Rod Walters

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Rod Walters
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Position: Guard
Offensive tackle
Personal information
Born: (1954-02-27) February 27, 1954 (age 70)
Lansing, Michigan, U.S.
Height:6 ft 3 in (1.91 m)
Weight:258 lb (117 kg)
Career information
High school: Berkley (MI)
College: Iowa
NFL draft: 1976  / round: 1 / pick: 14
Career history
Career highlights and awards
Career NFL statistics
Games played:55
Games started:7
Player stats at PFR

Wayne Roderick Walters II (born February 27, 1954) is a former American football offensive lineman for the National Football League (NFL). Walters was drafted fourteenth overall by the Kansas City Chiefs in the 1976 NFL draft from the University of Iowa and played with the team until the middle of the 1980 season. Walters played for the Detroit Lions and Miami Dolphins for the remainder of that 1980 season. [1] [2]

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References

  1. Rod Walters Archived 2007-02-07 at the Wayback Machine at Database Football
  2. Rod Walters at Pro-Football-Reference