Herschel Walker
Herschel Junior Walker
Born: March 3, 1962
Wrightsville, GA USA
Position: RB
Height: 6'1"
Weight: 225
College: Georgia
High School: Johnson County (Wrightsville, GA)
Career: 1983-1997
Drafted: 1985 in Round 5, #114 overall by the Dallas Cowboys
Herschel Walker played from 1983 to 1997 during his career with the Dallas Cowboys, Minnesota Vikings, New Jersey Generals, New York Giants and Philadelphia Eagles. Walker ran for 13,787 yards in his career on 3,097 attempts, scoring 115 rushing touchdowns. He also caught 642 passes for 6,343 yards and 28 receiving touchdowns..
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Passing:
| Year | Team | Att | Comp | Comp % | Yds | Yds/Att | TDs | TD % | Ints | Int % | Long | Sacked | Yds Lost | Rating |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990 | NFL Minnesota Vikings | 2 | 1 | 50.0 | 12 | 6.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 68.8 |
| 1992 | NFL Philadelphia Eagles | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 39.6 |
| 1993 | NFL Philadelphia Eagles | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 0.0 | ||||
| NFL | 3 | 1 | 33.3 | 12 | 4.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 12 | 1 | 5 | ||
| Totals | 3 | 1 | 33.3 | 12 | 4.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 12 | 1 | 5 |
Rushing:
| Year | Team | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1983 | USFL New Jersey Generals | 412 | 1812 | 4.4 | 83t | 17 |
| 1984 | USFL New Jersey Generals | 293 | 1339 | 4.6 | 69t | 16 |
| 1985 | USFL New Jersey Generals | 438 | 2411 | 5.5 | 88t | 21 |
| 1986 | NFL Dallas Cowboys | 151 | 737 | 4.9 | 84 | 12 |
| 1987 | NFL Dallas Cowboys | 209 | 891 | 4.3 | 60 | 7 |
| 1988 | NFL Dallas Cowboys | 361 | 1514 | 4.2 | 38 | 5 |
| 1989 | NFL Dallas Cowboys | 81 | 246 | 3.0 | 20 | 2 |
| 1989 | NFL Minnesota Vikings | 169 | 669 | 4.0 | 47 | 5 |
| 1990 | NFL Minnesota Vikings | 184 | 770 | 4.2 | 58 | 5 |
| 1991 | NFL Minnesota Vikings | 198 | 825 | 4.2 | 71 | 10 |
| 1992 | NFL Philadelphia Eagles | 267 | 1070 | 4.0 | 38 | 8 |
| 1993 | NFL Philadelphia Eagles | 174 | 746 | 4.3 | 35 | 1 |
| 1994 | NFL Philadelphia Eagles | 113 | 528 | 4.7 | 91 | 5 |
| 1995 | NFL New York Giants | 31 | 126 | 4.1 | 36 | 0 |
| 1996 | NFL Dallas Cowboys | 10 | 83 | 8.3 | 39 | 1 |
| 1997 | NFL Dallas Cowboys | 6 | 20 | 3.3 | 11 | 0 |
| USFL | 1143 | 5562 | 4.9 | 88 | 54 | |
| NFL | 1954 | 8225 | 4.2 | 91 | 61 | |
| Totals | 3097 | 13787 | 4.5 | 91 | 115 |
Receiving:
| Year | Team | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1983 | USFL New Jersey Generals | 53 | 489 | 9.2 | 65t | 1 |
| 1984 | USFL New Jersey Generals | 40 | 528 | 13.2 | 50t | 5 |
| 1985 | USFL New Jersey Generals | 37 | 467 | 12.6 | 68t | 1 |
| 1986 | NFL Dallas Cowboys | 76 | 837 | 11.0 | 84 | 2 |
| 1987 | NFL Dallas Cowboys | 60 | 715 | 11.9 | 44 | 1 |
| 1988 | NFL Dallas Cowboys | 53 | 505 | 9.5 | 50 | 2 |
| 1989 | NFL Dallas Cowboys | 22 | 261 | 11.9 | 52 | 1 |
| 1989 | NFL Minnesota Vikings | 18 | 162 | 9.0 | 24 | 1 |
| 1990 | NFL Minnesota Vikings | 35 | 315 | 9.0 | 32 | 4 |
| 1991 | NFL Minnesota Vikings | 33 | 204 | 6.2 | 19 | 0 |
| 1992 | NFL Philadelphia Eagles | 38 | 278 | 7.3 | 41 | 2 |
| 1993 | NFL Philadelphia Eagles | 75 | 610 | 8.1 | 55 | 3 |
| 1994 | NFL Philadelphia Eagles | 50 | 500 | 10.0 | 93 | 2 |
| 1995 | NFL New York Giants | 31 | 234 | 7.5 | 34 | 1 |
| 1996 | NFL Dallas Cowboys | 7 | 89 | 12.7 | 24 | 0 |
| 1997 | NFL Dallas Cowboys | 14 | 149 | 10.6 | 64 | 2 |
| USFL | 130 | 1484 | 11.4 | 68 | 7 | |
| NFL | 512 | 4859 | 9.5 | 93 | 21 | |
| Totals | 642 | 6343 | 9.9 | 93 | 28 |
Kick Returns:
| Year | Team | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1983 | USFL New Jersey Generals | 3 | 69 | 23.0 | 27 | 0 |
| 1989 | NFL Minnesota Vikings | 13 | 374 | 28.8 | 93 | 1 |
| 1990 | NFL Minnesota Vikings | 44 | 966 | 22.0 | 64 | 0 |
| 1991 | NFL Minnesota Vikings | 5 | 83 | 16.6 | 21 | 0 |
| 1992 | NFL Philadelphia Eagles | 3 | 69 | 23.0 | 34 | 0 |
| 1993 | NFL Philadelphia Eagles | 11 | 184 | 16.7 | 30 | 0 |
| 1994 | NFL Philadelphia Eagles | 21 | 581 | 27.7 | 94 | 1 |
| 1995 | NFL New York Giants | 41 | 881 | 21.5 | 67 | 0 |
| 1996 | NFL Dallas Cowboys | 27 | 779 | 28.9 | 89 | 0 |
| 1997 | NFL Dallas Cowboys | 50 | 1167 | 23.3 | 49 | 0 |
| USFL | 3 | 69 | 23.0 | 27 | 0 | |
| NFL | 215 | 5084 | 23.6 | 94 | 2 | |
| Totals | 218 | 5153 | 23.6 | 94 | 2 |
Defense and Fumbles:
| Year | Team | Tackle | Brup | Fum | F Rec | FYds | FTD | FF |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1986 | NFL Dallas Cowboys | 5 | 2 | 0 | 0 | |||
