Kevin Walter
{{Short description|American football player (born 1981)}}
{{Use mdy dates|date=June 2024}}
{{Infobox NFL biography
| name = Kevin Walter
| image = Kevin Walter (8152269954).jpg
| image_size =
| caption = Walter with the Houston Texans in 2012
| number = 83, 85, 87
| position = Wide receiver
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1981|8|4}}
| birth_place = Lake Forest, Illinois, U.S.
| death_date =
| death_place =
| height_ft = 6
| height_in = 3
| weight_lbs = 218
| high_school = Libertyville (IL)
| college = Eastern Michigan
| draftyear = 2003
| draftround = 7
| draftpick = 255
| pastteams =
- New York Giants ({{NFL Year|2003}})*
- Cincinnati Bengals ({{NFL Year|2003}}–{{NFL Year|2005}})
- Houston Texans ({{NFL Year|2006}}–{{NFL Year|2012}})
- Tennessee Titans ({{NFL Year|2013}})
| statlabel1 = Receptions
| statvalue1 = 356
| statlabel2 = Receiving yards
| statvalue2 = 4,379
| statlabel3 = Receiving average
| statvalue3 = 12.3
| statlabel4 = Receiving touchdowns
| statvalue4 = 25
|pfr=WaltKe00
}}
Kevin Patrick Walter (born August 4, 1981) is an American former professional football wide receiver. He was selected by the New York Giants in the seventh round of the 2003 NFL draft. He played college football at Eastern Michigan.
Walter was also a member of the Cincinnati Bengals, Houston Texans and Tennessee Titans.
Early life
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.
College career
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.
Professional career
=New York Giants=
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.{{Cite web |title=2003 NFL Draft Listing |url=https://www.pro-football-reference.com/years/2003/draft.htm |access-date=2023-03-27 |website=Pro-Football-Reference.com |language=en}}
=Cincinnati Bengals=
After his release from the Giants, Walter signed with the Cincinnati Bengals. Walter spent three years mainly as a backup and special teams player, although he did see action in almost every game of his Bengals career and was actually a starter for a couple of games in 2005.
=Houston Texans=
The Houston Texans signed Walter to a restricted free agent tender in 2006, which the Bengals did not match. In return, the Texans gave up a seventh-round pick to the Bengals. After an injury to Pro-bowler Andre Johnson, Walter became the Texans number one receiver and after 8 games in 2007, Walter had 40 catches for 512 yards while also posting a career-high game at Jacksonville in week 6 with 12 catches for 160 yards. Walter's best season came in 2008, he had 60 receptions for 899 yards and 8 touchdowns. He was released by the Texans on March 12, 2013.
=Tennessee Titans=
On April 1, 2013, Walter signed with the Tennessee Titans.{{Cite web |url=http://www.titansonline.com/news/article-1/Titans-Agree-to-Terms-with-WR-Kevin-Walter-CG-Chris-Spencer/02e147d6-fd74-4a95-b0c6-4b07d1341e5f |title=Titans Agree to Terms with WR Kevin Walter, C/G Chris Spencer |access-date=2013-04-01 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160505014534/http://www.titansonline.com/news/article-1/Titans-Agree-to-Terms-with-WR-Kevin-Walter-CG-Chris-Spencer/02e147d6-fd74-4a95-b0c6-4b07d1341e5f |archive-date=2016-05-05 |url-status=dead }} On August 27, the Titans placed Walter on the reserve/physically unable to perform list.{{cite web |url=http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2013/08/27/titans-move-kevin-walter-to-regular-season-pup-cut-barry-richardson/ |title=Titans move Kevin Walter to regular season PUP in first round of cuts |last=Alper |first=Josh |date=August 27, 2013 |website=NBCSports.com |accessdate=September 5, 2013}}
NFL career statistics
| class="wikitable mw-collapsible mw-collapsed"
! colspan="2"| Legend |
| Bold
| Career high |
= Regular season =
| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center" | ||||||||
| rowspan="2"| Year
!rowspan="2"| Team !colspan="2"| Games !colspan="6"| Receiving | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| GP | GS | Tgt | Rec | Yds | Avg | Lng | TD | |
| 2003 | CIN
| 11 || 0 || 4 || 3 || 18 || 6.0 || 9 || 0 | |||||||
| 2004 | CIN
| 16 || 0 || 9 || 8 || 67 || 8.4 || 18 || 0 | |||||||
| 2005 | CIN
| 16 || 2 || 29 || 19 || 211 || 11.1 || 33 || 1 | |||||||
| 2006 | HOU
| 16 || 2 || 21 || 17 || 160 || 9.4 || 15 || 0 | |||||||
| 2007 | HOU
| 16 || 15 || 106 || 65 || 800 || 12.3 || 46 || 4 | |||||||
| 2008 | HOU
| 16 || 16 || 95 || 60 || 899 || 15.0 || 61 || 8 | |||||||
| 2009 | HOU
| 14 || 14 || 70 || 53 || 611 || 11.5 || 41 || 2 | |||||||
| 2010 | HOU
| 16 || 16 || 80 || 51 || 621 || 12.2 || 35 || 5 | |||||||
| 2011 | HOU
| 15 || 14 || 59 || 39 || 474 || 12.2 || 41 || 3 | |||||||
| 2012 | HOU
| 16 || 14 || 68 || 41 || 518 || 12.6 || 52 || 2 | |||||||
| colspan="2"| | 152 | 93 | 541 | 356 | 4,379 | 12.3 | 61 | 25 |
= Playoffs =
| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center" | ||||||||
| rowspan="2"| Year
!rowspan="2"| Team !colspan="2"| Games !colspan="6"| Receiving | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| GP | GS | Tgt | Rec | Yds | Avg | Lng | TD | |
| 2005 | CIN
| 1 || 0 || 8 || 5 || 73 || 14.6 || 24 || 0 | |||||||
| 2011 | HOU
| 2 || 2 || 10 || 3 || 36 || 12.0 || 19 || 0 | |||||||
| 2012 | HOU
| 2 || 2 || 7 || 6 || 41 || 6.8 || 12 || 0 | |||||||
| colspan="2"| | 5 | 4 | 25 | 14 | 150 | 10.7 | 24 | 0 |
Personal life
He is married to college girlfriend Caroline, with whom he has one daughter and two sons.
References
{{Reflist}}
External links
- [http://www.houstontexans.com/team/roster/Kevin-Walter/ed8b5ba0-065a-4ae6-8d6e-804b67192ec5 Houston Texans bio]{{Dead link|date=June 2025 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}
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