Jarrett Payton, Walter Payton's son -- former NFL running back - Episode 55

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Sports Spectrum

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5 • 661 Ratings

🗓️ 13 November 2017

⏱️ 51 minutes

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Summary

Jarrett Payton is the son of legendary NFL running back Walter Payton. In July of 1993, when he was 12 years old, Jarrett introduced his father Walter into the Pro Football Hall of Fame.

Playing football at the University of Miami, Jarrett played on a National Championship winning team in 2001, rushed for over 1,000 yards in 2003 and was the 2004 Orange Bowl MVP.

Jarrett played in the NFL with the Tennessee Titans in the NFL as well as the CFL and the Indoor Football League. He retired from Pro Football in 2012.

Currently, Jarrett is a sports broadcaster in Chicago for WGN and CLTV. He's a husband and father, and does work for both the Walter Payton Foundation, as well as his own foundation, the Jarrett Payton Foundation.

On this episode of the podcast, Jarrett shares what it was like growing up with an NFL legend of a Dad, how faith played a role in his life as a child, giving a Hall of Fame introduction in front of millions of people, and how Emmitt Smith became a father figure to him after his Dad's death.

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0:00.0	Welcome to the Sports Spectrum podcast where faith and sports
0:08.1	collide.
0:09.2	Here's your host, Jason Romano.
0:11.5	This is episode number 55 of the sports spectrum podcast.
0:15.7	Welcome everyone to the show.
0:16.8	My name is Jason Romano.
0:18.1	Thank you so much for joining us here on the program today.
0:21.5	Great to have you along with us. As always, you can download and subscribe this podcast on iTunes, Apple Podcasts, Google Play, Stitcher,
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0:44.3	to your phone. You never even have to worry about it. It's always right there waiting.
0:47.7	And when you want to listen, it's your choice. So this podcast is that perfect example of that.
0:53.2	And we do appreciate you checking in with us today.
0:56.0	Our guest on the podcast today is someone I've known for a while.
0:59.6	I met him at the NFL's broadcast boot camp sometime in around 2011.
1:05.8	And his last name might sound familiar.
1:09.1	He is Jared Peyton.
1:10.7	And Jared is the son of the great, legendary, all-time great NFL player, Walter Payton.
1:19.1	And Walter Payton, if you don't know much about his career, if you're a little younger,
1:23.4	man, go Google Walter Payton.
1:24.8	Watch the highlights of that guy because from 1975 to 1987 until he retired,
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