Walter at Texans Training Camp in 2010
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Position: | Wide receiver | ||||||||||
Personal information | |||||||||||
Date of birth: | August 4, 1981 | ||||||||||
Place of birth: | Lake Forest, Illinois | ||||||||||
Height: | 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) | ||||||||||
Weight: | 218 lb (99 kg) | ||||||||||
Career information | |||||||||||
High school: | Libertyville (IL) | ||||||||||
College: | Eastern Michigan | ||||||||||
NFL Draft: | 2003 / Round: 7 / Pick: 255 | ||||||||||
Career history | |||||||||||
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Career NFL statistics | |||||||||||
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Receptions: | 356 |
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Receiving Yards: | 4,379 |
Average: | 12.3 |
Receiving TDs: | 25 |
Player stats at NFL.com |
Kevin Patrick Walter (born August 4, 1981) is a former American football wide receiver. He was drafted by the New York Giants in the seventh round of the 2003 NFL Draft. He played college football at Eastern Michigan.
Walter also played for the Cincinnati Bengals and Houston Texans.
Walter grew up in Vernon Hills, Illinois where he attended Hawthorn Middle School South, and played wide receiver for Libertyville High School in neighboring Libertyville, Illinois, a suburb 30 minutes north of Chicago. He lettered three times in football, earning first-team all-state honors as a wide receiver after catching 48 passes for 801 yards and 6 touchdowns. He helped the team to a 10-1 record and a berth in the second round of the state tournament. Walter also was selected first-team all-area, all-conference and All-Lake County. He caught 17 passes for 201 yards and two touchdowns as a junior.
Walter attended Eastern Michigan University, where he set school records for receptions (211), receiving yards (2,838), and touchdown catches (20). He also earned first-team All-MAC honors as a senior with 93 receptions for 1,368 receiving yards, which were both school single-season records.
Walter was a late seventh-round pick (255 overall) in the 2003 NFL Draft by the New York Giants out of Eastern Michigan, but was released during training camp.