Emmitt Smith vs. Walter Payton

Emmitt vs. “Sweetness” The National Football League has had a history filled with great running backs: Barry Sanders, O.J. Simpson, Jim Brown, Eric Dickerson. Of course, you can never overlook Emmitt Smith and Walter “Sweetness” Payton. Through the course of both of their careers they have shown many similarities and differences. There are many similarities between Emmitt Smith and Walter Payton. Both Smith and Payton set school and NCAA records. Payton broke into the …

…shared quite a few differences in their careers. Emmitt Smith and Walter Payton will never be forgotten. They were great men and lighted up opposing defenses in the league. They set records in college and continued that in their NFL careers. While Emmitt continues to run, let us not forget Payton, who died from a rare disease in which the ducts that drain bile from the liver become inflamed and blocked. Payton died on November 1, 1999.