Walter Dean
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Ruston, Louisiana, U.S.
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| Position | Running back | ||||
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| Born | June 1, 1968 Ruston, Louisiana, U.S. | ||||
| Listed height | 5 ft 10 in (1.78 m) | ||||
| Listed weight | 216 lb (98 kg) | ||||
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| High school | Grambling State University Laboratory (Grambling, Louisiana) | ||||
| College | Grambling State (1988–1990) | ||||
| NFL draft | 1991: 6th round, 149th overall pick | ||||
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Walter Kevin Dean (born June 1, 1968) is an American former professional football running back who played in 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 Green Bay Packers in the sixth round of the 1991 NFL draft.
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.[1][2] He also has a younger brother who played soccer, Keith, who was one of Louisiana's leading interscholastic players, and with whom he shared a bunk-bed according to their mother.[2] Walter Dean attended Grambling State University Laboratory High School in Grambling, Louisiana[3] 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."[2]