Walter Dean

Walter Kevin Dean (born June 1, 1968) is an American former professional football player who was a running back for the Green Bay Packers of the National Football League (NFL). He played college football for the Grambling State Tigers. In his senior year, he led the nation in rushing and won the 1990 Walter Payton Award as the most outstanding player in Division I-AA football. He was selected by the Packers in the sixth round of the 1991 NFL draft.

Early life Dean was born on June 1, 1968, in Ruston, Louisiana, to Walter, a concrete company dispatcher, and Betty Dean, an administrative secretary at Grambling State University. and turned down offers from major college football programs such as Nebraska and Louisiana State in order to attend Grambling State. Dean said, "I wanted to go to a college where everybody I knew wouldn't have to sign up for a frequent-flyer program in order to see me play." Dean did, however, win the Walter Payton Award, which is the award bestowed annually upon Division I-AA football's most outstanding player.

Professional career Dean was selected in the sixth round of the 1991 NFL draft by the Green Bay Packers (149th pick overall). He played one season for Green Bay. In 1991, he saw action in nine games and recorded one kick return and one fumble.