Jarrett Walter Payton (born December 26, 1980, in Arlington Heights, Illinois) is a professional American and Canadian football running back free agent. He is the son of Walter Payton. Payton was previously signed as an undrafted free agent by the NFL Tennessee Titans.
Payton has also played for the Montreal Alouettes and Toronto Argonauts.
Payton played high school soccer and football at St. Viator High School. In his first two years of high sch...
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Jarrett Walter Payton (born December 26, 1980, in Arlington Heights, Illinois) is a professional American and Canadian football running back free agent. He is the son of Walter Payton. Payton was previously signed as an undrafted free agent by the NFL Tennessee Titans.
Payton has also played for the Montreal Alouettes and Toronto Argonauts.
Payton played high school soccer and football at St. Viator High School. 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.
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....
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