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Herschel Walker

Herschel Junior Walker

Position: RB

6-1, 225lb (185cm, 102kg)

Born: March 3, 1962 in Wrightsville, GA

College: Georgia (College Stats)

Weighted Career AV (100-95-...): 78 (470th overall since 1960)

High School: Johnson Co. (GA)

Draft: Dallas Cowboys in the 5th round (114th overall) of the 1985 NFL Draft.

Twitter: @HerschelWalker

Relatives: Nephew Blace Brown

2x Pro Bowl

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SUMMARY

Career

187

Rush

1954

Yds

8225

Y/A

4.2

FantPt

1771.9

Rushing & Receiving

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Rushing & Receiving Table
							Rushing									Receiving												Scrimmage
Season	Age	Team	Lg	Pos	G	GS	Att	Yds	TD	1D	Succ%	Lng	Y/A	Y/G	A/G	Tgt	Rec	Yds	Y/R	TD	1D	Succ%	Lng	R/G	Y/G	Ctch%	Y/Tgt	Touch	Y/Tch	YScm	RRTD	Fmb	AV	Awards
1986	24	DAL	NFL	RB	16	9	151	737	12			84	4.9	46.1	9.4		76	837	11.0	2			84	4.8	52.3			227	6.9	1574	14	5	12
1987	25	DAL	NFL	RB	12	11	209	891	7			60	4.3	74.3	17.4		60	715	11.9	1			44	5.0	59.6			269	6.0	1606	8	4	13	PB,AP-2
1988	26	DAL	NFL	RB	16	16	361	1514	5			38	4.2	94.6	22.6		53	505	9.5	2			50	3.3	31.6			414	4.9	2019	7	6	12	PB,AP-2,AP MVP-5,AP OPoY-6
1989	27	2TM	NFL	RB	16	14	250	915	7			47	3.7	57.2	15.6		40	423	10.6	2			52	2.5	26.4			290	4.6	1338	9	7	9
1989	27	DAL	NFL	RB	5	5	81	246	2			20	3.0	49.2	16.2		22	261	11.9	1			52	4.4	52.2			103	4.9	507	3	2	3
1989	27	MIN	NFL	RB	11	9	169	669	5			47	4.0	60.8	15.4		18	162	9.0	1			24	1.6	14.7			187	4.4	831	6	5	6
1990	28	MIN	NFL	RB	16	16	184	770	5			58	4.2	48.1	11.5		35	315	9.0	4			32	2.2	19.7			219	5.0	1085	9	4	8
1991	29	MIN	NFL	RB	15	15	198	825	10			71	4.2	55.0	13.2		33	204	6.2	0			19	2.2	13.6			231	4.5	1029	10	2	8
1992	30	PHI	NFL	RB	16	16	267	1070	8			38	4.0	66.9	16.7	47	38	278	7.3	2			41	2.4	17.4	80.9	5.9	305	4.4	1348	10	6	12
1993	31	PHI	NFL	RB	16	16	174	746	1			35	4.3	46.6	10.9	91	75	610	8.1	3			55	4.7	38.1	82.4	6.7	249	5.4	1356	4	3	10
1994	32	PHI	NFL	RB	16	14	113	528	5	22	48.7	91	4.7	33.0	7.1	81	50	500	10.0	2	19	37.0	93	3.1	31.3	61.7	6.2	163	6.3	1028	7	4	8
1995	33	NYG	NFL	RB	16	3	31	126	0	6	32.3	36	4.1	7.9	1.9	44	31	234	7.5	1	13	52.3	34	1.9	14.6	70.5	5.3	62	5.8	360	1	0	3
1996	34	DAL	NFL	RB	16	1	10	83	1	4	40.0	39	8.3	5.2	0.6	10	7	89	12.7	0	5	60.0	24	0.4	5.6	70.0	8.9	17	10.1	172	1	0	1
1997	35	DAL	NFL	FB	16	6	6	20	0	2	33.3	11	3.3	1.3	0.4	23	14	149	10.6	2	7	43.5	64	0.9	9.3	60.9	6.5	20	8.5	169	2	0	1
12 Yrs					187	137	1954	8225	61	34	44.4	91	4.2	44.0	10.4	296	512	4859	9.5	21	44	43.7	93	2.7	26.0	72.6	16.4	2466	5.3	13084	82	41	97
17 Game Avg					17	12	178	748	6			91	4.2	44.0	10.4		47	442	9.5	2			93	2.7	26.0			224	0.5	1189	7	4	9

