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what is Walter Payton's play style?
Payton refused to deliberately run out-of-bounds and always delivered some punishment to his tacklers before being forced off the field or forced down.
how else did he play?
One of Payton's signature maneuvers was the "stutter-step", a high-stepping, irregularly paced run.

Question: how were his stats?
Self-contained rewrite: how were Walter Payton's stats?