Walter Packer

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Walter Packer
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Position: Defensive back
Personal information
Born: (1955-11-07) November 7, 1955 (age 67)
Leakesville, Mississippi, U.S.
Height:5 ft 10 in (1.78 m)
Weight:174 lb (79 kg)
Career information
College: Mississippi State
NFL Draft: 1977  / Round: 8 / Pick: 203
Career history
Career NFL statistics
Player stats at NFL.com  ·  PFR

Walter Packer (born November 7, 1955) is a former American football defensive back who played one season in the National Football League (NFL) with the Tampa Bay Buccaneers and Seattle Seahawks. He was drafted by the Atlanta Falcons in the eighth round of the 1977 NFL Draft. He played college football at Mississippi State University, where he was a running back. [1]

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References

  1. "WALTER PACKER". profootballarchives.com. Retrieved November 13, 2014.