DAL (6 Yrs)					81	48	818	3491	27	6	37.5	84	4.3	43.1	10.1	33	232	2556	11.0	8	12	48.5	84	2.9	31.6	63.6	77.5	1050	5.8	6047	35	17	42
PHI (3 Yrs)					48	46	554	2344	14	22	48.7	91	4.2	48.8	11.5	219	163	1388	8.5	7	19	37.0	93	3.4	28.9	74.4	6.3	717	5.2	3732	21	13	30
MIN (3 Yrs)					42	40	551	2264	20			71	4.1	53.9	13.1		86	681	7.9	5			32	2.0	16.2			637	4.6	2945	25	11	22
NYG (1 Yr)					16	3	31	126	0	6	32.3	36	4.1	7.9	1.9	44	31	234	7.5	1	13	52.3	34	1.9	14.6	70.5	5.3	62	5.8	360	1	0	3

Rushing & Receiving Table
							Rushing									Receiving												Scrimmage
Season	Age	Team	Lg	Pos	G	GS	Att	Yds	TD	1D	Succ%	Lng	Y/A	Y/G	A/G	Tgt	Rec	Yds	Y/R	TD	1D	Succ%	Lng	R/G	Y/G	Ctch%	Y/Tgt	Touch	Y/Tch	YScm	RRTD	Fmb	Awards
1989	27	MIN	NFL	RB	1	1	9	29	0			6	3.2	29.0	9.0		2	14	7.0	0			9	2.0	14.0			11	3.9	43	0	0

1992	30	PHI	NFL	RB	2	2	11	41	0			7	3.7	20.5	5.5	9	7	38	5.4	0			17	3.5	19.0	77.8	4.2	18	4.4	79	0	1

1996	34	DAL	NFL	RB	2	0	8	62	0	2	62.5	23	7.8	31.0	4.0	1	1	8	8.0	0	0	100.0	8	0.5	4.0	100.0	8.0	9	7.8	70	0	0
3 Yrs					5	3	28	132	0	2	62.5	23	4.7	26.4	5.6	10	10	60	6.0	0	0	100.0	17	2.0	12.0	80.0	6.0	38	5.1	192	0	1
17 Game Avg					17	10	95	449	0			23	4.7	26.4	5.6		34	204	6.0	0			17	2.0	12.0			129	17.2	653	0	3

DAL (1 Yr)					2	0	8	62	0	2	62.5	23	7.8	31.0	4.0	1	1	8	8.0	0	0	100.0	8	0.5	4.0	100.0	8.0	9	7.8	70	0	0
PHI (1 Yr)					2	2	11	41	0			7	3.7	20.5	5.5	9	7	38	5.4	0			17	3.5	19.0	77.8	4.2	18	4.4	79	0	1
MIN (1 Yr)					1	1	9	29	0			6	3.2	29.0	9.0		2	14	7.0	0			9	2.0	14.0			11	3.9	43	0	0

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Kick & Punt Returns Table
					Games		Punt Returns					Kick Returns
Year	Age	Tm	Pos	No.	G	GS	Ret	Yds	TD	Lng	Y/R	Rt	Yds	TD	Lng	Y/Rt	APYd	AV	Awards
1989	27	2TM	RB		16	14			0			13	374	1	93	28.8	1712	9
		MIN	RB	34	11	9			0			13	374	1	93	28.8	1205	6
1990	28	MIN	RB	34	16	16			0			44	966	0	64	22.0	2051	8
1991	29	MIN	RB	34	15	15			0			5	83	0	21	16.6	1112	8
1992	30	PHI	RB	34	16	16			0			3	69	0	34	23.0	1417	12
1993	31	PHI	RB	34	16	16			0			11	184	0	30	16.7	1540	10
1994	32	PHI	RB	34	16	14			0			21	581	1	94	27.7	1609	8
1995	33	NYG	RB	34	16	3			0			41	881	0	67	21.5	1241	3
1996	34	DAL	RB	34	16	1			0			27	779	0	89	28.9	951	1
1997	35	DAL	FB	34	16	6			0			50	1167	0	49	23.3	1336	1
Career					187	137			0			215	5084	2	94	23.6	18168	97
6 yrs		DAL			81	48			0			77	1946	0	89	25.3	7993	42
3 yrs		MIN			42	40			0			62	1423	1	93	23.0	4368	22
3 yrs		PHI			48	46			0			35	834	1	94	23.8	4566	30
1 yr		NYG			16	3			0			41	881	0	67	21.5	1241	3

