Jarrett Payton

Infobox CFL player
Name=Jarrett Payton
team=


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status=Not active
import=yes
position1=Running back
number=33
College=University of Miami
DateOfBirth=Birth date and age|1980|12|26
Birthplace=Arlington Heights, Illinois
Height_ft=6
Height_in=0
Weight_lbs=220
NFLDraftedYear=2005
NFLDraftedRound=undrafted
NFLDraftedPick=
playing_years=2005
2005
2007
playing_teams=Amsterdam Admirals (NFLE)
Tennessee Titans (NFL)
Montreal Alouettes (CFL)
career_highlights=
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Awards=
* World Bowl (Amsterdam Admirals)
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CFL=1072
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NFL=PAY601397

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

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.

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).

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.

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 fifth in the CFL with 852 yards and fourth with 8 rushing touchdowns. Payton was released by the Alouettes on July 2 2008. [cite news|url=http://www.cbc.ca/canada/montreal/story/2008/07/03/payton-alouettes-release.html|title=Alouettes dump Payton after 1 season|date=2008-07-03|publisher=CBC Sports|accessdate=2008-07-07]

Personal

Payton is the son of 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.

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.

References

External links

* [http://en.montrealalouettes.com/index.php?module=roster&func=display&ros_id=1072 Montreal Alouettes Team Biography #33 Jarrett Payton]
* [http://www.nfl.com/players/playerpage/501490 Jarrett Payton profile at NFL.com] .
* [http://rds.ca/alouettes/chroniques/223857.html Signing announcement at rds.ca] .
* [http://www.chicagotribune.com/sports/football/bears/cs-070526payton,1,802773.story?page=1&coll=chi-sportstop-hed&ctrack=2&cset=true Chicago Tribune feature on Jarrett Payton signing with the Montreal Alouettes]
* http://www.nflplayers.com/players/player.aspx?id=35739
* http://hurricanesports.cstv.com/sports/m-footbl/mtt/payton_jarrett00.html