Richard Wade Walton is a former American football quarterback.
He was the starting quarterback for Bay City for three years, earning All-American status as a senior.
After winning the starting job in both spring practice and pre-season in 1998, he won his first game as the team's unquestioned leader, beating New Mexico 66–36.
But in the second game of the season against UCLA, he broke his hand and was replaced by redshirt Freshman Major Applewhite.
The injury was only supposed to keep him out for 4–6 weeks,[3] but Applewhite played well enough to keep the job all season.