David Petway
David Lawrence Petway is an American former professional football player who was a defensive back for the Green Bay Packers of the National Football League. He played college football for the Northern Illinois Huskies.
Early life and college
Petway was born on October 17, 1955, in Chicago, Illinois, where he graduated from Lake View High School. After high school, he attended Northern Illinois University where he played for [Northern Illinois Huskies football|their football team]. He became a starter at safety as a freshman. That season, he returned an interception 100 yards for a touchdown in a game against Southern Illinois University, which was only the second time in Mid-American Conference history this was accomplished and tied an NCAA record. He helped NIU have the third best pass defense in the nation on the year.Petway remained a starter in 1978 and despite being limited by a leg injury, was able to compile 34 solo tackles and 10 assisted tackles. Petway, who majored in finance and attended the NIU College of Business, was named to the All-MAC Academic team at the end of year, having a grade-point average of 3.1. He switched from strong safety to free safety prior to the 1979 season. He was named in 1979 as among the three players giving NIU "one of the best secondaries in the MAC" and received another selection to the MAC All-Academic team. As a senior in 1980, Petway was selected as the team's "Outstanding Defensive Back", was chosen as one of two Huskies for first-team All-MAC, and was named by Associated Press an honorable mention All-American. He additionally received selections to the All-MAC Academic and All-District Four Academic teams, being the first three-time All-Academic selection in school history. He finished his collegiate career in the top-20 in school history in tackles and later was named one of the 10 players for the "All-Time Huskie Stadium team" in 1995.