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Quarterback
6-5 · 225
Bay City, Texas (Bay City)
#12
An intelligent five-year quarterback who played in 25 career games, including three bowl games (1995 Sugar Bowl; 1997 Fiesta Bowl; 1999 Cotton Bowl) ... member of two conference championship teams (1995 SWC; 1996 Big 12) ... three-time first-team Academic All-Big 12 (1996-1998) ... earned an endowed Presidential Scholarship in 1996 and 1997 ... earned the 1998 Longhorn Club Sportsmanship Award ... 1998 UT Coca Cola Community Service Award winner.
SENIOR (1998)
Started the first two games of the season before sustaining an injury ... also saw action at No. 7 Nebraska and in the Cotton Bowl against No. 25 Mississippi State ... earned the 1998 Longhorn Club Sportsmanship Award ... 1998 UT Coca Cola Community Service Award winner ... earned first-team Academic All-Big 12 honors ... completed 29 of 43 passes (67.4%) for 478 yards and one TD before sustaining an injury during the second game of the season ... completed 15 of 21 passes for 282 yards and a TD in the season opener vs. New Mexico State ... also completed a season-high 41-yard pass in that game ... completed 14 of 22 passes for 196 yards at No. 6 UCLA before sustaining an injury.
JUNIOR (1997)
Played in five games and started one at quarterback ... earned first-team Academic All-Big 12 honors ... completed 31 of 57 passes (54.4%) for 314 yards and one TD ... completed seven of 12 passes for 111 yards and one TD in the season opener vs. Rutgers ... completed a season-high 42-yard pass to Wane McGarity in that game ... replaced James Brown as the starter vs. UCLA ... completed 16 of 27 passes for 145 yards in that contest ... completed eight of 18 passes for 58 yards vs. Colorado ... also played vs. Texas Tech and vs. Kansas.
SOPHOMORE (1996)
Played in seven games, including the Fiesta Bowl, and completed 38 of 63 passes (60.3%) for 509 yards and two TDs ... posted a 135.5 QB efficiency rating ... led Texas to scores on 10 of 24 drives (42%) he directed ... seven of the 10 scores were TDs ... completed 10 of 13 passes for 126 yards vs. New Mexico State ... connected on career-highs of 14 of 27 passes for 180 yards at Virginia ... completed four of six passes for 43 yards and a TD vs. Oklahoma State ... was good on six of 11 passes for 119 yards and a TD vs. Baylor ... completed a season-high 46-yard toss in that game.
REDSHIRT FRESHMAN (1995)
Saw action in nine games with one start, including the Sugar Bowl ... completed 15 of 32 passes (46.9%) for 268 yards and two TDs ... his only start of the season came against Baylor where guided UT to a 21-13 win, which gave Texas a share of the Southwest Conference Championship ... went five of 12 for 121 yards against the Bears fifth-nationally ranked defense ... hit tight end Pat Fitzgerald on a deep crossing pattern for a career-high 70-yard touchdown ... completed three of six passes for 48 yards vs. SMU ... completed four of eight passes for 70 yards at Hawaii ... redshirted in 1994.
HIGH SCHOOL
Was coached by Warren Trahan at Bay City High ... was the state's top 4A passer, completing 161 of 297 passes for 2,755 yards and 29 TDs as a senior ... completed 273 of 535 passes for 4,944 yards and 47 TDs (22 INTs) as a prepster ... also earned all-district honors in basketball.
PERSONAL
Born 8/8/76 in Wharton, Texas ... full name is Richard Wade Walton ... tabbed first-team Academic All-Big 12 from 1996-1998 ... was a member of the Athletic Director's Honor Roll every semester ... majored in kinesiology.
CAREER STATISTICS
Year G/GS Att-Comp Pct. Yds Rating INT TD Long
1998 3/2 43-29 67.4 478 168.49 0 1 41/NMSU
1997 5/1 57-31 54.4 314 95.92 3 1 42/Rutg
1996 6/0 63-38 60.3 509 135.5 1 2 46/Bay
1995 8/1 32-15 46.9 268 125.4 2 2 70t/Bay
1994 Redshirt
Career 22/4 195-113 57.9 1569 6 6 70t/Bay
High Games
Pass Attempts: 27 at Virginia (So.)
Pass Completions: 16 vs. UCLA (Jr.)
Passing Yards: 282 vs. NMSU (Sr.)
Touchdowns: 1 vs. NMSU (Sr.), OSU (So.), SMU (Fr.), Baylor (Fr.)
Long Pass: 70t to Fitzgerald vs. Baylor (Fr.)
