. In 2002, as a fourth year junior, he played extensively at tailback and as a starting kickoff return man (averaged 20.7 yards per kickoff return). At tailback he rushed for 223 yards on 50 carries (4.5 average). In his final year at the University of Miami Payton ran for 1,018 yards and 7 touchdowns on 182 carries (5.4 average). He also caught 17 passes for 136 yards and 1 touchdown (8.0 average).

[edit] NFL career

In 2005, he played for the Titans to NFL Europe, where he played for the Amsterdam Admirals. He was a major part of the Admirals victory that year in the World Bowl XIII. He was the Titans third running back for the 2005 season, finishing the season with 33 carries for 105 yards and 2 touchdowns.

Payton was released prior to the 2006 season by the Titans when they reduced their roster to the required 53.

[edit] CFL career

On February 22, 2007 it was announced that Payton had signed a one year contract with the Montreal Alouettes of the CFL. He scored his first career CFL touchdown on August 2, 2007 against Toronto. Jarrett's first 100 yard rushing game came on August 9, 2007 when he rushed the ball 20 times for 160 yards and one touchdown against the Calgary Stampeders. Payton finished the season with fifth in the CFL 852 yards and fourth with 8 rushing touchdowns.

[edit] Personal

Payton is perhaps best known as the son of the late Walter Payton, a former Chicago Bears running back considered perhaps the best running back in the history of professional football. Apart from playing football, Jarrett spends lots of his time recording music. His first mix tape entitled "from me to ya'll - Volume 1." can only be acquired by Jarrett Payton himself. Lots of time is spent in the recording studio so expect more albums to come out.


In 1993, 12 year old Jarrett gave the induction speech at his father's induction to the Pro Football Hall of Fame.

He wore jerseys numbered 33, 4, 34 (33 and 4 with Titans), 34 in Miami. Payton chose 33 when he played with the Titans because #34 was retired by Earl Campbell.

Preceded by
Frank Gore		 Miami Hurricanes' Starting Running Back
2003		 Succeeded by
Tyrone Moss

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