Kick & Punt Returns Table
				Games		Punt Returns					Kick Returns
Year	Age	Tm	Pos	G	GS	Ret	Yds	TD	Lng	Y/R	Rt	Yds	TD	Lng	Y/Rt	APYd
1989	27	MIN	RB	1	1			0			5	97	0	24	19.4	140
1996	34	DAL		2	0			0			3	50	0	21	16.7	120
Career				5	3			0			8	147	0	24	18.4	339
1 yr		DAL		2	0			0			3	50	0	21	16.7	120
1 yr		MIN		1	1			0			5	97	0	24	19.4	140
1 yr		PHI		2	2			0					0			79

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							Def Interceptions				Fumbles						Tackles
Season	Age	Team	Lg	Pos	G	GS	Int	Yds	IntTD	Lng	FF	Fmb	FR	Yds	FRTD	Sk	Comb	Solo	Ast	Sfty	Awards
1986	24	DAL	NFL	RB	16	9	0	0	0	0		5	2	0	0	0.0				0
1987	25	DAL	NFL	RB	12	11	0	0	0	0		4	1	0	0	0.0				0	PB,AP-2
1988	26	DAL	NFL	RB	16	16	0	0	0	0		6	3	0	0	0.0				0	PB,AP-2,AP MVP-5,AP OPoY-6

1991	29	MIN	NFL	RB	15	15	0	0	0	0	0	2	1	0	0	0.0				0
1992	30	PHI	NFL	RB	16	16	0	0	0	0	0	6	2	0	0	0.0				0
1993	31	PHI	NFL	RB	16	16	0	0	0	0	0	3	2	0	0	0.0				0
1994	32	PHI	NFL	RB	16	14	0	0	0	0	0	4	1	0	0	0.0	0	0	0	0

1996	34	DAL	NFL	RB	16	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0.0	0	0	0	0
1997	35	DAL	NFL	FB	16	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0.0	0	0	0	0
12 Yrs					187	137	0	0	0	0	0	41	15	0	0	0.0	0	0	0	0
17 Game Avg					17	12	0	0	0	0		4	1	0	0	0.0				0

DAL (6 Yrs)					81	48	0	0	0	0	0	17	9	0	0	0.0	0	0	0	0
PHI (3 Yrs)					48	46	0	0	0	0	0	13	5	0	0	0.0	0	0	0	0
MIN (3 Yrs)					42	40	0	0	0	0	0	11	1	0	0	0.0				0
NYG (1 Yr)					16	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	0	0	0	0

Defense & Fumbles Table
							Def Interceptions					Fumbles
Season	Age	Team	Lg	Pos	G	GS	Int	Yds	IntTD	Lng	PD	FF	Fmb	FR	Yds	FRTD	Sk	Comb	Sfty	Awards
1992	30	PHI	NFL	RB	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0.0	0	0
3 Yrs					5	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0.0	0	0
17 Game Avg					17	10	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	3	0	0	0.0	0	0

DAL (1 Yr)					2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	0	0
PHI (1 Yr)					2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0.0	0	0
MIN (1 Yr)					1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	0	0

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Season	Age	Team	Lg	Pos	G	GS	Cmp	Att	Cmp%	Yds	TD	TD%	Int	Int%	Lng	Y/A	AY/A	Y/C	Y/G	Rate	Sk	Yds	Sk%	NY/A	ANY/A	4QC	GWD
1990	28	MIN	NFL	RB	16	16	1	2	50.0	12	0	0.0	0	0.0	12	6.0	6.00	12.0	0.8	68.7	0	0	0.00	6.00	6.00	0	0

1992	30	PHI	NFL	RB	16	16	0	1	0.0	0	0	0.0	0	0.0		0.0	0.00		0.0	39.6	0	0	0.00	0.00	0.00	0	0
1993	31	PHI	NFL	RB	16	16	0	0		0	0		0						0.0		1	5	100.00	-5.00	-5.00	0	0
12 Yrs					187	137	1	3	33.3	12	0	0.0	0	0.0	12	4.0	4.00	12.0	0.1	46.5	1	5	25.00	1.75	1.75	0	0
17 Game Avg					17	12	0	0	33.3	1	0	0.0	0	0.0		4.0	4.00	12.0	0.1	46.5	0	0	25.00	1.75	1.75	0	0