| 1987 | NFL Dallas Cowboys | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |||
| 1988 | NFL Dallas Cowboys | 6 | 3 | 0 | 0 | |||
| 1989 | NFL Dallas Cowboys | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| 1989 | NFL Minnesota Vikings | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| 1990 | NFL Minnesota Vikings | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| 1991 | NFL Minnesota Vikings | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |||
| 1992 | NFL Philadelphia Eagles | 6 | 2 | 0 | 0 | |||
| 1993 | NFL Philadelphia Eagles | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | |||
| 1994 | NFL Philadelphia Eagles | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |||
| 1996 | NFL Dallas Cowboys | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |||
| 1997 | NFL Dallas Cowboys | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | |||
| NFL | 0 | 41 | 15 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Totals | 0 | 0 | 41 | 15 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Total Scoring:
| Touchdowns | Other | Total | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Year | Team | Rush | Rec | Punt | Kick | MFG | Int | Fum | Other | FG | X/C | Single | 2Pt | Saf | Points |
| 1983 | USFL New Jersey Generals | 17 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 110 | ||
| 1984 | USFL New Jersey Generals | 16 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 128 | ||
| 1985 | USFL New Jersey Generals | 21 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 132 | ||
| 1986 | NFL Dallas Cowboys | 12 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 84 | ||||||||
| 1987 | NFL Dallas Cowboys | 7 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 48 | ||||||||
| 1988 | NFL Dallas Cowboys | 5 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 42 | ||||||||
| 1989 | NFL Dallas Cowboys | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18 | ||||||||
| 1989 | NFL Minnesota Vikings | 5 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 42 | |||||||
| 1990 | NFL Minnesota Vikings | 5 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 54 | |||||||
| 1991 | NFL Minnesota Vikings | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 60 | |||||||
| 1992 | NFL Philadelphia Eagles | 8 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 60 | |||||||
| 1993 | NFL Philadelphia Eagles | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 24 | |||||||
| 1994 | NFL Philadelphia Eagles | 5 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 48 | |||||||
| 1995 | NFL New York Giants | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | |||||||
| 1996 | NFL Dallas Cowboys | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | |||||||
| 1997 | NFL Dallas Cowboys | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | |||||||
| USFL | 54 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 370 | |
| NFL | 61 | 21 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 504 | |
| Totals | 115 | 28 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 874 | |
Playing Career:
| Year | League | Team | GP | GS |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1983 | USFL | New Jersey Generals | 18 | 18 |
| 1984 | USFL | New Jersey Generals | 17 | 17 |
| 1985 | USFL | New Jersey Generals | 18 | 18 |
| 1986 | NFL | Dallas Cowboys | 16 | 9 |
| 1987 | NFL | Dallas Cowboys | 12 | 11 |
| 1988 | NFL | Dallas Cowboys | 16 | 16 |
| 1989 | NFL | Dallas Cowboys | 5 | 5 |
| 1989 | NFL | Minnesota Vikings | 11 | 10 |
| 1990 | NFL | Minnesota Vikings | 16 | 16 |
| 1991 | NFL | Minnesota Vikings | 15 | 15 |
| 1992 | NFL | Philadelphia Eagles | 16 | 16 |
| 1993 | NFL | Philadelphia Eagles | 16 | 16 |
| 1994 | NFL | Philadelphia Eagles | 16 | 14 |
| 1995 | NFL | New York Giants | 16 | 3 |
| 1996 | NFL | Dallas Cowboys | 16 | 1 |
| 1997 | NFL | Dallas Cowboys | 16 | 6 |
Awards
1985 - USFL Most Valuable Player
1985 - USFL Leading Scorer
1985 - USFL TSN Player of the Year
Honors
1983 - USFL The Sporting News (All-USFL)
1983 - USFL USFL (All-USFL)
1985 - USFL The Sporting News (All-USFL)
1985 - USFL USFL (All-USFL)
1987 - United Press International All-Conference (2nd Team)
1987 - Associated Press All-NFL (2nd Team)
1987 - Pro Football Weekly All-Conference (1st Team)
1987 - Newspaper Enterprise Association All-NFL (2nd Team)
1988 - Pro Football Weekly All-Conference (1st Team)
1988 - Newspaper Enterprise Association All-NFL (2nd Team)
1988 - Associated Press All-NFL (2nd Team)
1988 - United Press International All-Conference (1st Team)
