Bears Hall of Famers Walter Payton and Richard Dent are included in a photo gallery on NFL.com that features 30 of the top NFL players from historically black colleges. The gallery was posted in celebration of Black History Month.
Payton was selected by the Bears by the fourth pick in the 1975 draft out of Jackson State. The caption under his picture reads: "Payton is arguably the greatest running back of all time. What can't be argued is Payton retired as the game's all-time leading rusher with 16,726 yards. Many of those yards came during some of the dark years in Chicago Bears history, when the only reason to watch the team was to see ‘Sweetness' run past, through and over helpless defenders.