DAL (6 Yrs)					81	48	0	0		0	0		0						0.0		0	0				0	0
PHI (3 Yrs)					48	46	0	1	0.0	0	0	0.0	0	0.0		0.0	0.00		0.0	39.6	1	5	50.00	-2.50	-2.50	0	0
MIN (3 Yrs)					42	40	1	2	50.0	12	0	0.0	0	0.0	12	6.0	6.00	12.0	0.3	68.7	0	0	0.00	6.00	6.00	0	0
NYG (1 Yr)					16	3	0	0		0	0		0						0.0		0	0				0	0

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																PAT		FG
Season	Age	Team	Lg	Pos	G	GS	RshTD	RecTD	PRTD	KRTD	FRTD	IntTD	OthTD	AllTD	2PM	XPM	XPA	FGM	FGA	Sfty	Pts	Pts/G	Awards
1986	24	DAL	NFL	RB	16	9	12	2	0	0	0	0	0	14	0	0	0	0	0	0	84	5.3
1987	25	DAL	NFL	RB	12	11	7	1	0	0	0	0	0	8	0	0	0	0	0	0	48	4.0	PB,AP-2
1988	26	DAL	NFL	RB	16	16	5	2	0	0	0	0	0	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	42	2.6	PB,AP-2,AP MVP-5,AP OPoY-6
1989	27	2TM	NFL	RB	16	14	7	2	0	1	0	0	0	10	0	0	0	0	0	0	60	3.8
1989	27	DAL	NFL	RB	5	5	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	18	3.6
1989	27	MIN	NFL	RB	11	9	5	1	0	1	0	0	0	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	42	3.8
1990	28	MIN	NFL	RB	16	16	5	4	0	0	0	0	0	9	0	0	0	0	0	0	54	3.4
1991	29	MIN	NFL	RB	15	15	10	0	0	0	0	0	0	10	0	0	0	0	0	0	60	4.0
1992	30	PHI	NFL	RB	16	16	8	2	0	0	0	0	0	10	0	0	0	0	0	0	60	3.8
1993	31	PHI	NFL	RB	16	16	1	3	0	0	0	0	0	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	24	1.5
1994	32	PHI	NFL	RB	16	14	5	2	0	1	0	0	0	8	0	0	0	0	0	0	48	3.0
1995	33	NYG	NFL	RB	16	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	6	0.4
1996	34	DAL	NFL	RB	16	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	6	0.4
1997	35	DAL	NFL	FB	16	6	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	12	0.8
12 Yrs					187	137	61	21	0	2	0	0	0	84	0	0	0	0	0	0	504	2.7
17 Game Avg					17	12	6	2	0	0	0	0	0	8	0	0	0	0	0	0	46	2.7

DAL (6 Yrs)					81	48	27	8	0	0	0	0	0	35	0	0	0	0	0	0	210	2.6
PHI (3 Yrs)					48	46	14	7	0	1	0	0	0	22	0	0	0	0	0	0	132	2.8
MIN (3 Yrs)					42	40	20	5	0	1	0	0	0	26	0	0	0	0	0	0	156	3.7
NYG (1 Yr)					16	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	6	0.4

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How old is Herschel Walker?

Herschel Walker is 62 years old.

When was Herschel Walker born?

Herschel Walker was born on March 3, 1962.

Where was Herschel Walker born?

Herschel Walker was born in Wrightsville, GA.

How tall is Herschel Walker?

Herschel Walker is 6-1 (185 cm) tall.

How much did Herschel Walker weigh when playing?

Herschel Walker weighed 225 lbs (102 kg) when playing.

Is Herschel Walker in the Hall of Fame?

Herschel Walker has not been elected into the Hall of Fame.

How many games did Herschel Walker play?

Herschel Walker played 187 games over his career.

How many rushing attempts did Herschel Walker have?

Herschel Walker had 1,954 rushing attempts over his career.

How many rushing yards did Herschel Walker have?

Herschel Walker had 8,225 rushing yards over his career.

How many Super Bowls has Herschel Walker won?

Herschel Walker has never won a Super Bowl.

When did Herschel Walker retire?

Herschel Walker last played in 1997.

What is Herschel Walker's Twitter account?

Herschel Walker is on Twitter at HerschelWalker.

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