Jarrett Payton: Dad always had my back 

Note: The following is an excerpt from the book PAYTON, released last year by Rugged Land and NFL Publishing. PAYTON is available in bookstores.  

Walter Payton is probably my favorite football player of all time.  He was not only awesome on the football field, but he was one exceptional classy individual, and I appreciated reading things from his son’s point of view.  Since my father is gone,  and I remember watching Payton’s games with my father (also named Walter), this was a nice nostalgic read.